A slew of security companies have banded together to tackle what they claim are falling standards in the testing of anti-malware applications.
The argument between Sophos and Microsoft over the security of Windows Vista took another turn last week when Microsoft co-president Jim Allchin stepped in to try and calm things down.
Microsoft has confirmed that Vista can be affected by malware from 2004, but argues this is not a flaw in the operating system.
Microsoft's Vista may be vulnerable to at least three pieces of widespread malware, two of which date back to 2004 , according to security vendor Sophos.
Internet security experts are gathering at a secretive conference later this week to strategise in their fight against cybercriminals.
Within hours of arriving at the AusCERT conference in the Gold Coast on Monday, my PowerBook decided it would rather commit suicide than listen to Microsoft's top security executives answer questions about Vista.
Security software vendors may soon side with US government authorities and intentionally fail to report "certain spyware" to customers if ordered by a court to remain quiet, according to a survey of leading firms.
In the increasingly Google-YouTube-Web 2.0 age we inhabit, it's become fashionable to dismiss Windows as a relic.
The explosion in drive-by download attacks continues to grow. How has the situation got so dangerous? Are there any "trusted" Web sites left?
Sophos' anti-virus chief, Jan Hruska, says the race to perfect "on-access" virus scanning technology for desktop versions of Linux and FreeBSD has the company's Unix security developers "tearing their hair out".
The men at the helm of two of Australia's largest security software companies check each other's defences. Additional reading: Microsoft launches Australian security effort
Apple's OS X remains a safe option when compared to Microsoft Windows XP or its successor, Vista, according to antivirus firm Sophos.
Sophos Anti-Virus makes no bones about its corporate orientation; you couldn't buy a single-user copy even if you wanted to.
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RMIT IT Test Labs take a look at the top enterprise applications for stopping viruses from ravaging your organisation.
Security vendor Symantec has once again pointed the knife at Apple Macintosh users.
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