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News (41)

• Antivirus software 'is being defeated'

  According to the results of the AusCERT 2006 computer crime survey, even though 98 percent of companies used an antivirus product, almost half of them experienced a virus infection over the past year.

• Signature-based antivirus is dead: Get over it

  A hacking competition will attempt to prove that signature-based antivirus is dead but security vendors say, apart from signatures, antivirus is alive and well.

• Microsoft probes AntiSpyware Trojan

  Microsoft is investigating a piece of malicious code that targets the recently released beta version of its AntiSpyware product.

• Eighty percent of new malware defeats antivirus

  The most popular antivirus applications on the market are rendered useless by around 80 percent of new malware, according to AusCERT.

• Standoff over PC-to-mobile jumping code

  Mobile anti-virus researchers and anti-virus companies are at loggerheads over access to code for a PC-to-mobile Trojan.

Blogs (3)

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  You're not on the (white)list, you can't come in

  At this year's AusCERT conference, whitelists were a hot topic but is anyone going to use them?

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  Why popular antivirus apps 'do not work'

  Antivirus applications from Symantec, McAfee or Trend Micro -- the three leading AV vendors in 2005 according to Gartner -- are far less likely to detect new viruses and Trojans than the least popular brands.

• Have rootkits defeated the security industry?

  Rootkits, which alter the kernel of an operating system and allow malicious code to hide from security software, seem to have stumped the security industry.

Features and Case Studies (7)

• Latest MyDoom attacks Yahoo people search

  A new variant of the MyDoom worm, described variously as MyDoom.Q or MyDoom.O, was discovered on Tuesday that uses Yahoo's People Search to find new email addresses.

• Change of tactics in war on viruses

  Could quarantining e-mails be a better way of dealing with viruses than the traditional approach used by most antivirus companies?

• The dos and don'ts of VoIP security

  Although there is precious little evidence of VoIP security attacks, organisations cannot afford to be complacent. Make no mistake, VoIP is an attractive target for hackers and malware writers.

• Post-election Bin Laden video spreads a worm for the Hobbit

  Security experts are warning that an email claiming to contain a video of Osama Bin Laden's reaction to the US election result contains a worm. The email is signed by The Hobbit.

• Klez still dominates the virus top 10

  Klez is still riding high in the virus top 10 after more than a year, but system administrators should be looking out for Datemake, a new entry.

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