Malware scanning is not enough. You have to hack, too. Latest report now online. The amount of choice when trialling or buying endpoint security is at an all-time high. It has been 36 years since 'anti-virus' first appeared and, in the last five years, the number of companies innovating and ... Read More

Clear, open testing is needed and now available Latest reports now online. A year ago we decided to put our support behind a new testing Standard proposed by the Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization (AMTSO). The goal behind the Standard is good for everyone: if testing is conducted openly then testers ... Read More

When is a security breach serious, less serious or not a breach at all? Latest reports now online. UPDATE (29/10/2018): This set of reports are confirmed to be compliant with AMTSO Standard v1.0 by the Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization. Our endpoint protection tests have always included targeted attacks. These allow us ... Read More

Over the last few months we have seen a surge in attacks using apparently innocent documents that install malware covertly on victims' systems. Unless you are running specialist monitoring tools, or very effective security software, you probably won't see any symptoms of the attack. The goals of these attacks are ... Read More

What happens when your choice of security software handles an attack? Latest reports now online. It should be simple. You've clicked on the wrong link, opened a malicious email or installed something inadvisable. A threat is now attacking your PC and it's up to your choice of anti-malware product to ... Read More

As we prepared this network security appliance report for publication we were also getting ready to present at BT's internal security conference Snoopcon. We had been asked to talk about security products and how they might not do what you assume they will. Reports like this (PDF) provide an interesting insight ... Read More

Sometimes testers need to be tested too. We're always up for a challenge! Latest reports now online. How do you know which security products to buy? Many rely on independent tests to help in the decision-making process. But how do you know if a test is any good or not? ... Read More

Our latest email cloud security test really challenged the services under evaluation. Latest report now online. Last summer we launched our first email cloud security test and, while it was very well received by our readers and the security industry as a whole, we felt that there was still work to do ... Read More

A common criticism of computer security products is that they can only protect against known threats. When new attacks are detected and analysed security companies produce updates based on this new knowledge. It's a reactive approach that can provide attackers with a significant window of opportunity. It's why anti-virus has ... Read More