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Cybercriminals honing Android malware skills in Russia
Sophos says they're starting in Russia, but will expand with success
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HP launches ultrabook for the enterprise
HP has today launched its first business-class ultrabook, the EliteBook Folio 9470m, with a thin and light design that aims to tap into the consumerisation trend while still providing enterprise functionality and security features.
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Mac Flashback flaw re-used by new malware campaign
Malware criminals are on the hunt for Mac victims again, repurposing the Java-based vulnerability used by the Flashback bot to push a new drive-by web attack, security firm Sophos has reported.
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Mobile malware exaggerated by "charlatan" vendors, says Google engineer
Security vendors are behaving like ?charlatans and scammers? by peddling antivirus apps to protect consumers from smartphone malware, Google?s open source champion Chris DiBona has said in an uncompromising attack on the industry.
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Nukona manages mobile app by app
Startup Nukona is taking a different tack from mobile virtualisation advocates when it comes to securing and managing apps, introducing a "wrapper" for individual apps in which enterprises can apply a specific set of policies for each one.
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Webroot antivirus ditches malware signatures for cloud scanning
Webroot has launched a brand new antivirus system called SecureAnywhere that almost completely ditches malware signatures in favour of scanning a PC?s files against a cloud database.
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Windows 8 to get important security tweaks
Windows 8 will ship with a number of small but important security tweaks Microsoft hopes will make it a harder target for the viruses, worms and Trojans that were able to subvert older versions of the operating system.
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Google building Postini features into Apps
Google has started to move e-mail security features from its Postini service directly into its Google Apps collaboration and communication suite.
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Free antivirus grabs more market share, claims Opswat survey
Free antivirus programs such as Microsoft's Security Essentials (MSE) have now supplanted more complex paid software as the anti-malware defense of choice for millions of consumers, figures from certification company OPSWAT have suggested.
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Apple releases Mac Defender security update
MacOS users now can fence themselves off from the Mac Defender malware. Apple released a security update to Mac OS 10.6.7 that detects and deletes the malware that allegedly rode in as a Trojan horse on Google Image files.
