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  • Antivirus firms target 'unique' malware

    As malware is increasingly written with a specific target in mind, AV firms are deploying more intelligent detection tools and creating unique signatures for individual clients.

  • Recruiters auto-forward trojan-infected resumes

    Customers of an Australian recruitment firm have been targeted with resumes that are booby-trapped with a backdoor trojan.

  • Spam surges hurt SMEs

    Spammers are increasingly targeting individual companies' domains with large volumes of concentrated spam.

  • E-mail virus volumes down but danger increases

    An anti-virus company reckons the number of viruses being sent by e-mail is continuing to fall -- but according to security experts, better targeting of attacks means the overall threat of infection has increased.

  • C-level employees targeted in trojan attack

    C-level employees of publicly listed companies are being targeted by cybercriminals using malware-infected RTF (Rich Text File) documents disguised as recruitment letters.

Features and Case Studies (10)

  • Who guards the guards: Security

    Who predicted the death of the password -- and spam? Why is PKI not ubiquitous? Who makes these daft predictions anyway? ZDNet.com.au looks at how the security market was supposed to shape up, according to so-called "experts".

  • The future of managed e-mail

    MailGuard's Andrew Johnson and MessageLabs' Nick Hawkins -- the leaders of two popular managed e-mail services specialists -- go head to head.

  • Xombe Trojan poses as Microsoft warning

    An e-mail pretending to be a Windows XP security update harbours a malicious Trojan horse that could let hackers build an "army of zombie computers."

  • Fizzer worm spreads across the Internet

    A very clever mass-mailing worm is spreading rapidly across the Internet and has many different components, each timed to trigger different processes.

  • Is hosted anti-spam the answer?

    It has taken only four years for spam to become the bane of business but, as SMBs are finding, spam can be killed before it enters inboxes with the use of a hosted provider.

Reviews (2)

  • Ultimate anti-spam guide: 11 products tested

    From server-level software, to appliances, to managed services, we review the latest anti-spam solutions to help enterprises manage the onslaught of unsightly spam.

  • Worm out of virus management

    Antivirus management is complex, time consuming, and absolutely essential. Handing it over to a service provider could prove to be the easiest,"and safest,"option.

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