Antivirus is dead, says maker of Norton Antivirus
Antivirus is dead.
Antivirus is dead.
Rooting your Android phone and flashing it with a new ROM -- a different version of the OS -- is usually accompanied by dire warnings from the manufacturer and occasionally even the supplier of the ROM image that it can make your phone less secure. Nov'IT, exhibiting at Mobile World Congress this week, says that its ROM will help keep your data and communications safe from prying eyes.
The year's barely started, and we've already had enough data breaches at major retailers to make a barter economy seem like a good idea. Unfortunately there are yet more security threats to look forward to in 2014. Here are the biggest ones we anticipate.
Bitdefender is overhauling its channel program, Partner Advantage Network, to include new features and benefits, as well as partner support and tools.
Leading antivirus software firm ESET has launched an ambitious push for new partners in the Australian market with the opening of a new Sydney office today.
McAfee has released its 2014 line of security products featuring an updated version of its malware scanning engine, McAfee AM Core.
Kaspersky has brought its Anti-Virus 2014 and Internet Security 2014 products to the Australian market.
You have a target on your back. In 2012, 31 per cent of cyberattacks were aimed at small businesses, and that staggering number is 100 per cent attributable to inadequate--or nonexistent--security measures at many of these firms, which might as well be an open invitation to hackers.
Kaspersky Lab has launched its 2014 versions of Kaspersky Anti-Virus ($US59.95) and Kaspersky Internet Security ($US79.95). Pricing varies upon the length of protection and how many PCs you want to protect; those listed here include one year for up to three PCs. If you're a current customer you may upgrade from the 2013 products free of charge.
Bitdefender has launched the 2014 edition of its self-titled security package, which comes with the vendor’s new Photon technology.
The first three months of 2013 have seen a surge in spam volume, as well as large numbers of samples of the Koobface social networking worm and master boot record (MBR) infecting malware, according to antivirus vendor McAfee.
Aiming to better address the security needs of businesses of all sizes that are facing increasingly complex attacks, McAfee has added two endpoint security suites to its product lineup.
A significant chunk of new malware is not spotted by antivirus programs with some threats remaining a mystery for as long as a month, an analysis of large enterprises by firewall vendor Palo Alto Networks has calculated.
There never will be a perfect computer or network defense. Computer security is a constantly elevating game of cat-and-mouse. As quickly as you address the latest threat, attackers have already developed a new technique to access your network and compromise your PCs. But if you focus on the fundamentals, you can minimize your risk and defend against most attacks.
Kaspersky Lab's Internet Security 2013 product contains a bug that can be exploited remotely, especially on local networks, to completely freeze the OS on computers running the software.