In November 2003, Cisco also announced that it was working with several antivirus vendors, including Network Associates, Symantec and Trend Micro, to introduce a solution that would check to make sure that a device wasn't infected with a virus...
Sasser.E is currently rated a low security threat by antivirus firm Network Associates and rates a "2" on rival Symantec's five-point scale. While antivirus experts are not positive whether Sasser.E started spreading before or after the arrest...
Compared to conventional email viruses and internet worms this malware's method of spreading seems extremely ineffective - for the vendor to say that this is the first example of a serious mobile malware threat is plain bonkers.
We still use antivirus, we still use anti-spyware, those are key elements. The first and best defence we use on computers at Cisco is the Cisco Security Agent. The Cisco Security Agent is] single-handedly the most important technology we have...
Such a strong prediction is likely to draw fresh criticism of those peddling the mobile malware threat but Sans joins antivirus vendors such as F-Secure, McAfee and Symantec in making the case for greater mobile security.
This entails users receiving a chat message that encourages them to click a link which downloads the malware, according to antivirus company F-Secure. Mark Osborne, chief information security officer at carrier Interoute, says: "The biggest risk...