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Royal Navy systems hit by computer virus

An infection on Ministry of Defence systems affects warship communication systems.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 16 Jan 2009 at 12:21

Security/News

PC on a drip (virus protection)

How to protect a group of office PCs from viruses

Safeguarding multiple office computers from malware doesn't have to be difficult or expensive, as Simon Edwards shows in our step-by-step guide.

By Simon Edwards, 13 Aug 2010 at 11:51

Desktop PCs/Tutorials

Poor anti-virus left ‘back door’ for hospital attack

Badly-configured and missing anti-virus leaves a major London hospital Trust embarrassed and with work to do to improve its IT.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 3 Feb 2009 at 11:49

Antivirus/News

Facebook

Facebook boosts security after worm steals logins

The social network claims the Ramnit-acquired data is out-of-date, but still improves security and takes remedial steps.

By Tom Brewster, 6 Jan 2012 at 09:55

Security/News

Fastest-spreading email worm 'MyDoom' turns five

Back in 2004, email servers were overrun by a worm which sent out spam distributing junk mail through infected computers.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 26 Jan 2009 at 12:59

Email Servers/News

Update: Hospitals still recovering from computer virus

The downed hospital systems are expected to be back online sometime next week.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 21 Nov 2008 at 12:13

Network Access Control/News

Cyber crime

Massive Bredolab botnet shut down

Dutch authorities have shut down the Bredolab botnet that had infected over 30 million systems.

By Tom Brewster, 26 Oct 2010 at 11:08

Security/News

Happy 20th birthday to the internet worm!

IT PRO celebrates (if that’s the best word) the birth of a threat that changed the face of internet security forever.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 31 Oct 2008 at 16:32

Security/News

XXX

‘Here you have’ an aggressive sex movie attack

Security firms are warning about a widespread and aggressive attack, using an old school method to tempt users into downloading a virus.

By Tom Brewster, 10 Sep 2010 at 15:56

Security/News

Timeline: The life of the email virus MyDoom

It started off a fast-growing email worm spamming through junk mail, and then switched to a distributed Denial of Service (DoS) attack bringing...

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 26 Jan 2009 at 15:17

Security/News

Drone

US drones hit by malware

A US air base used for piloting drones is hit by a virus that is proving rather difficult to get rid of.

By Tom Brewster, 10 Oct 2011 at 10:25

Security/News

Virus still infecting Ministry of Defence systems

Has the government department fallen victim to the fast-growing Conficker worm?

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 21 Jan 2009 at 11:01

Security/News

McAfee mess as anti-virus attacks brings down PCs

Enterprise systems running McAfee anti-virus were caught in a false-positive debacle.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 6 Jul 2009 at 12:52

Security/News

Virus

Barracuda shows off 'power of data' to fight virus

Barracuda was the quickest vendor to get out defence systems to customers for the Here You Have virus, the firm's CEO claims.

By Tom Brewster, 14 Oct 2010 at 11:00

Security/News

Infection

Barracuda: Stuxnet 'underplayed and overplayed'

The Stuxnet worm is highly complex, but it is not widespread and is missing a clean-up mechanism, Barracuda's CRO says.

By Tom Brewster, 15 Oct 2010 at 13:54

Security/News

Malware

Stuxnet: The most serious threat yet?

The Stuxnet worm has been causing alarm bells to ring in the security industry but what is it and how serious a threat does it pose?

By Tom Brewster, 17 Sep 2010 at 17:20

Security/News

Conficker Worm

Conficker worm hits Greater Manchester Police

One of the biggest threats to computer security in 2009 has kicked off 2010 with an attack on the Greater Manchester Police force.

By Jennifer Scott, 2 Feb 2010 at 14:35

Security/News

Twitter hit by Easter weekend worm attacks

Twitter reviews its security processes after a worm infects hundreds of accounts.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 14 Apr 2009 at 11:50

Security/News

Mobile virus breakouts could ‘overshadow’ PC threats

Study claims that once a mobile phone OS gets a big enough mobile share, it could be targeted by viruses.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 6 Apr 2009 at 15:19

Security/News

police

First British arrests over Zeus Trojan

The Police Central e-Crime Unit says the arrests are the first in Europe over the virus.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 18 Nov 2009 at 15:45

Public Sector/News

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