It’s Infosec time again. Walking the aisles of Europe’s most successful information security trade show, I found myself plagued with a nagging sense of doubt. Why? Scantily clad girls dressed as angels and the sash-climbing acrobats in yellow lycra

Google warns: Malicious ‘drive-by downloads’ on the up - Silicon.com
In April 2007, fewer than 0.4 per cent of searches returned at least one harmful result. However, this had increased to more than 1.3 per cent in January 2008, Google researcher Niels Provos said in a Google blog post. Drive-by downloads are caused

Malicious software overtakes friendly apps - Silicon.com
For the first time, the amount of malicious software being released has outstripped that of legitimate software, according to new research. Security A to Z From antivirus to zero-day , click here for silicon.com’s alphabetical guide to security

Personal effects: We want your expert opinion - Guardian Unlimited
Don’t spend the money, but do put security software on your PC. Without it, even with the best of intentions and the most careful habits, something might accidentally go wrong and you could then be spending more than 60 to mend it. Go to avast.com

Microsoft to release security secrets to partners - PC Advisor
Microsoft will soon release tools and methods it has used over the last few years to reduce the number of security problems in its software. Microsoft began to take security seriously around 2001. Coding problems in its software opened the door to an

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