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RSS f-secureF-Secure welcomes new COO
News Kimmo Alkio has been appointed as COO of Finnish security firm F-Secure. Alkio - previously the CEO of the group's F-Secure Online Solutions (F-SOS) subsidiary since last August - will cover sales, marketing, finance and customer support in his new... [18 Jun 2001]
F-Secure boosted by rising sales
News Finnish security firm F-Secure is one of the obvious winners of the increase in malicious code like Magistr and Code Red as its Q2 losses narrowed on lowered costs and a boost in sales today. F-Secure said sales had benefited from increased sales... [07 Aug 2001]
Myparty // I-Worm.Myparty // W32/Myparty@mm (F-Secure)
White Paper F-Secure received several reports of W32/Myparty worm from the field at January 28th, 2002. NAME: Myparty ALIAS: I-Worm.Myparty, W32/Myparty@mm ORIGIN: Russia First samples arrived from Singapore and then more various other Asian countries, but... [14 Aug 2003]
F-Secure marks birth of first PC virus
News Dubbed Brain.A, the virus got onto computers via floppy disk and infected the boot sector of PCs, according to Finnish antivirus maker F-Secure, which devoted a blog post and news release to the occasion on Thursday. [20 Jan 2006]
Goner (F-Secure)
White Paper NOTE: Although many other anti-virus companies rank Goner to their highest risk level, F-Secure is still maintaining this virus at F-Secure Radar Level 2 and we have no plans to rank it higher. Date: December 4, 2001 [14 Aug 2003]
Q&A: Kimmo Alkio, CEO, F-Secure
News Kimmo Alkio, CEO of F-Secure, recently rejoined the antivirus vendor from fellow Finnish company Nokia.silicon.com recently caught up with Alkio to discuss the security landscape, how governments should handle hackers, the need for a dot-bank... [01 Jun 2007]
F-Secure Virus Descriptions NAME: Nimda
White Paper These e-mails looked like they were sent by mikko.hypponen@datafellows.com" (do note that F-Secure used to be called datafellows.com; company name and domain was changed in early 2000). Around 15:00 GMT on 11th of October, 2001, hundreds of e... [24 Feb 2004]
F-Secure unveils apps for Merlin
News Finnish security firm F-Secure has unveiled file security applications for handheld devices. F-Secure's FileCrypto for Pocket PC Enterprise Edition is a file encryption application that protects against unwanted data snoopers for Microsoft Pocket... [04 Oct 2001]
F-Secure defies the analysts
News F-Secure said it suffered losses totalling E4m (£2.5m), down from E5.9m (£3.65m) in the same period 12 months ago. F-Secure revenues rose 24 per cent from the same period last year, but fell 19 per cent compared to Q4 2000 as demand in the US... [08 May 2001]
Mobile spy software is 'a Trojan', says F-Secure
News FlexiSpy has attracted a different kind of criticism from security company F-Secure, which has labelled the software a Trojan, or a malicious program that disguises itself as something innocuous. F-Secure has updated its security software for... [30 Mar 2006]
Mac porn Trojan is multiplying, warns F-Secure
News Security company F-Secure has discovered 32 variants of a Mac Trojan unearthed last week but claims about its powers have been wildly overstated, according to experts. Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at F-Secure, wrote in his blog: "Looks... [09 Nov 2007]
German Chemicals Giant BASF Selected F-Secure's Scalable Anti-Virus Software Provide Maximum Security for Over 60,000 Work Stations
White Paper A comparison of the products available on the market showed that F-Secure Anti Virus was the best solution for the company's requirements, providing reliable protection against more than 60,000 viruses and their variations, as well as from worms... [01 Oct 2006]
Orange signs up F-Secure for mobile AV
News Orange has signed up F-Secure to lock down its customers' phones. According to F-Secure, currently there are over 200 virus variants targeting smart phones, although none can infect a handset without the user having taken direct action themselves. [17 Jul 2006]
Barclays signs up F-Secure for free AV package
News Barclays Bank is offering F-Secure's basic antivirus package to its 1.6 million active online customers for two years. The bank has actually bought more than 1.6 million licences for F-Secure Anti-Virus. [30 May 2006]
Danschl.A / Malantern / Magic Lantern / IEPATCH.EXE (F-Secure)
White Paper DATE: 12/11/2001 NAME: Danschl.A ALIAS: Malantern RELATED: Magic Lantern Danschl is a simple Win32 trojan, written by a teenager. It mentions the words "Magic Lantern" several times, trying to cash in on the commotion caused by the FBI's alleged tool. [14 Aug 2003]
