Several current trends in the security landscape are likely to continue, according to a McAfee executive. But some are expected to be reversed, and that's not good news for those of us on the right side of the law.

Oops – Aldi’s 4-in-1 320GB hard drive, CD/DVD burner, USB hub and card reader comes with an unadvertised fifth feature: Conficker malware.

"Virtualisation is a consequence of Moore's Law," according to Citrix's Simon Crosby. What does he mean?

According to Akami's latest state of the Internet report, Russia and Brazil have unseated the US and China as the leading sources of Internet attacks and between them now account for 22 percent of the total.

Sydney based Symantec subsidiary, PC Tools has launched its latest series of security tools aimed at value conscious customers.

The Clicker adware trojan is the most widespread threat on the Web right now possibly due to it regaining popularity as an infection tool of choice.

A new report from security researchers at the SANS Institute indicates that many organizations are focusing their security efforts in the wrong place. Operating system attacks are on the decline but get addressed quicker than the more frequent application and Web-based vulnerabilities.

The infamous Conficker worm first spread its malicious infection across the Internet more than eight years ago and just last month it shot back into prominence, infecting 43 percent of machines in use worldwide in the space of four weeks and, for good measure, it now installs rogue security software on compromised machines.

Trojans continue to dominate e-threats for the second month in a row, with the infamous Conficker also still prevalent, with threats from the worm – otherwise known as Downadup.Gen - increasing from 3.33 percent in June to 4.15 percent of all infections during July.      

An attack by the Conficker worm, that infects Windows systems, has cost the Manchester Council in England around £1.5 million - and Microsoft has benefitted too, according to a report in the Manchester Evening News.