Botnets could have infected 25% of world's computers on the internet

Botnets are the latest computer virus scourge to hit the internet. The botnet threat has been highlighted by even Vint Cerf, known as the Father of the Internet.

Botnets could take control of a quarter of the world's computers on the internet and launch a concerted malicious attack on a corporate or Government website. This botnet threat is incredibly serious and we are almost on the verge of an imminent botnet driven attack
Botnets such as Spam Thru make the detection and removal of botnets incredibly difficult

Botnets such as Spam Thru are capable of protecting themselves and prevent removal from the host computer.This botnet "intelligence" is the other scary component of this latest internet vulnerability- heuristic based antivirus software are just unable to detect or remove botnets from host computers
Botnets -What can we do to protect data centers from botnets

In the absence of good antivirus software to protect data centers from botnets, the only recourse seems to be to hope and pray that botnets are not targeted at your data center :-)

The Spam Thru Botnet is so advanced that it has its own virus protection system.The Spam Thru Botnet uses this virus protection system to ensure that the Spam Thru Botnet remains the dominant botnet on vulnerable computers and other botnets on the same computers are made ineffective

According to Mark Sunner of MessageLabs, Spam Thru tested the vulnerability of cyberspace systems and its own ability to hijack computers at the end of 2006 by launching a small version of a future Spam Thru Botnet attack . This Spam Thru Botnet attack caused a massive exponential surge in cyberspace traffic

Symantec antivirus software users turn zombies
A vulnerability in Symantec antivirus software has successfully turned PCs hosting older versions of Symantec antivirus software into zombie computers that can be remotely controlled by malware exponents

If you have Symantec antivirus software, your credit card details could be at risk

Symantec antivirus software has been penetrated successfully by this zombie virus and your most personal information including your credit cards could be at risk if you have installed Symantec antivirus software

Symantec antivirus corporate users at high risk from zombie virus

Corporate users of Symantec antivirus software are at an incredible risk since Symantec antivirus is the preferred software among business network systems. If you are a CIO or CEO reading this article on the zombie attack on Symantec antivirus, you had better immediately upgrade your Symantec antivirus software on your corporate networks or better still, if you are smart enough, replace Symantec antivirus software altogether by a different vendor

Symantec Inc still in state of denial about zombie attack on Symantec antivirus installed computers

Sure,Symantec Inc probably finds it embarrassing that the antivirus software it created is used not to protect computers from viruses but to spread viruses and steal customer information.But, a so-called responsible corporate antivirus vendor like Symantec should definitely not be in a state of denial,it should logically accept that its older antivirus software is vulnerable to zombie viruses and try to make more money thru upgradation :-)

Antivirus software for mobile phones (cell phones)

We are reviewing antivirus software for mobile phones (cell phones) A lot of people have written to me asking for my opinion of F-Secure antivirus software for mobile phones (cell phones) - I have decided to research on the products available in the market for mobile phone (cell phone) security.

A recent news article suggests that Nokia is planning to tie up with Symantec for a pre-installed Symantec mobile antivirus solution

The quality of Symantec's mobile antivirus solution for mobile phones (cell phones)

Now, we dont really have a high opinion of Symantec's other antivirus offerings- but it will be interesting to review Symantec's antivirus solution for mobile phones (cell phones)

Uninstalling antivirus software that is expensive and requires expensive bandwidth for regular updates is the dream of every corporate information security manager.

It may be time to uninstall your antivirus software since third party antivirus software is often also the cause of opening your corporate networks to external exploits and hacker attacks - One vulnerability in your corporate antivirus software such as Symantec and McAfee antivirus software can expose your entire corporate network to external hacker attacks from around the world.

It is definitely high time you uninstalled your antivirus software if Microsoft Vista truly achieves its promise of a great security, firewall and antivirus protection solution

In my last post on Google Desktop security,I had mentioned that corporates should go on a security witchhunt against recognized brandnames such as Google and instead focus on small antivirus and antispyware players.

I was wrong about the security implications of Google Desktop in a corporate network.
I would of course blame the holiday season for my niceness towards Google Desktop security hazards - The other reason for my good words for Google Desktop security could be the nice friends from Google whom I met last week :-)