India is appointing auditors to check that all telecoms equipment imported from China is free of software designed to monitor data transmissions.

Reports from Japan are coming in that Olympus has been shipping one of its digital cameras – the Stylus Tough 6010 – with a virus infection on the unit’s internal memory card.

Research just published claims that one in 10 IT professionals have admitted to cheating on their IT audits, whilst a third of respondents also confessed to only auditing their firewall systems once every five years.

The latest monthly statistics on security threats from Sunbelt Software claim there has been a significant increase in Trojan activity, as well as malware designed to channel fake anti-virus products onto a user’s machine.

Wolfgang Kandek, the chief technology officer of Qualys, has warned Windows XP users that Microsoft’s technical support for service pack 2 (SP2) of the popular operating system will cease on July 13. As a result of this, he advises users to install XP …

HP is investing $1bn in technology for its services business as its focus moves away from integrating EDS to growth.

HP is investing $1bn in technology for its services business as its focus moves away from integrating EDS to growth.

Wolfgang Kandek, the chief technology officer of Qualys, has warned Windows XP users that Microsoft’s technical support for service pack 2 (SP2) of the popular operating system will cease on July 13. As a result of this, he advises users to install XP …

A Cincinnati area resident will face charges for aiding an international fake anti-virus scheme. Also indicted were two foreign-based co-conspirators.

Consultancy Deloitte has acquired security specialist IM Global to address the fears of its corporate customers.