Virus Attack
155 Stories
How SMBs can recover from a virus attack
Insight Understanding how viruses operate and the ways to prevent them from spreading is vital knowledge every business, small and big, must have.
Tags: Data security, Network security, Security applications/tools, Security implementation/standards, Security Management, Security, Small And Medium Business, Computer, Virus Attack, social networking
Intel to SMBs: Don't hold off PC refresh
News Security risks and maintenance costs may make older desktops and notebooks more expensive than new machines, chipmaker points out.
Tags: Personal Computers, IT budgeting, Budgeting/cost control, Hardware, Intel Corp., Power Supply, Small And Medium Business, Small Business, Notebook, Virus Attack
Freecom DataTank Gateway WLAN
Reviews Freecom's DataTank Gateway WLAN is a stylish and well-built network drive suited to individuals and small offices. However, business users concerned primarily with data protection and business continuity may be left wanting.
Rickroll virus attacks iPhones
News The 'ikee' worm replaces the infected device's background picture with an image of Rick Astley.
Tags: Mobile platforms, Viruses and worms, Twitter Inc., security consultant, F-Secure Corp., Sophos Plc., SSH, Graham Cluley, Password, Virus Attack
Pop-up program reads keystrokes, steals passwords
News Trojan horse installed through pop-up ad has watch list of banking sites. Victims visit sites, type in passwords, hand info to hackers.
Tags: Hacking, Spam and phishing, Banking
Three nations sign 2008 Olympics IT pact
News China, Japan and South Korea have agreed to work on information technology (IT) logistics for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, according to Korean news agency Oana-Yonhap.
Charities vulnerable to major security risks
News But many are waking up to the need to be as secure as private sector companies, according to a U.K. software reseller.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Security
Survey: 68% suffered security breaches in 2000
News A recent survey on information and communication technology (ICT) security in Malaysia has discovered that 68 percent of respondents suffered some sort of cyber-security breach in 2000.
JPEG exploit could beat antivirus software
News Security experts say attacks using image files could bypass established defenses.
Tags: Network security
Microsoft patches three critical browser flaws
News The software giant hopes that the trifecta of fixes will lasso the Download.Ject Trojan horse.
Tags: Network security, Microsoft Windows, windows alerts
Microsoft posts work-around for IE flaw
News Pushes patch that turns off insecure ActiveX component, while continuing to investigate a more comprehensive fix.
Tape backup for small businesses
Insight Many smaller shops can't afford advanced disaster recovery solutions like replication. Find out how you can set up a functional tape back-up solution on a tight budget.
Tags: Data backup, disaster recovery
Methodical approach to post-disaster actions
Techguide Even though the natural tendency is to recover the data as soon as possible after a disaster, you should take a methodical approach to the problem. Mike Talon breaks down the action plan immediately following a damaging incident.
Tags: Hardware, Storage, Data backup, disaster recovery, Data security, Disaster recovery
Drawing the boundaries of the Web
Insight Singaporeans will go to the polls on May 6 to elect their new government, and they'll do so the traditional way--on pen and paper. Should one of the world's most wired nations have introduced online voting?
Tags: Web sites, Data security, Security, Privacy, Politics
Anna virus author comes forward
News A Dutch virus writer known as OnTheFly admitted Tuesday to writing the Anna Kournikova virus, as Excite@Home compiled evidence against a subscriber in the Netherlands who is believed to be the same person.
