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News (11)

• 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.

• Malware proves an OS X threat

  The release of Apple's latest security patches prove conclusively that there's no such thing as an operating system impervious to security risks, especially when it comes to malware.

• OS X virus 'as easy to catch as Bagle worm': Sophos

  Apple OS X users can catch the first real virus for Apple’s OS X platform as easily as Windows users can catch the Bagle virus, according to anti-virus firm Sophos.

• The 12-minute Windows heist

  There's a 50 percent chance your unprotected Windows PC will be compromised within 12 minutes of going online, says security vendor Sophos.

• Updated MyDoom targets Google -- again

  Another variant of the MyDoom worm, which spreads by sending copies of itself using its own SMTP engine and harvesting potential e-mail targets from search engines such as Google and Yahoo, was spreading quickly on Thursday.

Features and Case Studies (3)

• 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.

• Virus writers exploit Microsoft’s monthly patch cycle

  The creators of the Bofra worm, which exploits a recently discovered iFrame vulnerability in Internet Explorer, may have timed the release of their worm to throw Microsoft’s monthly patch cycle into disarray, say security experts.

• The Internet worm comes of age

  The first Internet worm appeared 16 years ago and online security has never been the same, say security professionals.

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