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RSS virus writing2009 Threat Predictions: Slumping Economy Drives Malware Threats
White Paper Gone are the days of virus writing for notoriety. The shift in threats from virus writing to a true cybercrime model cannot be understated. Malware is a business, and... [30 Jun 2009]
The Role of the Internet in the Propagation of Malware
White Paper Computer threats have been a part of daily computing lives since 1986, when the boot sector virus Brain was discovered. Boot sector viruses propagated by writing themselves to floppy disks, then... [30 Jun 2009]
What next?: Trojan.Linkoptimizer
White Paper It may be one of those cases where a virus-writing teenager has refused to face reality and, as a grown up, has gone on to develop and improve his/her evil creatures with a new ultimate purpose: to make... [29 May 2009]
Future Trends in Virus Writing
White Paper The last few years we have witnessed a lot of activities in the virus writing field. In this paper we try to outline the ideas that seem to be prospective from the virus... [18 May 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 06.02.09
Round-Up There are often calls for tougher sentencing and more police investigations to deal with virus writing and hacking. It only took a light dusting of snow to bring the south of England to a slippery,... [06 Feb 2009]
Mac antivirus warning removed by Apple
News Apple's previous security message in its KnowledgeBase, which serves as a tutorial for Mac users, was: "Apple encourages the widespread use of multiple antivirus utilities so that virus programmers have more than one... [03 Dec 2008]
Minority Report: Macs threatened by virus terror?
Comment The company's website said: "Apple encourages the widespread use of multiple antivirus utilities so that virus programmers have more than one application to circumvent, thus making the whole virus... [03 Dec 2008]
Apple tells users:'It's time to get antivirus'
News Apple quietly signalled its shift with an item titled 'Mac OS: Antivirus utilities' posted on its support website on 21 November: "Apple encourages the widespread use of multiple antivirus utilities so that virus... [02 Dec 2008]
Google's Android: Beware the malware?
News V is for Virus variants If somebody can reach the whole OS then there is nothing stopping you from writing a new text message driver that every time you send a text message, it sends one to a premium... [14 Oct 2008]
CIH Data Corruption and a Data Recovery Technique in FAT32 Systems
White Paper There seem to be no geographical boundary when it comes to virus writing. Virus is a very important phenomenon in to-days world. Day in day out, new virii are being spawn by... [07 Oct 2008]
OpenID at risk due to DNS flaw, claims researcher
News V is for Virus variants Writing in a blog post on Saturday, Clayton said that this flaw particularly affected Sun's implementations of OpenID. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. [14 Aug 2008]
Single-sign-on system makes sense for logistics firm
News V is for Virus variants It also improved our levels of security, as many staff were writing down their passwords so that they could remember them. Click on the links below to find out more. A is for... [21 Apr 2008]
Insider security risks exposed
News V is for Virus variants Rushing Rupa is someone under pressure to finish a task to deadline - writing code for example - meaning they may miss out critical elements which could compromise security.... [10 Apr 2008]
Microsoft's 'patch Tuesday' releases six 'critical' plasters
News V is for Virus variants Microsoft could not be reached for comment at the time of writing to say why the patch had not been included. Click on the links below to find out more. A is for Antivirus B is... [14 Feb 2008]
CPS hack attack guidelines: 'Confused'
News V is for Virus variants The CPS declined to comment on Clayton's specific criticisms at the time of writing. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. A is for Antivirus B is for... [04 Jan 2008]
