Viruses and worms are being placed on the backburner as Symantec shifts its focus from device security to protecting information and online interactions with the launch of a new strategy dubbed Security 2.0.

Hackers can exploit Google Code Search, experts say

Robert McMillan - October 9, 2006

Google Inc. has inadvertently given online attackers a new tool. The company's new source-code search engine, unveiled Thursday as a tool to help simplify life for developers, can also be misused to search for software bugs, password information, and even proprietary code that shouldn't have been posted to the Internet in the first place, security experts said.

Geek speak driving new spam wave, says report

Michael Crawford - October 4, 2006

MessageLabs' September intelligence report has highlighted "geek speak" as the new wave of social engineering techniques being used to send spam.

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Understanding Cybersecurity on Smartphones (UCS-Sph) Part 2

MohammadMoein Shafi and Arash Habibi Lashkari - March 5, 2024

This second article of the Understanding Cybersecurity on Smartphones (UCS-Sph) series delves into Microsoft's Windows Phone, a mobile OS that has undergone significant changes...