VeriSign warns of growing denial-of-service threat 

VeriSign warns of growing denial-of-service threat

Report offers advice for protecting against attacks.
Credit crunch means fewer security professionals and growing risks 

Credit crunch means fewer security professionals and growing risks

The gap between security risks and our ability to tackle them is set to rise.
Academics predict growing cybercrime sophistication 

Academics predict growing cybercrime sophistication

Data will continue to be the primary motive for future cybercrime, according to a 2009 forecast from researchers at Georgia Tech.
New protection for growing Mac threats 

New protection for growing Mac threats

Despite the old adage that Mac computers are impervious to security threats, a throng of recent attacks over the past couple of years have made it necessary for Mac users to ...
SMEs vulnerable to growing web threats 

SMEs vulnerable to growing web threats

Seven out of 10 SMEs worldwide have fallen victim to spyware and virus infections, but have underestimated the potential security consequences, according to new research.
Avalanche Technology Group launch new AVG dedicated business 

Avalanche Technology Group launch new AVG dedicated business

Australian distributor, Avalanche Technology Group has dropped AVG from its portfolio after launching, AVG AU/NZ Pty Ltd, a new business dedicated to the AVG range of Internet ...
Security market growing how fast? 

Security market growing how fast?

Just how rapidly the IT security market is expanding depends on who you ask. While one recent IT industry analyst report said it "has fast evolved into a high revenue-generating...
Mobile malware staying put and growing rapidly  

Mobile malware staying put and growing rapidly

Mobile phone viruses are on the rise spreading data seeking spyware, money making Trojans and shutting down phones.
UK's Cyber terrorism threat is growing 

UK's Cyber terrorism threat is growing

A cyber terrorism attack on the UK infrastructure will happen in the next five years, according to the Digital Security Services Manager at BP.
McAfee warns 'malware is growing up' 

McAfee warns 'malware is growing up'

Online pests reaching new levels of sophistication and professionalism.
IRC bot a growing threat to enterprise networks 

IRC bot a growing threat to enterprise networks

A new internet relay chat (IRC) bot is building an even larger zombie family that could pose a significant threat to enterprise networks, security researchers said today.
Study: Growing numbers of consumers shun online banking 

Study: Growing numbers of consumers shun online banking

More than half of all consumers shun online banking due to fraud fears, figures released today show.
Threat of intellectual property theft growing rapidly 

Threat of intellectual property theft growing rapidly

Over two-thirds of manufacturers fear the threat to their product intellectual property (IP) has grown over the past two years, new research has found.
Update: Debate - Is there really a growing mobile phone malware 

Update: Debate - Is there really a growing mobile phone malware

NO - Simon Perry - VP security, EMEA, CA
Profit driven hackers a growing threat 

Profit driven hackers a growing threat

Quiet, targeted and profit-driven. These are the adjectives describing the current attacks ruling the IT threat landscape, according to Symantec’s latest Internet Security ...
Network security market growing 

Network security market growing

Infonetics Research reported today that the network security market increased by 15 percent last year and predicted that revenue will grow another 32 percent by 2009.
Network security field growing 

Network security field growing

Infonetics Research reported today that the network security market increased by 15 percent last year and predicted that revenue will grow another 32 percent by 2009.
Botnet threat growing at 'alarming rate' 

Botnet threat growing at 'alarming rate'

The trend of hackers and cybercriminals using botnets to conduct large-scale denial-of-service attacks increased at an “alarming rate” during the second half of last year, new ...
Small firms, growing security spending 

Small firms, growing security spending

Smaller U.K. companies are preparing to "drastically" boost IT security spending as they move beyond anti-virus solutions to the deployment of firewall and intrusion-detection ...
Fastest growing malware threat: bots 

Fastest growing malware threat: bots

Bots are the fastest growing malware threat, with more than 10,000 new variants detected last year, security firm Panda Labs said Thursday.
Firms face growing IT security danger from 'enemy within' 

Firms face growing IT security danger from 'enemy within'

Global organizations are leaving themselves vulnerable to significant security risks because of widespread failure to take steps against internal threats, industry experts ...
Panel: Threats growing, solutions difficult 

Panel: Threats growing, solutions difficult

A panel of security experts provided a bleak view of the internet, noting it as a battleground where criminals are launching sophisticated attacks that are hard to thwart.
Survey warns: spyware still a growing threat 

Survey warns: spyware still a growing threat

Reports of the demise of spyware have been greatly exaggerated. A survey conducted since January, which pointed to a decrease in spyware over the last quarter, had been ...
European IP VPN market growing fast - for now 

European IP VPN market growing fast - for now

The European market for IP-based VPNs is growing rapidly but the current double-digit growth phase will flatten out to five per cent a year by 2007, according to IDC.
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