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Cybercriminals honing Android malware skills in Russia

Sophos says they're starting in Russia, but will expand with success
John McAfee, antivirus pioneer, arrested by Belize police

McAfee antivirus founder John McAfee is reportedly taking legal advice after a raid on his Belize home by police resulted in the software entrepreneur?s arrest and the death of his pet dog.
Iran identifies 'hidden agenda' behind oil terminal cyberattack

The apparent cyberattack that disrupted IT systems at Iran?s main oil terminal was serious enough to have wiped data from hard drives, news agencies in the country have claimed.
Twitter spammers infect users with fake antivirus programs

A large spam campaign observed on Twitter during the last couple of days directed users to malicious websites that exploited vulnerabilities in browser plug-ins to infect their computers with rogue antivirus programs, according to security researchers from antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab.
'Police ransom' Trojans the work of single Russian gang, Trend finds

The wave of ?police Trojan? ransomware that has hit PC users across the developed world in the last year is probably the work of a single highly-active Russian cybercrime gang, a forensic analysis by Trend Micro has concluded.
Computer hackers could cross line from computer to biological attacks, says Fortinet researcher

Attacks based on designed viruses could interest bioterrorists.
Joint ventures with China put the US at risk of cyberwar, says report

Should conflict occur, China's cyberwar plans target the US, and today's Chinese joint ventures with US manufacturers in hardware, software and telecommunications create a "potential vector" for the People's Liberation Army (PLA) to exploit and compromise, says a report from the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission sent to Capitol Hill today.
Avast Free Antivirus 7 adds cloud updates and remote assistance

Avast Free Antivirus 7 will have new features including cloud-based updates, remote assistance and file reputation.
Citadel banking virus adopts 'open source' development

A computer Trojan that targets online banking users is evolving and spreading rapidly because its creators have adopted an open-source development model, according to researchers from cyberthreat management firm Seculert.
US hospital hit by data-stealing malware

An Indiana hospital has had to write to 12,000 people after malware breached its security defences to compromise a server used to collect personal data from web forms.

Latest Features

Securing your hybrid cloud

The debate over public cloud versus private cloud continues to rage within the IT industry. As most organisations take an ad-hoc, evolutionary approach to new technologies, the environment over the next five years is likely to be a mixture of the two.
Data centre efficiency: The metrics that matter

Data centre efficiency has become the holy grail of IT professionals. Virtualisation, together with public and private cloud and rising energy costs have changed the nature of enterprise IT, highlighting new opportunities and challenges.
SaaS, Cloud, encryption & you

Any IT professional who has heard ?send it to my Hotmail? or ?popped it into Dropbox for you? echo across the office will know how impossible it is to keep employees from using outside applications for work when those provided don?t quite meet their needs.
Three ways to extend your data centre with cloud services

Cloud technology is emerging as a viable option for companies that want to cut costs, increase agility or augment their own IT resources without building out new infrastructure ? or all of the above.
Five free Android security apps tried and tested

There's been much controversy over mobile OS security, especially where Android is concerned. With 47% of the smartphone market in Q4 of 2011, according to ABI Research, it's no wonder that Android is getting attention.
The 15 worst data security breaches of the 21st century

Data security breaches happen daily in too many places at once to keep count. But what constitutes a huge breach versus a small one? For some perspective, we take a look at 15 of the biggest incidents in recent memory. Helping us out are security practitioners from a variety of industries, including more than a dozen members of LinkedIn's Information Security Community, who provided nominations for the list.
Six ways to prevent drive-by download malware attacks

In the first quarter of 2011, enterprise users encountered an average of 274 web-based malware attacks, a 103 percent increase over 2010, according to research from Cisco ScanSafe. Why the dramatic increase? One major cause is the growing number of drive-by download attacks. Drive-by downloads are an especially pernicious method cybercriminals use to install viruses and spyware, and otherwise take control of unsuspecting end users' computers.
Protecting your organisation's intellectual property

Global healthcare provider Best Doctors employs the most robust technologies and practices available to protect the privacy of its members' personal data - but that's just a part of doing business in this industry. Less obvious but equally important is the degree of vigilance with which the company protects its brand name, which is trademarked in dozens of countries worldwide.
Five ways to secure your office email

Despite the popularity of real-time communications like instant messaging, as well as updates via Facebook and Twitter, most workplaces still use and rely on email. As handy as email can be, it can also be dangerous. Attachments can contain viruses, and email messages can hide phishing links that lead you to fake websites in an attempt to steal your login information.
Lessons from history: The first virus

It has been 26 years to the day when the computing world was introduced to its first virus: The Brain.

How-tos

How to protect your PCs and network on a shoestring budget

How to avoid Android phone virus and malware

How to protect your hard drive from malware

How to use Linux to save a Windows PC from a virus

How to get rid of a virus from a USB stick

How to delete fake antivirus malware

Don't let your PC join the zombie hordes

How to move your small business to the cloud

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The future of malware

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Avoiding Legal Traps on the Web

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The growing scale of the threat problem

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