Cell phone virus turns up the heat
Cell phone viruses, largely considered a paper tiger in the digital security world, became a bit more dangerous this week with the release of a...
IM virus hoax threatens bandwidth drain
Instant messaging users are being blighted with an increasing number of threats of terrible viruses which are spreading via the popular peer-to-peer application.
But just...
Security risk in new Google search tool
People accessing PCs in a public or workplace environment need to be aware of the security risks posed by Google's new search tool, security experts...
'eBay' worm starts to spread
An email that claims to have been sent by online auction company eBay's webmaster contains a worm that attacks poorly-protected network drives. The Myfip worm...
400% Rise in Windows Virus Attacks
The number of new viruses and worms aimed at Microsoft's ubiquitous Windows operating system has risen 400 per cent between January and June from the...
The Trojan resume: MyDoom authors encode job plea
Cheeky virus writers have put a secret message in the latest versions of the MyDoom e-mail worm asking antivirus vendors for a job. MyDoom.V and...
Unprotected PCs hit by viruses in minutes
Network worms can get onto a PC within minutes of connecting to the internet, according to security researchers at the Sans Institute.
The "survival time"...
Mobile Mosquito premium rate SMS "Trojan" not a virus
The 'Trojan' SMS dialler infecting mobile phones running pirate copies of the "Mosquitos" game is not actually a Trojan at all but rather a botched...
70 per cent of viruses come from one source
An 18-year-old German schoolboy was responsible for 70 per cent of all viruses affecting businesses and homes in the first half of 2004.
And according...
Fungus, Sulfur attack CDs
"...The U.K.'s Daily Telegraph, and later, Nature reported the discovery by Spanish scientists of a fungus in Belize that ate through portions of a CD's...
