avast! antivirus 4.8 is a major technology upgrade to the avast! product line, which includes the addition of anti-spyware detection, certified by West Coast Lab's Checkmark process, and the implementation of anti-rootkit capabilities, all directly from within avast! antivirus.

NCP engineering GmbH releases version 9.03 of its Secure Enterprise Client. The most important feature is support for the Windows XP operating system in its 64 bit mode.

By the means of a zero-day vulnerability in Apple's Safari 3.1 Web browser, the team of researches from Independent Security Evaluators (ISE), was able to hack a MacBook Air in two minutes. There’s no way this  can be auspicious for Mac OS X's status regarding security.

The PlayStation Network users received a word of warning from Sony. The alarm signal refers to a possible breach in the security. Because of it, the legitimate users’ private details can be accessed by the wrong people.

The antivirus business is a vast one and continually needs upgrading. The antivirus products must always have an independent, secure and objective source to offer detailed information regarding the functionality of such a product.

Byron Ng, a Vancouver, Canada computer technician draw attention to the Associated Press about the fact that unwanted persons peeked on the personal photos posted on Facebook Inc.

Everyday the media reports countless security incidents involving confidential data which has been lost or stolen. If your company has a strict AUP (Acceptable Usage Policy) which clearly specifies the company ownership over the computers, data and network traffic, then you can deploy intelligent surveillance software such as KGB Employee Monitor.

Microsoft security engineers are investigating attacks against a recently published Word vulnerability which may lead to remote system compromise. The code execution vulnerability is caused by a buffer overrun in the Microsoft Jet Database, or msjet40.dll.

The U.S. National Security Agency has released its own version of the open-source computer operating system Linux, which offers enhanced security for users.

According to Sean McCormack, the State Department spokesman, on January 9, February 21 and March 14 of this year, because of "an outrageous breach of security and privacy", the passport records of Sen. Barack Obama were accessed by three contract workers.