The cost-saving culture of bring-your-own-device smartphones is tempting enterprises into taking risks they would not contemplate for conventional computing devices, …
McAfee brings antivirus support to VMware’s vShield
McAfee yesterday announced a version of its antivirus software for VMware’s vShield security technology. The McAfee Management for Optimized Virtual Environments (MOVE) …
Avira latest to offer antivirus software for Macs
German security company Avira has released free antivirus software for Apple Macs, joining a host of security software providers offering …
GFI Vipre Antivirus Business 5.0
GFI Software today launched GFI Vipre Antivirus Business 5.0 and GFI Vipre Business Premium 5.0 in the UAE, the latest …
Unique malware samples broke the 75 million mark in 2011
The number of unique malware samples broke the 75 million mark in 2011, McAfee notes in its fourth-quarter threats report for 2011, …
Google Chrome finally gets malware download protection
Nine months after first being put into testing, the new version of Chrome will at last included filtering against inadvertently …
MySQL.com hacked to serve malware
The website for the open-source MySQL database was hacked and used to serve malware to visitors yesterday. Security vendor Armorize …
Nations with low malware rates have better ISP
Countries with good national security teams (CERTs) and diligent ISPs show consistently lower rates of malware infection than those states …
China scores top spot for malware production: BitDefender
BitDefender, a provider of internet security solutions, announced the publication of its H1 2011 E-Threat Landscape Report, a study regarding …
Symantec looks to protect users from mutating malware
Symantec has announced the 12th edition of its flagship enterprise desktop anti-malware product, Symantec Endpoint Protection, that looks to go …
Dell warns of malware on server motherboards
Dell is warning customers that “a small number” of its server motherboards may contain malicious software. “The potential issue involves …
Sophos reinvents antivirus with cloud lookup
The company announced the cloud-based 'Live Protection' system as part of the new version of its all-in-one business security client, …
Microsoft says malware causing blue screen crashes
A hard-to-detect rootkit may be causing Windows XP systems to crash following Microsoft’s latest security updates. Windows users began flooding …
Microsoft says malware causing blue screen crashes
A hard-to-detect rootkit may be causing Windows XP systems to crash following Microsoft's latest security updates. Windows users began flooding …
Mozilla retracts Firefox add-on malware claim
Mozilla Corp. acknowledged that it had falsely accused a developer of infecting a Firefox add-on with attack code. The admission …
Mozilla retracts Firefox add-on malware claim
Mozilla Corp. acknowledged that it had falsely accused a developer of infecting a Firefox add-on with attack code. The admission …
Malware aims to evade Windows 7 safeguards
Experts agree that Windows 7 has enhanced security to ward off attacks on vulnerabilities in old software. But what if …
Malware aims to evade Windows 7 safeguards
Experts agree that Windows 7 has enhanced security to ward off attacks on vulnerabilities in old software. But what if …
Smartphone attacks, rogue antivirus, cloud breaches top 2010 security concerns
The rise of the Conficker worm and Heartland Payment Systems' enormous data breach were two defining security events in 2009. …
Thanksgiving Webcam promo leads to malware
The $10 Webcam that Anna Giesman bought her daughter at Office Depot over the Thanksgiving weekend sounds like one of …