Tim Greene - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Tim Greene

Article | 2/08/2011 Black Hat: System links your face to your Social Security number and other private things

Soon it will be practicable to take someone's photo on a smartphone and within minutes know their Social Security number and a range of other private ...

Article | 30/07/2011 How to survive Black Hat and Defcon without getting hacked -- maybe

Among the thousands of security experts at the Black Hat, Defcon and Security BSides conferences next week in Las Vegas, some will surely test whether...

Article | 30/07/2011 Malwarebytes preps enterprise edition of PC-cleaning software

Malwarebytes this fall expects to release an enterprise-grade anti-malware platform that it says doesn't compete directly with traditional antivirus s...

Article | 19/07/2011 Anonymous takes aim at Google+ in more ways than one

Google+ may be getting some attention it doesn't want -- from Anonymous, which says it will target the new social networking site that launched last m...

Article | 14/06/2011 Google's fast Web protocol gains a little speed

Using Google Chrome browser cuts Web page download times by 10 per cent to 20 per cent if the sites use Google's fast Web protocol, according to accel...

Article | 10/06/2011 Zeus Technology buys application firewall vendor Art of Defence

Zeus Technology has bought application firewall vendor Art of Defence for an undisclosed amount and promises tighter integration with Zeus' applicatio...

Article | 10/06/2011 Warning: Urgent Microsoft update may be Firefox malware

A phony anti-virus scam is presenting itself as a near-perfect Microsoft update popup with one notable exception - it appears only on machines using F...

Article | 10/06/2011 Feds seize Swiss bank account of scareware mogul

Federal authorities have seized all the cash in a Swiss bank account held by a scareware mogul and scam artist who is charged with selling phony Syman...

Article | 10/06/2011 Avaya sets $1 billion public offering

Avaya is going public again, filing today with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering worth $1 billion.

Article | 9/06/2011 How to deal with 3 big corporate security concerns

BOSTON -- Virtualization, mobility and social networking were flagged as posing most security risk to businesses, partly because there is no accepted ...

Article | 2/06/2011 Top security nightmares: Privately owned iPhones, iPads and other mobile devices

iPhones, iPads and other employee-owned mobile gear are the most risky devices that can be connected to corporate networks, according to a new survey ...

Article | 27/05/2011 RSA tokens may be behind major network security problems at Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin’s has “major internal computer network problems,” that one security blogger is linking to compromised RSA tokens, according to publish...

Article | 25/05/2011 Researchers crack Microsoft, eBay, Yahoo, Digg audio captchas

Researchers have figured out how to to crack captchas, making it possible to launch automated attacks against sites such as Microsoft, eBay and Digg w...

Article | 24/05/2011 Apple iPad corporate security gets boost from GroupLogic

Businesses can now grant iPads safe remote access to files using new software designed to meet enterprise management and security concerns.

Article | 20/05/2011 About a month later and Sony's PlayStation Network still isn't fully restored

It will be a month tomorrow since Sony's PlayStation Network was fully operational, and the popular gaming site is still beset by troubles.