Microsoft's Xbox and other game consoles could become virus writers' next targets, according to top anti-virus experts. The Xbox in particular could be hit as Microsoft is a favourite target of many virus writers, according to Jack Clarke, product...
Anyone who gets caught out by an email virus is culpable for using Outlook in the first place and for not having a good virus checker installed.silicon.com reader Peter Langford believes the issue goes beyond simple 'Microsoft bashing' and lumped...
Detective Superintendent, Mick Deats, Deputy Head of the NHTCU, said in a statement: "Hacking and virus writing are serious crimes. Two UK men - a 19-year-old electrician and an unemployed 21-year-old - are being interviewed today by the National...
Despite a new virus, Mimail.C, hitting inboxes worldwide over the last few days, the virus chart, detailing the most prevalent viruses during October shows very little variation in the worms which have been plaguing systems for the past few weeks.
The company warned users to patch their systems because the vulnerability could be exploited by virus and worm writers. A piece of code that exploits the critical vulnerability for which Microsoft issued a patch only last week has been posted...
Modern virus writers and the criminal operations which pay for their skills are looking ever more like real businesses according to one security expert, who even likened them to dot-com start-ups. The distribution of virus code openly across the...