Spyware enters the spotlight
News The good old days of script kiddies and geeks are well gone," said Pete Simpson, manager of Clearswift's ThreatLab division. But consultants at security company Clearswift now believe that the email was part of a targeted attack on the victim...
[November 20, 2003, 14:05]
Organised crime behind Sobig - virus expert
News Peter Simpson, manager of ThreatLab at Clearswift, warned that antivirus companies and the media have become so obsessed with the unprecedented numbers surrounding the prolific Sobig.F variant that the real dangers are going almost unnoticed.
[August 22, 2003, 14:10]
Next Sobig outbreak 'overdue'
News Pete Simpson, ThreatLab manager at Clearswift, said: "Sobig was the sixth in a series of controlled experiments by the creator of this worm. The Sobig creator represents a new kind of virus writer according to Clearswift.
[September 18, 2003, 11:50]
Bank scam may originate from Russia
News Pete Simpson, ThreatLab manager at software security company Clearswift, told ZDNet UK that although there is still no solid evidence that the Russians are behind the emails, a significant number of the scams have been originating from the same...
[October 27, 2003, 14:10]
Phrack's closure worries security industry
News Pete Simpson, ThreatLab manager at security firm Clearswift, said he is very surprised to see Phrack disappear and added that a world without the infamous journal is actually less secure. Simon Perry, vice-president security strategy at CA, said...
[July 12, 2005, 9:35]
Cyberterror threats dismissed
News Supporting this view, Pete Simpson, ThreatLab manager at Clearswift, told silicon.com: "There has not been a single cyberterror threat. Central to any criticism of these plans is the fact that evidence of a genuine cyber-terror threat is yet to be...
[February 10, 2005, 8:45]
UK virus writers jailed
News According to Pete Simpson, ThreatLab manager at Clearswift, Bradley and Harvey were effectively 'recreational hackers', rather than serious criminals. Two UK men were jailed on Friday for their involvement in a plot to write and distribute a...
[October 7, 2005, 17:20]
