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RSS virus malwareiPhones under attack from Rick Astley worm
News For more, see Rickroll virus targets iPhones on ZDNet Australia. Some iPhones have come under attack from a worm that replaces the devices' default wallpaper with a picture of Rick Astley - the pop star whose 'Never... [09 Nov 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 30.09.09
Round-Up According to antivirus companies, there's been a spike in Halloween-themed viruses as malware merchants attempt a spot of trick or treating: offering their intended victims the treat of what appears to be a Halloween... [30 Oct 2009]
Revealed: The anatomy of an internet scam
News Scareware is fake security software, often heralded by an ersatz dialogue box warning unsuspecting users that their PC is under attack by malware or that it's at risk of a virus infection. Needless to... [19 Oct 2009]
Who's afraid of malware? Four in 10 have never had a virus
News Despite an ever-increasing amount of malware in the wild, almost four in ten respondents to a silicon.com poll have never been hit by a virus. The poll suggests that successful virus... [05 Oct 2009]
Nortel IT Implementation Steps for New Access Enforcement Program
White Paper VPN Tunnel Guard ensures that remote computers are properly protected from malware before allowing them to connect to the corporate network. The paper recognized that inadequately-protected computers connecting remotely... [04 Oct 2009]
Preparing for Tomorrow's Threat Today: What We Can Learn from the History of Malware and Defenses
White Paper Yesterday's virus is today's custom malware, while denial of service attacks have been replaced with botnets. There is one given in the IT security realm and that is change. The challenges faced by... [01 Oct 2009]
Gartner Presentation: Combating the Rising Tide of Web-Borne Threats
White Paper Companies should be implementing something that goes beyond what they are doing now, that actually filters malware within the Internet Gateway. Hackers are not just interested in sending one virus to the... [01 Oct 2009]
Top five strategies for combating modern threats: Is anti-virus dead?
White Paper This paper discusses the security implications of modern threats, analyzes where emerging technologies can add real value, and highlights five key strategies for ensuring solid malware protection. Today's fast, targeted,... [30 Sep 2009]
Hackers target fake ads to steal IDs
News Instead of hacking into major online sites to embed malware, malicious hackers are going in through the front door by exploiting security holes in systems for delivering ads. First, they can download... [16 Sep 2009]
Purdue University Protects 25,000 Systems in Highly Distributed Environment With McAfee Total Protection for Endpoint
White Paper University needed to protect the PC and Mac desktops and servers from virus, spyware, and other malware attacks is a top concern. It deployed McAfee Total Protection for Endpoint that protects... [01 Sep 2009]
Developers: Are you spreading malware when you code?
News Researchers said on Tuesday they are seeing something unusual in the malware world - a virus that targets a development environment. This malware just spreads; it doesn't delete files or... [19 Aug 2009]
Botnet finds a home on Twitter
News In a blog post Friday, Symantec analyst Peter Coogan wrote that researchers found an account, @upd4t3, which was tweeting out links to download a piece malware called Downloader.Sninfs. A Twitter account can be used as... [17 Aug 2009]
The Total Cost of Ownership for Mail Server Security
White Paper As a result, robust anti-spam, antivirus and other malware defenses are absolutely critical to the health of any organization's email infrastructure. Today, anywhere from 87% to 95% of all email is spam and approximately... [15 Aug 2009]
100 dodgy football ticket sellers shut down by cybercops
News A lot of these sites, they are either compromising computers, disseminating malware or they are trading illegally," the PCeU's Detective Superintendent Charlie McMurdie said. It has also been involved in a major... [10 Aug 2009]
Virus Scanning on Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System With Trend Micro InterScan Web Security Suite
White Paper Content on Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System volumes can be protected against malware threats using the VSCAN service, if this content is published using the CIFS or NFS Version 4 protocol. The IWSS software is... [31 Jul 2009]
