Smaller companies should back up their data if they want to avoid being held to ransom by hackers, a security company has warned.
After launching a mobile-security service last week, Finnish antivirus specialist F-Secure is being accused of magnifying threats to smart phones.
Police in London, acting in conjunction with Finnish law enforcement authorities, arrested three suspected virus writers on Tuesday.
Fewer viruses are being detected, but spam and spyware continues to plague enterprise networks.
It doesn't appear that Symantec CEO John Thompson's next computer will run Windows.
Virus writers have crafted another example of malicious software that can infect computers running Windows or Linux.
Mobile anti-virus researchers and anti-virus companies are at loggerheads over access to code for a PC-to-mobile Trojan.
Anti-virus companies are warning of new malicious software that can infect any mobile phone capable of running Java applications, not just feature-rich smart phones.
The car manufacturer believes open standards and deperimeterisation are the right approach to security, but has rejected external security compliance.
The EMI Group is reviewing a request by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) to allow reverse engineering of its digital rights management (DRM) software, EMI said on Friday.
The Sober attack predicted for last Friday has not happened, possibly because of the publicity surrounding the potential outbreak.
The Sober attack expected later this week is unlikely to have much effect on company systems, antivirus experts predicted.
Mobile security threats are expected to triple next year as smartphones and other mobile devices become more prevalent, according to a study released on Monday by McAfee Avert Labs.
Anti-virus firm McAfee has been targeted by a phishing scam that purports to be a warning from the company about a new virus called Kongo31.XRW, which does not exist.
Gartner has criticised Sony for using rootkit technology to hide its Digital Rights Management (DRM) tool, which the analyst group said meets both the 'formal and informal definitions of spyware', and is 'unacceptable' behaviour.
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