A new virus freezes computer files to extort money from victims.
The spate of spam attacks caused major disruption this week and will force companies to take more cognisance of their online security, says Bennie Strydom, business development manager at Integr8 IT.
The wave of German spam is linked to neo-Nazi Web sites.
A widespread worm doing the rounds is seen as a low risk.
Experts at SophosLabs are unsure whether to laugh or cry at a recent development in the spammers` arsenal: apologetic humour, says local Sophos distributor, Netxactics.
A lull in virus activity has ended, with a new Sober variant causing headaches worldwide as it accounts for as much as two-thirds of all e-mail.
A New Zealand firm has identified 52 new Trojans for the Symbian cellphone operating system, but a local expert says the threat is minimal.
SophosLabs defended customers against attacks from new versions of the Mytob worm this weekend, says local distributor Netxactics.
Distributor VAD Africa has announced the Check Point Express CI security solution that includes anti-virus protection.
Distributor Grayford Holton says the Bitdefender v2 anti-virus solution for Microsoft ISA Servers has been launched.
Symantec has made fixes for two Norton vulnerabilities available through the company's online update service.
Phishing attacks are becoming more sophisticated and South Africans have reason to worry, says Symantec's bi-annual security report.
A Sophos report has found that the majority of spam e-mail subject lines disguise words to get past security software, says distributor Netxactics.