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Global food giant Heinz has integrated a combined hardware/software solution from Sophos to combat malware attacks and unauthorised application use.
The Reef Hotel Casino in Cairns has dumped its Symantec anti-virus and e-mail security products in favour of Sophos's offerings because the latter required less system resources and 'just works'.
Virus experts are warning that infection rates will increase in January as users pay less attention to security as they sift through a massive backlog of e-mails.
Internet security experts are gathering at a secretive conference later this week to strategise in their fight against cybercriminals.
Security software vendors may soon side with US government authorities and intentionally fail to report "certain spyware" to customers if ordered by a court to remain quiet, according to a survey of leading firms.
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