In a year when the virus world has seen an almost 50 per cent
reduction in outbreaks compared to the same time in the previous
year, other malware trends continue to show no stopping. Despite
the efforts of companies like F-Secure to eradicate spam from email
servers and private mailboxes, this modern plague continued to
spread in the first half of 2005.
Another trend in malware-writing is the rapid increase in new
trojans and bots. Unlike the more indiscriminate assaults by
viruses and worms, trojans can be delivered with precision to
target organisations via email attachments or links to websites.
In the same time frame, mobile viruses continue to make news.
So far, the worst damage has been shown by a Trojan called Skulls,
a malicious SIS file Trojan that replaces the system applications
with non-functional versions, so that all but the phone’s basic
functionality is disabled. More worryingly for smartphone owners is
the arrival of Commwarrior – a mobile virus that spreads both via
Bluetooth and MMS messages, which was first reported in the wild in
Ireland already in January 2005. For its part, F-Secure opened two
completely refurbished state of the art data security labs, the
first in mid March in its San José office and the second at the end
of May at its headquarters in Helsinki.
For more information about the fight against the malware
community, please visit: http://www.f-secure.com/2005/1/
About F-Secure Corporation
F-Secure Corporation is the fastest growing publicly listed
company globally in the antivirus and intrusion prevention industry
with more than 50% revenue growth in 2004. F-Secure services and
software protect individuals and businesses against computer
viruses and other threats coming through the Internet or mobile
networks. Our award-winning solutions include antivirus and desktop
firewall with intrusion prevention, antispam and antispyware
solutions. Our key strength is our proven speed of response to new
threats. For businesses our solutions feature a centrally managed
and well integrated suite of solutions for workstations and servers
alike. Focused partners offer security as a service for those
companies that do not wish to build security expertise in-house.
Founded in 1988, F-Secure has been listed on the Helsinki Exchanges
since 1999. We have our headquarters in Helsinki, Finland, and
offices in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Poland,
Singapore, Sweden, the United Kingdom and USA. F-Secure is
supported by a global ecosystem of service partners, value added
resellers and distributors in over 50 countries. F-Secure
protection is also available through mobile handset manufacturers
such as Nokia and as a service through major Internet Service
Providers, such as Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom and Charter
Communications. The latest real-time virus threat scenario news are
available at the F-Secure Antivirus Research Team weblog at
http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/.
Press inquiries:
F-Secure Corporation Jaana Sirkiä, Communications Manager PL
24 FIN-00181 Helsinki Tel +358 9 2520 5290 Fax. +358 9 2520 5018
About F-Secure Corporation
F-Secure Corporation is the fastest growing publicly
listed company globally in the antivirus and intrusion prevention industry with
more than 50% revenue growth of antivirus revenues in 2004. F-Secure services
and software protect individuals and businesses against computer viruses and
other threats coming through the Internet or mobile networks. Our award-winning
solutions include antivirus and desktop firewall with intrusion prevention,
antispam and antispyware solutions. Our key strength is our proven speed of
response to new threats. For businesses our solutions feature a centrally
managed and well integrated suite of solutions for workstations and servers
alike. Focused partners offer security as a service for those companies that do
not wish to build security expertise in-house. Founded in 1988, F-Secure has
been listed on the Helsinki Exchanges since 1999. We have our headquarters in
Helsinki, Finland, and offices in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway,
Singapore, Sweden, the United Kingdom and USA. F-Secure is supported by a global
ecosystem of service partners, value added resellers and distributors in over 50
countries. F-Secure protection is also available through mobile handset
manufacturers such as Nokia and as a service through major Internet Service
Providers, such as Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom and Charter Communications.
The latest real-time virus threat scenario news are available at the F-Secure
Antivirus Research Team weblog at
http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/
