Piraeus may sell its Bank of Cyprus stake

Bank of Piraeus S.A. is in consultation with foreign investment houses for the disposal of its 8.19% participation in the share capital of BOC through a private placement according to Greek press

Panda report looks at Banker.FJI trojan, worms

Panda Software’s weekly report on viruses and intruders looks at three malicious codes: the Banker.FJI trojan and the Foamer.A and Spamta.NB worms. Banker.FJI is a trojan that displays false login screens when

Fighting spam, spyware and malicious software

The Commission today called on all regulatory authorities and stakeholders in Europe to step up the fight against spam, spyware and malicious software. Despite existing EU legislation to outlaw spam in Europe,

Ericsson mobile TV solution for Proximus Belgium

Belgian operator Proximus has awarded Ericsson a contract for an end-to-end mobile TV solution, including Ericsson’s Channel Selector, that will enable customers of Proximus to enjoy fast and easy channel surfing for mobile

Cyprus has 1850 pension funds

…CYTA, EAC and Hotel Employees the largest   Cyprus is waiting for passage of new European Pension Directive 41/2003, hopefully in few weeks promising to bring a lot of changes and new

Virus writers target web videos

The growing popularity of online video has caught the attention of malicious hackers and hi-tech criminals, BBC News reports. Security firms are reporting more and more instances of booby-trapped Windows codecs –

Spam fight goes global

An initiative to encourage more global co-operation in combating junk email has been set up by six international organisations involved in spam-fighting, ZDNet UK reports. The StopSpamAlliance, launched on Tuesday, is a