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News A website infected with malware is detected every five seconds - a dramatic increase over the last 12 months due to the rise in SQL injection attacks. Senior technology consultant at Sophos, Graham Cluley, said: "Many... [23 Jul 2008]
The 'multi-component' malware threat
News According to Ducklin, about 80 per cent of all infected web pages are on compromised, legitimate sites. S is for Spyware In other words, the next security threat that hits your organisation could be a... [02 Jul 2008]
How to Protect Business From Malware at the Endpoint and the Perimeter
White Paper Keyloggers, rootkits and Trojans are the fundamental building blocks of third generation malware that is delivered via spam and infected Web sites. Today, however, IT management must contend with highly sophisticated... [12 Jun 2008]
Vista security under scrutiny, again
News The company found that of 190,692 Vista machines, 121,380 were infected with at least one piece of malware, while some were infected by up to 19 pieces of malicious code. Clausen denied that such a large... [21 May 2008]
Security threat: One web page infected every five seconds
News Web threats have risen significantly in the first quarter of 2008, with one web page being infected every five seconds, according to a report from security vendor Sophos. In contrast, the daily average for the entire... [24 Apr 2008]
Symantec Antispyware Solutions
White Paper IDC estimates that two-thirds of all PCs are infected with some form of spyware or adware. And while viruses and fast-spreading worms continue to pose a significant threat, the risks to desktop and... [11 Apr 2008]
Botnets: 'We're screwed', warn security experts
News The most effective approach to tackling botnets would be to impose penalties on people who allow their computers to become infected, making users take more responsibility, according to Winkler. S is for... [10 Apr 2008]
UK businesses: No one cares about cyber attacks!
News Cyber crime targeting businesses is on the rise - while there were no reports of phishing emails in a 2004 BCC survey, the 2008 report found 31 per cent had fallen foul of phishing and 23 per cent had machines infected... [09 Apr 2008]
Windows-based cash machines 'easily hacked'
News An early warning of this insecurity in modern ATMs came in 2003 when the Nachi Internet worm infiltrated "secure" networks and infected ATMs from two financial institutions, while the SQL Slammer worm indirectly shut... [04 Mar 2008]
Sophos Anti-Virus: Removing Viruses on the Local Computer
White Paper If the virus has just arrived in an email, or has been dropped by another computer, it may not have infected the computer. The instructions provided in this paper shows one how to use Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows to... [19 Feb 2008]
TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Security Intelligence Report: Malicious Software and Unwanted Software Trends (Level 200)
White Paper It provides details on how the Windows Vista operating system has been performing compared to past operating systems released from Microsoft, and explores which regions of the world are most infected with malware and... [15 Jan 2008]
Rootkit to protect Trojans goes live
News The group using MBR has also been known to use the information-stealing banking Trojan, Torpig, which has infected over 200,000 victims. MBR delivers its payload by modifying an infected computer's... [10 Jan 2008]
Storm botnet 'services' for hire?
News While it has continued to grow since then, it is difficult to gauge its true size as a large percentage of the infected machines are on 'stand-by', according to security expert Bruce Schneier. Only a small fraction of... [17 Oct 2007]
Dear silicon.com... modern malware, Vista sales, Bluetooth ads...
Comment My PC has never been infected by a virus/worm/trojan, which you say is "lucky". If I say I've got a cold, everybody knows I've been infected by it. There is now sufficient free or cheap anti-intrusion... [04 Oct 2007]
Cyber criminals building more but smaller botnets
News Computers infected with a virus unknowingly become 'zombies' in a botnet - which is a network used to send out spam and to mount further attacks on other machines. S is for Spyware The zombie army can be... [28 Sep 2007]
