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  • CIO Jury: Viruses still a major security threat

    Computer viruses still pose a major threat to corporate networks despite the lack of a major outbreak for two years, according to leading UK IT chiefs. The last serious mass-mailing virus attacks to hit both home PC users and businesses were Sasser, Bagle and MyDoom in 2004.


  • Virus alert as Storm Worm rages on

    Many home PC users may have been infected after a large-scale sustained Trojan horse attack that took place over the weekend, security vendors believe. The Trojan, named 'Storm Worm' by antivirus vendor F-Secure, first started to spread last Friday as extreme storms engulfed Europe. The email claimed to include breaking news about the weather, in an attempt to get people to download an executable file.


  • Latest McAfee antivirus clashes with Lotus Notes

    People who use both IBM Lotus Notes and McAfee VirusScan Enterprise may want to hold off on upgrading to the latest version of the McAfee software. Installing McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5i on a PC that also runs the Lotus Notes email client can lock people out of their mailboxes, the two companies have confirmed. Lotus Notes is a commonly used email application, particularly in larger organisations. McAfee, the world's second-largest antivirus company, released VirusScan Enterprise 8.5i in late November.


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  • Vista: Security industry ready for retail launch

    All major security software makers, as well as many smaller ones, will have products available for Vista when the operating system is launched to consumers on 30 January, Microsoft said. That's a different story from last November, when Vista was released for businesses. At that time, only one major security company, McAfee, was ready.


  • Gates: Security challenges to grow despite Vista

    Though Microsoft has made leaps in security over the years, even more challenges lie ahead as additional devices go online, company executives said yesterday. Only last week, Microsoft released Windows Vista and Office 2007, promoted as the most secure versions of the operating system and productivity products yet. And it has been nearly five years since company chairman Bill Gates sent out his "Trustworthy Computing" memo, which said the software maker was turning its focus to security. But that doesn't mean Microsoft products are now watertight, said Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer at the company.


  • Ransomware on the rise, warns Kaspersky

    Online criminals are turning away from threatening companies with massive cyber attacks in favour of encrypting a victim's data and demanding money to release it, an antivirus expert has claimed. Eugene Kaspersky, head of antivirus research at Russia's Kaspersky Labs, told the RSA Conference in San Francisco the use of so-called "ransomware Trojans" is a key trend for 2007.


  • Microsoft to expand its security footprint

    Microsoft is working to expand its security response and research operations beyond their current base in Redmond, Washington. Over the next six months, the software giant plans to establish teams in Europe and Asia for round-the-clock coverage of security incidents and to support customers of its security products, Vincent Gullotto, general manager of security research and response at Microsoft, said in an interview at the RSA Conference.


  • Microsoft has security dozen in the oven

    Microsoft plans to release a dozen security bulletins on Tuesday, including a "critical" one for its own anti-spyware and other security products. The bulletins, part of its monthly patch cycle, will provide fixes for an undisclosed number of security vulnerabilities, Microsoft said in a note on its website. The software maker plans to offer fixes for Windows, Office, Visual Studio, Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC), and several of its security products including its Windows Live OneCare package of antivirus, firewall and PC health tools, and its Windows Defender anti-spyware.


  • Security warning over tech support tools

    Multiple flaws in commonly used technical support tools can open Windows PCs to cyber attack, security experts have warned. The vulnerable tools are often used by ISPs, PC makers and others to provide support functions such as remote assistance, the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-Cert) said in an alert. The tools, provided by SupportSoft, contain multiple vulnerabilities, it warned.


  • Windows has fewest security holes

    Microsoft Windows has the lowest number of vulnerabilities and the fastest turnaround time for patches of all commercial operating systems - but it also has the most serious flaws, according to Symantec. Despite having the fewest security holes, Windows was hit by more critical flaws than either Red Hat Linux or Mac OS X, Symantec found.


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