Spyware, adware, key loggers, Trojans and worms can all find their way onto a PC - even if the user thought they were 'only downloading a song or two' from a peer-to-peer network. Much of the problem is down to out-of-date policy and ignorance of...
The vast majority of firms (88 per cent) recognise that download and peer-to-peer services present a risk to their business and three-quarters (75 per cent) have policies in place warning against using services such as Kazaa or instant messaging...
On Monday, the company announced plans to buy privately held Protego Networks, which makes software that aggregates and correlates information about security threats, for $65m in cash. Partha Bhattacharya, CTO of Protego, was architect and...
Tighter control over removable storage devices lets system administrators centrally block the installation of, for example, USB flash drives and external hard drives. Windows Defender, an update to Windows AntiSpyware, is designed to protect...
The Bush administration claims that last year's FCC rules are necessary to make it easier to catch "criminals, terrorists and spies" who would otherwise be able to evade detection. The FBI argues that the need for "standardised broadband intercept...
Murtagh blamed "smaller IT budgets and fewer technical staff" for punching holes in SMEs' internet security systems but also emphasised the data-theft risk resulting from companies' failure to control the use of peer-to-peer applications or to...