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White Paper FBI/SANS statistics show that over 90% of you have deployed firewalls to protect your network from an outsider attack and close to 100% of you have installed anti-virus software. Our security experts will share their expertise on the top ten worst... [03 Jul 2008]
Webcast: The Money in Malware: Evolution of the Network Threatscape
White Paper The top ten virus and spam threats to date Online crime has evolved. Today's cyber-crooks are no longer content breaking into corporate or government networks just to prove they can. Sophisticated networks of online criminals are now aggressively... [12 Dec 2007]
Top 10 weird data disasters
News V is for Virus variants Strange ways of damaging hardware in the company's top ten countdown this year include: Feeding time: A father who, while feeding his baby daughter, forgot about the USB stick in his top pocket. [05 Dec 2007]
Ten things not to do with your data
News V is for Virus variants Another customer, failing to read the warning signs, managed to reformat his hard drive not once, not twice, but ten times before he realised there was some valuable information he needed. [16 Nov 2006]
Symantec Australia/New Zealand Submission to DCITA Spyware Discussion Paper
White Paper Spyware/adware also needs to be seen in the larger context of overall cyber-security crime (including phishing, spam, virus, etc) and security threats, as these are increasingly inter-related. Nine of the top ten reported spyware programs were... [14 Apr 2006]
Virus Top 10: Sober return topples Zafi
News Recent arrival on the virus landscape Mytob (Z and AZ variants) also made its presence felt. The full top ten looks like this: The return of Sober (variant N) has seen it rocket to the top of the current threat list, heading the chart of most... [01 Jun 2005]
Virus Top 10: Can nothing stop Zafi's rampage?
News This month's virus top ten shows that Zafi is still topping the malware chart for the most prolific virus. Only one virus in March's top ten dates from 2005 - Sober.K. Despite the relatively unchanging nature of the virus top ten in recent months... [31 Mar 2005]
Virus top 10: Zafi still clinging onto Xmas
News A Christmas-themed variant of the Zafi virus continued to plague networks and systems long after the last of the turkey had been eaten, accounting for almost half the virus reports in January. January was the second consecutive month Zafi.D topped... [01 Feb 2005]
Microsoft scoffs at '10 new XP SP2 flaws'
News The company won't provide any details about the flaws, which have yet to be patched, in case it helps hackers and virus writers start work on exploiting the vulnerabilities before Microsoft issues any potential fix. [12 Nov 2004]
3,300 new viruses hit computers
News Trend Micro said the effects of the "virus war" between Bagle, Mydoom and Netsky authors is still prevalent, with six of the top ten threats still relating to these codes. According to the Trend Micro World Wide Tracking Centre, Sasser was the most... [07 Sep 2004]
Sasser dominates virus infections
News However, six variants of the Netsky worm also broke into the top ten, reminding network administrators to still be on the lookout for versions of the troublesome virus. The top ten of viruses in May 2004 looks like this -- figures given as... [03 Jun 2004]
Browser-based attacks top security fears
News Last year, 80 per cent of organisations identified worm and virus attacks as their most common IT security threat. The survey asked nearly 900 organisations to rank their top 15 security concerns. Ten years ago, most viruses were distributed on... [13 Apr 2004]
Virus top 10: It's a Netsky/Bagle whitewash
News The two malware merchants behind the uber-virus duet have been at each other's throats, trading insults hidden in their code. It's been a close race, however, and the virus chart even sees the duo tie for fourth place. [01 Apr 2004]
Virus top 10: MyDoom takes top spot in seven days
News The old favourites in the virus league - the seemingly indestructible Klez-H, which has been doing the rounds for nearly two years, and Mimail, which spawns new versions faster than rabbits on Viagra - are still putting in a good showing, but they... [02 Feb 2004]
Sobig storms virus chart
News The latest variant of the Sobig worm has made a big impact in this month's virus chart - heading straight in at number one. The new entry in the virus world has made it from nowhere to July's most frequently occurring malware. [31 Jul 2003]
