Archive for 'Information technology news - Anti-Virus'
McAfee promotion: scam, spam or mistaken identity?
Published on December 3rd, 2009.
In the past few days, a significant number of Australian small business website owners were contacted by people claiming to be from anti-virus vendor McAfee, promising to increase traffic to...Filled under Information technology news - Anti-Virus, latest news. No Comments.
2010: AVG Takes out their crystal ball
Published on November 28th, 2009.
AVG's local Marketing Manager, Lloyd Borrett took a jaundiced look at the past year of malware and attempts to extrapolate into the coming year of the endless battle between good...Filled under Information technology news - Anti-Virus, latest news. No Comments.
Netspeed’s website hacked
Published on November 26th, 2009.
Joining the ranks of Whirlpool and Overclockers, the Netspeed website has been corrupted by hackers using SQL injection techniques.Filled under Information technology news - Anti-Virus, latest news. No Comments.
Latest Internet Explorer vulnerability ‘in the wild’
Published on November 24th, 2009.
Exploit code for the newest vulnerability (called HTTP IE Style Heap Spray BO ) is widely available on the Internet, should anyone wish to look for it.Filled under Information technology news - Anti-Virus, latest news. No Comments.
New iPhone virus. Ohshit!
Published on November 23rd, 2009.
The latest iPhone virus has arrived. This one adds the iPhone to a botnet and changes that pesky default SSH password.Filled under Information technology news - Anti-Virus, latest news. No Comments.
iPhone worm: the world has gone bonkers
Published on November 15th, 2009.
Sophos' Graham Cluley is amazed at the reception given to the iPhone worm creator. Others have offered a mix of jobs and death threats.Filled under Information technology news - Anti-Virus, latest news. No Comments.
The iPhone virus now has a payload
Published on November 11th, 2009.
As expected, the Naughty Lads of the Internet have picked up the original iPhone virus and made it do something 'useful.' If you have a jailbroken iPhone or iPod...Filled under Information technology news - Anti-Virus, latest news. No Comments.
Induc virus preys on Delphi developers
Published on August 21st, 2009.
A piece of malware specifically targeting Delphi installations is turning up in legitimate software.Filled under Information technology news - Anti-Virus, latest news. No Comments.
AVG bumps up security software
Published on March 2nd, 2009.
AVG has boosted the protection offered by its security products. The free version of its anti-virus suite now includes real-time protection against web-borne threats.Filled under Information technology news - Anti-Virus, latest news. No Comments.
Old worm up to new tricks
Published on January 15th, 2009.
A worm first discovered in November last year has resurfaced and is using a new way to spread. The Wimn32.Worm.Downadup, which installs rogue security software on infected computers, exploits the...Filled under Information technology news - Anti-Virus, latest news. No Comments.
Worms in space: NASA confirms International Space Station infected
Published on August 28th, 2008.
NASA has confirmed that a laptop aboard the International Space Station has been infected with the W32.Gammima.AG worm, and admits this isn't the first time it has happened...Filled under Information technology news - Anti-Virus, latest news. No Comments.
Every anti-virus scanner on the market compromised by critical vulnerabilities
Published on July 7th, 2008.
More than 800 vulnerabilities have been uncovered within anti-virus products, and every virus scanner currently on the market has at least one highly critical vulnerability. That is the controversial claim...Filled under Information technology news - Anti-Virus, latest news. No Comments.
Shock: Some major anti-virus vendors fail VB100s latest test
Published on April 9th, 2008.
Security vendors such as McAfee, Sophos, Trend Micro, BitDefender and Avast have failed VB100’s anti-virus, anti-malware test on Vista SP1, while Symantec’s Norton Anti-Virus, AVG, Kaspersky and, surprisingly, Microsoft’s OneCare, have passed the...Filled under Information technology news - Anti-Virus, latest news. No Comments.