But even more sophistication has quickly arrived in the worm, Trojan horse, spyware and spam - and there seems no end to the evolution of this modern curse to IT. To my mind it is time to derive and define a 'killer bot' capable of sniffing out and...
Speaking to silicon.com, Steve Purdham, CEO of SurfControl, said the increase in the levels of spyware and Trojans can largely be attributed to spammers 'raising their game'. Sam Curry, vice president of product management for CA eTrust, told...
SurfControl last week signed a $6.8m deal for the intellectual property of threat management firm Apreo which hands the UK firm a market-ready spyware protection product. Customers who require an additional level of protection from the damaging...
Mark Sunner, CTO of MessageLabs, was even less optimistic that companies will now see the threat posed by spyware. But will the Sumitomo near-miss prove a catalyst for enterprise spyware protection after the bank was the subject of an attempted...
The next version of Microsoft's much-criticised Internet Explorer browser is being built to resist hijacking attempts by spyware and other malicious software, according to a Microsoft developer. The feature essentially removes administrator rights...
Companies should all have anti-spyware protection in place on all machines but users must also realise the threat posed by activities such as installing non-essential software and clicking on pop-ups from unknown or untrusted sources.