Lookout Labs creates Android ad detector 

Lookout Labs creates Android ad detector

In Applications - 24 February 2012 5:27 PM
Free tool warns of ad networks' data collection.
First hour of a phishing campaign the most effective 

First hour of a phishing campaign the most effective

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 7 December 2010 12:54 PM
Taking down sites after five hours pointless.
Anti-Theft detection for mobiles not likely to emerge soon  

Anti-Theft detection for mobiles not likely to emerge soon

In Web/client - By SC Australia Staff, 27 September 2010 12:43 PM
Intel points out storage shortfall.
Browser malware test shines light on IE8 

Browser malware test shines light on IE8

In Applications - By Ry Crozier, 15 August 2009 12:00 AM
How does your browser rate?
Malware apps found to have short life span 

Malware apps found to have short life span

In Applications - By Shaun Nichols, 13 August 2009 2:39 PM
Roughly half of all new malware dies off within the first day of its deployment, according to security experts.
Conficker detection tool released as D-Day nears 

Conficker detection tool released as D-Day nears

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 31 March 2009 11:08 AM
Researchers have released a scanning tool that will allow IT departments to remotely and automatically scan their networks for Conficker infections.
Microsoft says password stealers pose biggest threat 

Microsoft says password stealers pose biggest threat

In Web/client - By Angela Moscsaritolo, 24 February 2009 11:20 AM
The top two threat families on Microsoft's detection and removal list this month are online game password stealers (PWS).
HSBC steps up fraud detection 

HSBC steps up fraud detection

In Risk - By Phil Muncaster, 20 January 2009 10:37 AM
News that HSBC is introducing technology to screen all card transactions for potential fraud has been broadly welcomed by experts as a necessary step in the fight against ...
Virus authors 'pack' malware to avoid detection 

Virus authors 'pack' malware to avoid detection

In Applications - By Clement James, 3 March 2008 9:56 AM
A variety of malware threats, rather than one specific virus, dominated the security landscape this February, according to security firm BitDefender..
Group finalizes spyware detection guidelines 

Group finalizes spyware detection guidelines

By William Eazel, 17 January 2006 9:45 AM
The Anti-Spyware Coalition (ASC), which counts AOL, McAfee, Microsoft, Symantec and Yahoo among its members, this week released the final working report of a risk-model ...
Symantec patents quicker virus detection 

Symantec patents quicker virus detection

By Marcia Savage, 2 March 2005 4:40 PM
Symantec has won a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for technology that streamlines virus detection.
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