Kaspersky Lab releases an analytical paper on proactive protection
Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management solutions, announces the release of an analytical article on proactive antivirus technologies. In this article …
Comodo expands their Mutual Authentication initiative
Comodo announced major expansion of the Comodo Mutual Authentication (MA) initiative to help consumers re-establish trust in online financial interactions through an …
Trojan attacks antivirus software
You’ve seen Hollywood flicks in which the enemy sneaks in through some hatch, kills security guards in dark silence and cold blood, then moves on to open secret doors to …
M00P virus-writing gang busted
IT security firm Sophos has welcomed news that authorities in the UK and Finland have arrested three men in connection with computer worm attacks. The Metropolitan …
Survey reveals NHS failing to secure data on mobile devices
A survey of the healthcare sector on the use of portable data storage devices has found that almost two thirds use no or inadequate security and that half of those in the NHS …
Data security six-month summary
The first six months of 2006 were characterized by two significant milestones – the 20th anniversary of the first PC virus, Brain, which infected computers via floppy …
MessageLabs announces next generation Web Security Services
MessageLabs, a leading provider of integrated messaging and web security services to businesses worldwide, today announced the launch of version 2.0 of its Web Security …
Weekly Report on Viruses and Intruders – Bagle.JP, Bagle.JQ and Sixem.A worms, Downloader.JFN Trojan
The Bagle.JP, Bagle.JQ and Sixem.A worms, the Downloader.JFN Trojan, the backdoor Trojan Breplibot.R, the spyware Browsezilla, and the vulnerability discovered in HLINK.DLL, …
Browsezilla – a Web browser that contains malware
PandaLabs has discovered that Browsezilla, a free web browser available on several web pages, infects computers with the adware PicsPlace, without users’ knowledge. This …
“I love You’ Mail Carries Bagle Worm in Zip File
When you get an email from Anna, Alice or Ellyn saying that she loves you and offers you a password to open her heart, don’t get carried away. The encrypted zipped file …
Here comes a new wave of Bagle worms
Over the last few days, PandaLabs has detected the distribution of four new variants of the infamous Bagle family of worms (JN, JO, JP and JQ). Although in general they are …
BitDefender Finds Bit9’s List of Top 15 Vulnerabilities Erroneous
On June 20th software security company Bit9 issued a report announcing what it found to be the top 15 applications with known vulnerabilities. While BitDefender 9 was listed …