FAIRFAX, Va., July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Norman Data Defense Systems announced today that its industry-leading Norman SandBox® automated antimalware technologies are being successfully implemented in large businesses, government, higher education and other organizational environments that now face a new threat threshold -- cyber attack onslaughts that amount to 75,000 to 100,000 samples of malicious software per day. "Competitors are often not focused on automated malware analysis and instead offer plain vanilla, off-the-shelf security solutions often can't stand up to this level of cyber attack that many organizations now face," said Brian Beard, Norman vice president.

FAIRFAX, Va., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Norman, a leading global security innovator serving single consumer desktops to complex corporate and government networks, today issued a report detailing top security Internet threat trends for 2010. "Cyber criminals are putting increasing emphasis on using social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter as effective 'spread mechanisms' for malicious software," said Arvid Gomez, Norman vice president, OEM and Technology.

Computer scientists at Rutgers University have shown how a familiar type of personal computer security threat can now attack new generations of smart mobile phones, with the potential to cause more serious consequences.

By JAKE STUMP A popular search engine has been warning Internet users to avoid the West Virginia State Bar's Web site or risk their computer going haywire. However, this morning, Google's warnings about the site had been removed. Strong warnings were prominent Tuesday.

Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of Internet threat management solutions that protect against all forms of malicious software, today announced the release of Kaspersky Mobile Security, a unique offering that provides remote data protection and extensive malware defense for SMS/MMS-enabled smartphones running the Windows Mobile or Symbian operating systems.