Maersk: up-to-date antivirus “not effective” against Petya
Maersk is still working to recover systems its antivirus failed to protect from the Petya ransomware.
Maersk is still working to recover systems its antivirus failed to protect from the Petya ransomware.
Intel’s security business, McAfee, has has patched a handful of serious flaws in McAfee Virus Scan Enterprise for Linux that could allow a remote attacker to take control of a system.
Rip out your computer's microphone and webcam, turn off your Bluetooth, and put on your tinfoil hats, it's "super amazing crazy security storytime."
Two-factor authentication could bolster security, but many don't know what it is or resist using it
John P. Mello Jr. | 28 Jun | Read more
You work hard to protect your PC from the malicious thugs of our digital world. You keep your antivirus program up to date. You avoid questionable Web sites. You don't open suspicious email attachments. You keep Java, Flash, and Adobe Reader up-to-date--or better yet, you learn to live without them.
Lincoln Spector | 30 May | Read more
Happy anniversary Basit and Amjad! Twenty-five years ago this month, the Alvi brothers of Lahore, Pakistan, gave the world the Brain Virus, the first bit of malware capable of infecting a DOS-based PC. Back in those relatively innocent times, the brothers actually embedded their real names and business address in the code and later told Time magazine they had written the virus to protect their medical software from piracy.
Bill Snyder | 19 Jan | Read more
If your business is still running Service Pack 2 of Windows XP, security problems are lurking around the corner, according to new research from IT services vendor Softchoice stating that almost 80 percent of organizations surveyed risk a security breach if the do not upgrade to SP3.
Shane O'Neill | 23 Jun | Read more
Security research firm Bkis earlier this month warned of a vicious virus targeting both Skype and Yahoo! Messenger. BKIS said in a <a href="http://blog.bkis.com/en/skype-new-target-of-the-worm-spreading-via-im/">blog post</a> the attack involved inserting malicious URLs into chat windows with sophisticated social engineering hooks.
Joan Goodchild | 19 May | Read more
Google, while announcing its new Chrome operating system late Tuesday, said users would no longer have to worry about viruses, malware and security updates, but security experts disagreed on whether Google can deliver on those promises.
Grant Gross | 09 Jul | Read more
Employees at U.S. federal security agencies are being notified that their personal information may have been compromised after hackers planted a virus on computer networks of government contractor SRA International.
Robert McMillan | 04 Feb | Read more