Mac OS X v10.6’s File Quarantine feature only offers basic malware detection capabilities. It is not a full-featured antivirus solution and does not have the ability to remove malware from the system. File Quarantine is also signature-based only. Malware signatures are only as good as its definitions, requiring Apple to provide regular, timely updates. In [...]

Sendmail/Postfix Milter, SpamAssassin Plug-in, Plesk/cPanel Plug-Ins, and Others Enable Superior Messaging Security for Hosting Providers
Hosting providers that implement Commtouch® (NASDAQ:CTCH) messaging security solutions benefit from cost savings and improved detection of spam, malware and phishing, all while maintaining their same infrastructure.
“Many tools used by hosting providers may be ‘free’ in theory, but end [...]

Jersey City, NJ, July 07, 2009 – Until now, Comodo Internet Security had a drawback: it was only available in English.
Grateful Internet users around the world install the award-winning freeware on their computers. Yet many could not benefit from it because they could not understand the English-language instructions for the antivirus and firewall software.
Malware thrives [...]

The Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization (AMTSO) has announced that it intends to provide public analysis of anti-malware reviews. This analysis will be done by comparing the testing methodology used in product reviews to AMTSO’s standards for anti-malware testing. The primary goal of this analysis is to provide consumers with information on the accuracy and reliability [...]

Leading Provider of SaaS Web Security Reports 19% Malware Increase as Zeus Botnet Gains Momentum
In its quarterly Global Threat Report issued today, ScanSafe, the pioneer and leading provider of SaaS Web Security, reported that at its highest peak in Q109, 58% of Web malware blocks were zero day threats. On average, the rate of zero [...]

New Managed Security Service Addresses Malware Threats
RSA Conference 2009
Building on the recent launch of its Cloud Compute solution, Savvis, Inc. (NASDAQ: SVVS), a global leader in outsourced managed computing and network infrastructure for IT applications, today announced a new addition to its flagship Cloud Compute and Virtualized Utility Compute offerings – the Savvis Managed Web [...]

Microsoft Corp. today released the sixth volume of its Microsoft Security Intelligence Report, which showed a significant increase in rogue security software and evidence that threats are predominantly targeting common third-party desktop applications. This version of the report also showed that the No. 1 reason for data breaches remains lost and stolen computer equipment.
Released twice [...]

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today the release of a DHS-developed detection tool that can be used by the federal government, commercial vendors, state and local governments, and critical infrastructure owners and operators to scan their networks for the Conficker/Downadup computer worm.
The department’s United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) developed the [...]

SUPERAntiSpyware.com, a Pacific Northwest developer of state-of-the-art anti-spyware solutions, has released a major upgrade to its SUPERAntiSpyware Free Edition and SUPERAntiSpyware Professional products.
SUPERAntiSpyware, in use by over 14 million users worldwide, is an innovative product that protects users from Spyware, Malware, Adware, Trojans, Rootkits, Homepage Hi-Jackers, Worms, Dialers and Parasites. SUPERAntiSpyware focuses on detecting [...]

Panda Security, a leading provider of IT security solutions, today announced that PandaLabs, Panda Security’s laboratory for detecting and analyzing malware, has determined that Banker.LKCTrojan, a Trojan purporting to be a video of the iPhone, is at the center of new pharming attacks to infect users with malware.
The aim of these pharming attacks is [...]