Russian antivirus company Kaspersky has launched a hosted e-mail-filtering service in Europe, however plans for Australia are yet to be revealed.
Before Microsoft and Yahoo finally made their respective instant messaging platforms compatible, they took numerous steps to improve the overall level of security for the combined 350 million user community.
Security attacks over instant-messaging networks became more prevalent in 2005, according to a new study.
Security company Symantec has leapt into the nascent market for securing instant messaging systems, announcing that it has agreed to acquire IMlogic, one of the sector's top players.
A new worm that targets users of America Online's AOL Instant Messenger is believed to be the first that actually chats with the intended victim to dupe the target into activating a malicious payload, IM security vendor IMlogic warned on Tuesday.
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Open-source developer Landon Fuller explains why he is devoting his time to patching flaws found by the Month of Apple Bugs.
Malicious attacks now come cloaked in messages that appear to have been sent by a known instant messaging contact -- even more reason to be wary.
Off-the-record instant messaging enables chatters to confirm identity of other person, leaves no trace of conversation.
Gil Shwed, Check Point Software CEO, weighs in on who's winning the war of attrition between virus writers and security companies.
ZoneAlarm Security Suite puts Norton and McAfee to shame with its easy-to-use triple-layer firewall, antivirus, antispam and now antispyware features.
ZoneAlarm Security Suite puts Norton Internet Security and McAfee Internet Security to shame with its easy-to-use features.
ZoneAlarm Security Suite is like a beacon of light on a darkling plain, proving there is life in the consumer Internet security market.
ZoneAlarm Security Suite puts Norton Internet Security and McAfee Internet Security to shame with its easy-to-use features.
Security software specialist Zone Labs has bought IMsecure to capitalise on the growing problem of security flaws in instant messaging software, the company announced Tuesday.
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