US networks pumped out the highest percentage of attacks during the second half of last year, with China running a distant second, according to a report released Monday by security firm Symantec.
China leads Asia in malicious online activity, racking up 42 percent of the action in the first half of 2007, up from 39 percent last year.
Yet again denial-of-service attacks, spam, viruses - driven in part by an apparent war between virus writers - and cybercrime have hit the headlines over the course of the past 12 months.
Symantec is warning that Apple's OS X operating system is increasingly becoming a target for hackers and malware authors.
Microsoft likes to keep its friends close -- and now that security companies are its foes, it may well want to keep those even closer.
Symantec is about to launch Norton 360 in Australia and although the product seems to have some interesting features, it will take more than marketing hype to persuade me that the company has stopped making bloated and unreliable software.
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Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.
Symantec on Tuesday plans to launch the Symantec Internet Threat Meter, a free service meant to inform consumers about the state of Net security.
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By rewriting much of the code, Symantec made Norton AntiVirus 2007 faster and lighter than its 2006 version, but a few glitches here and there keep us from granting it our Editors' Choice award.
Norton Internet Security 2007 makes significant gains over last year, including cutting-edge rootkit and behavioral monitoring features found nowhere else, but the overall package could be serious overkill for the average desktop owner.
Norton Internet Security 2006 is a solid security suite, but it bogs down PC performance. Though it's a reasonable upgrade for entrenched Norton fans, it offers users less bang for the buck than ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 6.
F-Secure Internet Security 2006 provides reliable protection against viruses, spam and other online menaces. Although its spyware defence needs work, F-Secure is a steadfast defender and a solid, affordable choice for newcomers.
While Symantec's protection is solid, the overall user experience within Norton Internet Security 2008 could be much, much better. Not all the features work together and use fewer system resources.
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