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 Kaspersky to invest $2 million in sales, marketing networkRussian anti-virus and content security solutions provider Kaspersky , which has its south Asian hub in Hyderabad, will be investing $2 million (approximately Rs 9.4 crore) in its India operations during 2010, primarily to enhance its partnership network and scale up sales and marketing (...) [Business standard]  Beware! Mobile viruses are on the prowl High-end devices become target of virus and malware writers. [Business standard] Intel To Acquire McAfee Chalk this one up on the 'uh, what?'-list of acquisitions. Intel announced today that it has acquired Mcafee, the security and antivirus company we all know and love. The press release is a bit vague on why, exactly, Intel made this rather odd (...) [OSNews] Getting a step ahead of pathogens A recent article examines the possibility of using epistasis to predict the outcome of the evolutionary processes, especially when the evolving units are pathogens such as viruses. [Science daily] 'PC virus' phone scam: supportonclick company insists it is innocent A detailed email from the company which owns supportonclick.com and onlinepccare.com says its staff don't tell people their PCs have viruses - or they get fired. Could ex-staff be behind the scam?
Following our stories earlier this week about phone calls in which people are cold-called with (...) [The Guardian] Virus phone scam being run from call centres in India Britons targeted by cold callers pretending to be from Microsoft phoning to fix a fake computer problem
The scam always starts the same way: the phone rings at someone's home, and the caller – usually with an Indian accent – asks for the householder, quoting their name and address before saying (...) [The Guardian] Scientists use computer algorithms to develop seasonal flu vaccines Computer scientists have developed a rapid and effective approach to produce vaccines for new strains of influenza viruses. The researchers hope to develop the new technology and provide an efficient method to confront the threat of seasonal (...) [Science daily] Understanding robustness in organisms -- a potential weapon against infectious diseases "Robust" is an adjective appreciatively applied to certain vintage wines, but when describing viruses and pathogens, robustness is a property that may be much less desirable. It evokes drug resistant microbes and other superbugs that can wreak havoc as researchers struggle to deal with new (...) [Science daily] Adobe updates Flash against security flaw – but watch out for the extras Last week's security warnings are obviated by the new download - but mind you don't get saddled with unwanted anti-virus on the way
Following last week's warnings about a serious security vulnerability in Flash, Adobe has posted version 10.1 of its player - which seems to fix the vulnerability. (...) [The Guardian] Max Secure Software launches anti-virus offering in India Max Secure Softwarea Pune based software company developing products designed to protect the privacy and security of Windows computer users launched itsanti- virus software calledMax Secure Anti Virus Pro Scan for the Indian market claiming it is 10 times faster, reduces scanning time by upto (...) [Business standard] Scientist 'infected by PC virus' A British scientist who has implanted a chip under his skin claims to be the first man to become infected with a PC virus. [BBC News] Scientist 'infected by PC virus' A British scientist who has implanted a chip under his skin claims to be the first man to become infected with a PC virus. [BBC] Could humans be infected by 'computer viruses?' A scientist at the University of Reading has become the first person in the world to be infected by a computer virus. He contaminated a computer chip which had been inserted into his hand as part of research into human enhancement and the potential risks of implantable (...) [Science daily] Check Point Announces ZoneAlarm Free Firewall with Cloud-Based Security The free firewall delivers a critical layer of protection that antivirus alone misses - - Redwood City, CA - Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the... [WebWire Computer networks] Check Point Announces ZoneAlarm Free Firewall with Cloud-Based Security The free firewall delivers a critical layer of protection that antivirus alone misses - - Redwood City, CA - Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the... [WebWire Computer software] |
