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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

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

Security/News

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

Industry & Public Sector/News

Hackers target Facebook with virus

The latest attack is "Koobface", which downloads onto PCs and collects credit card numbers.

By Jim Finkle. Reuters, 5 Dec 2008 at 09:55

Security/News

Virus shuts down systems at three London hospitals

Engineers still in the process of fixing virus affected computer systems which have forced activities to be scaled back.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 18 Nov 2008 at 15:33

Security/News

Need to Know: The ‘Clampi’ online banking Trojan

Clampi isn’t new, and it is only one of a number of serious threats to UK online banking users. We look at the facts in this cheat sheet.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 22 Sep 2009 at 12:06

Security/News

Gene-engineered viruses build eco battery

A virus has been developed by US scientists and turn it into an eco-friendly battery.

By Maggie Fox, Reuters, 3 Apr 2009 at 17:19

Client/News

Symantec releases security public betas for Vista

Public betas of Norton Internet Security and Anti-Virus for Windows Vista unveiled for consumer testing

By Rene Millman, 28 Nov 2006 at 14:23

Security/News

Don't click on Harry Potter spoiler links, urge experts

Links to websites claiming to reveal the ending of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows could end in a virus outbreak, warn experts.

By Rene Millman, 20 Jul 2007 at 15:51

Security/News

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Microsoft's Security Essentials available to download

The software giant has unveiled free security software, dubbed Security Essentials, that Microsoft hopes will spread anti-virus adoption among the...

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 29 Sep 2009 at 11:39

Security/News

Virus danger from wireless hotspots could leave laptop users open to charges

Public laptop users could end up breaching the Computer Misuse Act if their laptops are used to spread viruses via a wireless botnet

By by Guy Matthews, 25 Jul 2006 at 17:30

Internet/News

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