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The A to Z of security
News Most computer users should be aware by now that antivirus software will help protect PCs from viruses and other malware transmitted over the internet from device to device. But since malware is ever-evolving, it is vital the database contains the... [14 Nov 2006]
Virus top 10: Can nothing stop Netsky?
News According to infections reported to antivirus firm Sophos during October, Netksy.P - first sighted in March of this year - has taken the top spot with over 35 per cent of infections and Zafi-B - first spotted in June - follows up in second place... [01 Nov 2004]
Virus Top 10: Zafi-B dominates
News According to statistics on most-reported malware from antivirus company Sophos, the number one virus for September is Zafi-B - which has stayed at the top spot since it first surfaced back in June. Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at... [30 Sep 2004]
First iPhone 2.0 antivirus software released
News The malware count for OS X still remains relatively low, with blacklists of malware no more than 100 long for most Mac OS X antivirus software. Antivirus vendors have predicted the arrival of the iPhone, with its stripped down version of Mac OS X... [21 Jul 2008]
Are we losing the security war?
Comment Security experts are having to admit that traditional antivirus scanning approaches are no longer able to keep pace with the growth in malware products, increasingly purpose-designed by sophisticated criminal gangs, with product packers to defeat... [29 Apr 2008]
Mac virus threat still "insignificant"
News Patrik Runald, senior security specialist at antivirus company F-Secure, said: "There are no viruses really for OS X - there have been a few - but, from that point of view, the likelihood of you getting hit on an Apple is insignificant compared to... [12 Jul 2007]
War of worms turns into war of words
News The authors of the MyDoom, Bagle and Netsky worms have been insulting each other by inserting lines of text into their malware - while keeping one step ahead of antivirus companies Mutants spreading in the past 24 hours have contained messages that... [03 Mar 2004]
Malware-infected site detected every five seconds
News A is for Antivirus Antivirus firm Sophos found that more than 90 per cent of the web pages capable of spreading Trojan horses and spyware are legitimate websites. A website infected with malware is detected every five seconds - a dramatic increase... [23 Jul 2008]
Virus top 10: Sober makes an unwelcome return
News While Netksy.P is still the most reported virus for the month of November, according to antivirus firm Sophos, with just over 24 per cent of reported infections. After a few months of relative calm from malware writers, two new viruses have broken... [01 Dec 2004]
Virus Top 10: Can nothing stop Zafi's rampage?
News Zafi.D, which first appeared in 2004, has now topped the chart for most reported virus for four months in a row, according to antivirus firm Sophos. This month's virus top ten shows that Zafi is still topping the malware chart for the most prolific... [31 Mar 2005]
Trojan targets companies' top brass
News A is for Antivirus It shows that signature based antivirus is not enough; you need more technology than that. C-level employees of publicly listed companies are being targeted by cyber criminals using malware-infected RTF (Rich Text File) documents... [26 Sep 2007]
Cyber criminals building more but smaller botnets
News But researchers at antivirus company F-Secure have reported seeing these large networks being broken down into smaller groups of compromised computers because the creation of large botnets is not creating as much revenue for such cyber criminals. [28 Sep 2007]
CIO Jury: Viruses still a major security threat
News A is for Antivirus The combination of sufficient minor repackaging of an existing exploit, so that it passes antivirus unnoticed, with social engineering hooks to lure the unwary can still provide a workable attack vector. [25 Jan 2007]
Virus top 10: MyDoom takes top spot in seven days
News The two most-reported viruses in January, according to antivirus company Sophos, were the fashionably late arrivals MyDoom and Bagle - both found in the wild in the relatively small hours of January. Malware mechants pulled out all the stops to see... [02 Feb 2004]
The 'multi-component' malware threat
News A is for Antivirus Malware is becoming increasingly complex, designed with multiple components that target different enterprise weaknesses, according to industry watchers. Multi-component threats are…becoming more sophisticated and adding more and... [02 Jul 2008]
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