The analogy between computer viruses and biological viruses is well developed. Computer viruses spread across the world and within organisations in ways that are consistent with models developed to understand and predict the spread of biological diseases ...

Targeted attacks are sophisticated bespoke pieces of malware written with a specific purpose in mind. They are sent by email to recipients that have been researched by attackers and have been identified as having access to data or systems to which the ...

The high water mark for spam was reached in July 2010 when approximately 230 billion spam messages were in circulation each day, accounting for 90% of all email traffic. This has now declined to 39.2 billion messages per day, accounting for only 72.9% of ...

The recent drop in the amount of spam in circulation has had dramatic effects of email volumes. The percentage of all email that compromises spam has dropped from approximately 90% last summer to approximately 75% this summer. This 15% point drop in the ...

I was encouraged today to read a report that found: “ most IT admins, managers, and C-level executives consider Stuxnet, Operation Aurora, and other high-profile targeted threats 'minor' concerns … the typical business spends more time ...