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Anti-Virus

Hijacked Twitter accounts spread Koobface worm

Micro-blogging site suspends compromised accounts

10 Jul 16:02

NHS hospitals struggle to hold back the malware tide

Still ill

10 Jul 14:11

Rogue CA update bricks Win XP systems

Sky not really falling

10 Jul 09:42

Google Oompa-Loompas dream of virus-free OS

Everlasting gobstopper

9 Jul 16:05

MyDoom dabs spotted on mega cyberassault

Traces of guilt

8 Jul 18:23

Kentucky payroll phishing scam nets small fortune

Blue grass county hit by Trojan-fueled cybercrime

3 Jul 18:01

Speculation mounts over AVG plans for OS X client

'Mac users have no antibodies'

2 Jul 18:00

Torrentreactor breach serves potent exploit cocktail

iframe redirection redux

1 Jul 16:19

Conficker left Manchester unable to issue traffic tickets

Infection cost £1.5m in total

1 Jul 10:53

FTC settles with scareware scammers on reduced terms

10 cents per victim? We've spent the rest

29 Jun 17:35

Microsoft cuts off Security Essentials downloads

Less than a day later

24 Jun 17:48

MS no-frills security scanner gets thumbs up in early tests

Security Essentials does what it says on the tin

24 Jun 15:21

Microsoft begins Security Essentials downloads

To Morro comes today

23 Jun 19:00

MS names ship date for free security suite

Free as in lunch

19 Jun 11:22

Firefox update squashes 9 security bugs, 4 critical

Get yours today

12 Jun 00:35

Apple fans targeted by smut-punting malware

Uh, it's a booby trap

11 Jun 14:36

Symantec, McAfee cough up $750,000 on auto-renewals

'Hide the ball' suspended

Channel Register 11 Jun 00:39

Microsoft patches record number of security bugs

Adobe crashes monster patch batch

10 Jun 01:21

McAfee downplays service pack fail

Virus update leaves PCs unbootable

9 Jun 15:17

Apple security is 'struggling,' researcher says

Laments lack of 'formal security program'

9 Jun 00:52

Adobe's quarterly patch cycle to commence Tuesday

'Critical' fix for some, but not all

6 Jun 02:01

Critical Windows vulnerability under attack, Microsoft warns

Drive-by web exploits possible

28 May 22:37

RIM warns over PDF peril

BlackBerry squash potential

28 May 15:33

Microsoft fortifies Windows 7 kernel with overrun buster

Safe unlinking coming to a PC near you

28 May 00:34

Dodgy McAfee update slaps viral warning on Spotify

Was someone listening to Phil Collins again?

22 May 14:19

FBI and US Marshals laid low by mystery virus

Tommy Lee Jones' paperwork delayed

22 May 13:33

Conficker: Hold the funeral, it's not dead yet

50,000 new Windows systems hit every day

21 May 14:54

BitDefender launches 'suck it and see' free anti-virus scanner

Cut-down software in consumer marketing push

21 May 12:18

Gumblar Google-poisoning attack morphs

Drive-by download juggernaut relocates and picks up speed

19 May 20:37

Ex-OLPC security man rocks up at Apple

Cupertino knits Krstic into security blanket

14 May 12:54

Symantec hit by massive goodwill impairment

Okay-ish financial numbers otherwise

7 May 14:11

Lame Mac 'email worm' limps into view

Riddled with bugs and rather sad

6 May 14:01

Security researchers fret over Adobe PDF flaw

Double danger

30 Apr 15:46

Adobe users imperiled by critical Reader flaw

Updated Move over, Microsoft

28 Apr 17:52

Conficker botnet wake up call only pinged zombie minority

Resident evil

17 Apr 18:14

Twitter worm author gets security job

Teen causes chaos, employed, hacked

17 Apr 15:52

Fake SMS snoop utility turns spies into zombies

Bite back

16 Apr 21:18

Researchers dissect world's first Mac botnet

When zombie Macs attack

16 Apr 18:21

Fourth anti-virus firm buys into behavioural blocking

Veni, Vedi, Avinti

14 Apr 14:35

One in ten PCs still vulnerable to Conficker exploit

Scared yet? Eh? Eh?

14 Apr 13:42

Conficker botnet stirs to distribute update payload

It's alive!

9 Apr 11:02

Virus writers have girlfriends - official

And some don't even need inflating

15 Apr 2005, 16:27

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