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  • The threat and security product landscape in 2017

    Like many security firms, Virus Bulletin takes the opportunity of the start of the new year to look back at the threats seen over the last 12 months. In a report we publish today, we focus on ‘opportunistic’ attacks: the large-scale attacks that don’t focus on a particular target and that often aren’t particularly advanced,…

  • The threat and security product landscape in 2017

    Like many security firms, Virus Bulletin takes the opportunity of the start of the new year to look back at the threats seen over the last 12 months. In a report we publish today, we focus on ‘opportunistic’ attacks: the large-scale attacks that don’t focus on a particular target and that often aren’t particularly advanced,…

  • Drop reported in infected computers worldwide

    Nearly one third of computers still found to be infected. The proportion of infected computers worldwide decreased from 38.49% in 2011 to 31.98% last year, according to an annual security report from PandaLabs . In the report, China tops the list of countries with the most infections in 2012 (54.89% of machines infected), followed by…

  • Dutch most protected Europeans online

    Bulgarians most likely to have become infected; financial losses most prevalent among Latvians. For the occasion of Safer Internet Day on 8 February, Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office, published a report providing various statistics on Internet security. One of the report’s findings was that the use of IT security software (e.g. anti-virus software or a…

  • AV-Comparatives releases latest retrospective figures

    Half of products rated top-class in proactive detection testing. Independent testing lab AV-Comparatives has released its latest set of results, the semi-annual retrospective test which follows on from its major detection test published in September. Some 16 products featured in the test, the same selection reported on in the September figures, but this time products…

  • ICSA Labs report reveals testing details

    Certification issues unmasked in 20-year lab survey. Renowned testing and certification group ICSA Labs has released a fascinating report drawing back the curtain on its security product tests – the detailed results of which are generally kept quiet as products go through the process of achieving certification. Among the most widely noted facts in the…

  • AV-Comparatives publishes malware removal test

    16 products challenged to remove selection of tricky infections. Independent testing body AV-Comparatives has published its latest set of test results, a comparison of how well products clean and remove infections. The test included 16 different products, many of them the latest 2010 editions. The test involved a small number of infections chosen for their…

  • EU agency research advises sweeping security improvements

    ISPs and developers should be held to account, says report. A research paper commissioned by the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) has called for major changes to the way security is currently handled, advising tighter regulations for developers and ISPs and the foundation of an independent agency to monitor cybercrime. The paper, prepared…

  • FTC notes malicious spam on the rise

    FTC reports on a decade of spam fighting. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released a report reflecting on the ten years in which it has been involved in the fight against spam, detailing the findings of its ‘Spam Summit’ workshop held last summer, and proposing steps to be taken by stakeholders to mitigate…