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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

RFID

Security researcher slams human malware 'infection'

New research where a scientist claimed to be infected with a computer virus has been described as "nonsense".

By Tom Brewster, 26 May 2010 at 14:45

Security/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

IT Pro Week in Review

Week in review: Lenovo trumps Dell; drone attack; security hacks abound

It's been cock-ups a plenty this week, on the part of both companies and customers, but Lenovo has plenty to be happy about. Or does it?

By Alan Lu, 14 Oct 2011 at 15:27

/News

Cyber war

Stuxnet hits Iran nuclear plant

A project manager at Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant admits Stuxnet has been found on staff computers at the site.

By Tom Brewster, 27 Sep 2010 at 12:01

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

Desktop Software/News

Week in review

Week in review: Virus hits Iran nuclear power plant, Ballmer bonus woes

The past week was filled with intrigue, action and big money as a virus hits an Iranian nuclear power planet, the British police crack down on the...

By Alan Lu, 1 Oct 2010 at 15:04

Security/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

Week in Review

Week in Review: Kaspersky hit by hackers, UK hit by spending cuts

This week, security company Kaspersky gets hit by an anti-virus scam and George Osborne unleashes the spending cuts on the nation.

By Jennifer Scott, 22 Oct 2010 at 17:26

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

Networking/News

20 billion spam emails hit UK inboxes daily

Latest spam and virus end-of-year trends and prediction report has found 2007 spam levels have increased 100 per cent on last year's volumes and...

By Miya Knights, 3 Dec 2007 at 13:05

Networking/News

soldier protection

Oxford Brookes claims it’s clean from Conficker

The Conficker virus is still causing problems, but it looks like Oxford Brookes has recovered reasonably quickly.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 6 Oct 2009 at 14:24

Public Sector/News

Secure connections could allow viruses to proliferate

New report finds that viruses can pass through secure connections undetected by anti-virus products.

By Rene Millman, 19 Mar 2007 at 17:54

Security/News

AVG buys Sana to avoid cloud-based security

The free anti-virus vendor has rejected the cloud route in favour of new behaviour-based security technology.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 13 Jan 2009 at 13:05

Cloud Security/News

Facebook users easily fooled by thieving frog

Experiment conducted by anti-virus firm Sophos finds that Facebook fans are easily beguiled by pictures of cute frogs and give up personal...

By Rene Millman, 15 Aug 2007 at 11:12

Security/News

Does Sony software install a rootkit?

Anti-virus company finds Sony software that hides files away from operating system and could lead to hackers planting malware that's invisible to...

By Rene Millman, 28 Aug 2007 at 12:21

Security/News

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