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  • Death of Windows XP SP2 Support a Security Risk, Says Report

    If your business is still running Service Pack 2 of Windows XP, security problems are lurking around the corner, according to new research from IT services vendor Softchoice stating that almost 80 percent of organizations surveyed risk a security breach if the do not upgrade to SP3.

    Written by Shane O'Neill23 June 10 02:30
  • Not safe for work: What's acceptable office computer use

    How many minutes, or hours, did you spend on Facebook today? Even if you spent just a few minutes on the popular social networking site during office hours, you're not alone. Data from Nucleus Research finds 77 percent of workers who have a Facebook account use it during work hours.

    Written by Joan Goodchild17 June 10 05:48
  • 5 social media risks CIOs need to be wary of: ISACA

    Malware, brand damage and loss of productivity are just a few of the consequences of social media use in the workplace CIOs need to be aware of, according to the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA).

    Written by Lisa Banks11 June 10 11:13
  • Panda's free antivirus adds new malware blocking

    Panda Security has bolstered the features available in its free antivirus product, Cloud Antivirus, adding a new behavioural engine and Windows autorun control.

    Written by John E. Dunn04 June 10 02:18
  • Gumblar Trojan vanishes suddenly yet again

    A prolific variant of the Gumblar Trojan has performed another vanishing act, disappearing suddenly from malware figures gathered by Kaspersky Lab.

    Written by John E. Dunn10 May 10 17:39
  • Windows 7 'compatibility checker' is a Trojan

    Scammers are infecting computers with a Trojan horse program disguised as software that determines whether PCs are compatible with Windows 7.

    Written by Robert McMillan11 May 10 05:57
  • The LoveBug worm: Ten years later

    Ten years ago today, on May 4, 2000, a security team with MessageLabs, a provider of messaging security services, came in to work and discovered the number of viruses its system had intercepted in the last several hours was off the charts.

    Written by Joan Goodchild06 May 10 04:14
  • FireEye malware blockers don't rely on signatures

    FireEye Wednesday unveiled its first appliances built for in-line blocking of Web and e-mail malware using wholly non-signature-based detection methods.

    Written by Ellen Messmer05 May 10 15:16
  • US Treasury Web sites hacked, serving malware

    Three Web sites belonging to the US Department of the Treasury have been hacked to attack visitors with malicious software, security vendor AVG says.

    Written by Robert McMillan04 May 10 20:03
  • New cyber attacks more malicious than Love Bug: Symantec

    A decade after the Love Bug virus attacked millions of computers worldwide and put the Philippines in the IT world map in a negative way, computer security experts have noticed that today's computer attacks are more malicious than the original computer security threat.

    Written by Veronica C. Silva01 May 10 09:01
  • Fireshark plugin decodes the malicious Web

    A computer security researcher has released a plugin for Firefox that provides a wealth of data on Web sites that may have been compromised with malicious code.

    Written by Jeremy Kirk16 April 10 06:06
  • Researchers find bugs in archive file formats

    Researchers have found ways to hide malicious software in commonly used archival formats that went undetected until recently by most antivirus programs.

    Written by Jeremy Kirk16 April 10 06:48
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