1970 January

AhnLab ’s target: mobile virus market

January 1, 1970 on 8:00 am | In Uncategorized | Comments Off

Never mind the naysayers who dismiss mobile viruses as pure hogwash. Korean security solutions provider AhnLab firmly believes such threats could cripple mobile device users in the near future, and has prepared its arsenal in anticipation of this insurgence. AhnLab developed its first mobile antivirus solution in 2002 when such viruses had not even existed, said Charles Kim, the company's

New Antivirus Player : EEye

January 1, 1970 on 8:00 am | In Uncategorized | Comments Off

Security vendor eEye Digital Security plans to add antivirus capabilities to its Blink intrusion prevention product, and will release a beta version of the software early next year, according to a company executive. "We are developing our own generic antivirus now," said eEye co-founder and Chief Hacking Officer Marc Maiffret, in an interview. A beta version of the software will be made

Sober Algorithm Cracked by F-Secure

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The worm uses randomly created URLs to update itself Antivirus company F-Secure cracked the algorithm of one of the most active worms this year, Sober, and said they should be able to calculate the exact locations the worm checks on any given day. The Sober work spreads itself via email, which doesn't make it extremely dangerous; however it has the ability to modify itself from time to time and

Sophos Could Be Gmail Antivirus Service

January 1, 1970 on 8:00 am | In Uncategorized | Comments Off One curious researcher wanted to answer the Gmail antivirus question - who's providing the service? - and compared Gmail virus detection results to those generated by several antivirus product vendors. The blogger/security researcher at The Billy Goat Curse posted a report about Gmail's antivirus service. That blogger thinks Google is using a solution from Sophos to scan and detect malware in