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Peed trojan family tops Bitdefender’s March malware chart
Trojan.Peed.Gen topped the list with 30.95 percent of total detections, making it this year’s first true virus epidemic. The phenomenon is showing no signs of slowing …
“NASA hacker” loses extradition appeal
Gary McKinnon, a self-confessed computer enthusiast from north London, was defending himself against the order in the UK Court of Appeal, after Home Secretary John Reid …
Third of UK businesses do not report e-crime
A survey by Infosecurity Europeof 285 companies has found that a third of businesses do not report their information security crimes and breaches. Further to this, according …
AEP Business Partner Program launched
AEP Networks unveiled an enhanced channel program to fulfill increased market demand for its Policy Networking security and application access solutions. The new AEP Business …
Combined attack caused by the Spamta.VK worm and the Spamtaload.DT trojan
PandaLabs has issued warnings about the rapid propagation of two new members of the Spamta family: the Spamta.VK worm and the Spamtaload.DT Trojan. Both spread together and …
Five Golden Steps to Stopping the Sabotage of Sensitive Corporate Data
So it’s official then. Men are more truthful than women, and Scots are the most truthful social group in the UK. A recent research by YouGov, and commissioned by …
Critical vulnerability in Web 2.0
Fortify Software announced that its Security Research Group has documented the first major vulnerability associated specifically with Web 2.0 and AJAX-style software. Termed …
New version of ServerAssist network monitoring solution
Aldebaran Systems announced the availability of version 4.0 of their flagship product ServerAssist. ServerAssist, which has been described as the most comprehensive server …
Old-timers top malware chart
Sophos has revealed the most prevalent malware threats and email hoaxes causing problems for computer users around the world during March 2007. The figures, compiled by …
New versions of SurfControl’s neural network based dynamic categorization agent
SurfControl announced three new versions of Virtual Content Agent, a neural network based dynamic categorization agent.  Recent advances in neural network tuning and …
VeriFinger 5.0-based algorithm achieves best score
Fingerprint recognition algorithms from Neurotechnologija achieved top honors for reliability in this year’s Fingerprint Verification Competition (FVC2006). The …
IEClean and BOClean developer acquired
Comodo announced the acquisition of the assets of Privacy Software Corporation (PSC), a privately-owned company that develops security technology for the detection of malware, …
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