Old hard drives still full of sensitive data
Hard drives full of confidential data are still turning up on the second-hand market, researchers have reported.
Stories by John E. Dunn
Insiders overtake viruses as biggest security worry
Company insiders have overtaken viruses as the most reported security incident, the annual report from the respected U.S. Computer Security Institute (CSI) has reported.
Wireless technology hits security budgets
Wireless technology is now a major worry for most companies, so much so that many predict security spending rising by up to 20 percent to patch up its weaknesses.
Worried companies block Facebook
The security backlash against Facebook has taken a new twist with a survey finding that large numbers of employees are now being blocked from accessing it.
Vendor warns over Skype eavesdropping
Skype is an easy target for hacking and offers a way inside a corporate network.
DIY Trojan tool discovered for sale
A new kit for building and customizing Trojan malware has been discovered for sale on the Internet.
Email worms rarer in 2007, says vendor
Email worms, not long ago the scourge of the internet, have declined sharply in 2007, a security company has revealed.
Businesses urged to check domains for spam
Secure Computing is advertising a free service that businesses can use to check on the volume of spam and malware emanating from hijacked PCs within domains owned by them.
Botnet management app exposed
A new and unusually sophisticated application for controlling and monitoring botnet PCs has been discovered by security company Panda Software.
Rivals pour scorn on Microsoft security tool
The technology in Microsoft's new business security product, Forefront, is not up to scratch, rivals have warned.
IPods targeted by obscure Linux virus
As threats go this one is very small but the target happens to be one of the biggest in the digital world -- someone has finally got round to writing an iPod virus.
Seagate ships super secure hard drive
Two years after first being announced by Seagate, the world's most secure hard drive is finally to go on sale in a laptop from system vendor ASI.
Bagle worm still swarming over the internet
The Bagle worm continues to plague the internet over three years after it first appeared, with many anti-virus engines unable to keep up, claims a security vendor.
Windows Defender fails in new malware test
Windows Defender has been slated in a new test that found it could detect barely half of the malware thrown at it during the last year.
US researchers claim new system kills worm outbreaks
U.S. researchers have come up with a technique that claims to be able to stop Internet worms within milliseconds of an outbreak.