Two large incidents - the Code Red and Nimda worms - were a wake-up call for the software giant in 2001 and directly led to Gates' call to arms for the company. While we've accomplished a lot in the past year, there is still more to do - at...
Viruses and worms exist that re-send random emails from your outbox to random recipients from your address book - the possibility of sensitive corporate information arriving in the lap of a customer or a competitor seems quite real.
Phishing, spam, spyware, Trojans, viruses and worms - you'd be forgiven for thinking 2005 was very much 'same old, same old' but there were trends which came to light during the past 12 months that will have the security experts scrutinising their...
Viruses and worms may get all the publicity but it's the accounts clerk with a grudge who is likely to cause businesses more trouble. With legitimate access to financial systems, he or she may be able to wreak more damage to your organisation than...
Cisco came up with its network-based solution called Network Admission Control, or NAC, and Microsoft began pushing for its client-based solution known as Network Access Protection, or NAP. About three years ago, Cisco and Microsoft introduced...
Ooi noted that "numerous instances of mobile viruses, worms and Trojan horses" have emerged in the past year. While none has done damage like some of the major PC malware, their rapid evolution presents an obvious cause for concern," Ooi cautioned.