Stories by John E. Dunn

Article | 6/09/2006 Browzar no more than advertising platform
A new, free browser that claims it can safeguard privacy has been hit with accusations that it is really a platform for advertising and -- worse still...
Article | 21/08/2006 UK engineers claims to run chip at record speed
Engineers at the University of Southampton have set a world record, running a bipolar transistor at a heat-inducing 110GHz.
Article | 17/08/2006 Consumer group slammed for creating 'test' viruses
A consumer magazine has been condemned for possibly adding to the virus problem by creating a series of "test" viruses just to review antivirus scanne...
Article | 10/08/2006 Windows smartphones get grown-up encryption
Mobile security specialist, Safeboot, has launched one of the first products that can transparently encrypt and decrypt data held on Windows mobile PD...
Article | 9/08/2006 Trojan data-stealer hijacks ICMP traffic
A Trojan has been discovered that attempts to evade detection by sending stolen data back to its criminal creators using the ICMP (Internet Control Me...
Article | 26/07/2006 Crypto malware close to being 'uncrackable'
File-encrypting Trojans are becoming so complex that the security companies could soon be powerless to reverse their effects, a new report from Kasper...
Article | 24/07/2006 Fake Google site hides Trojan horse
Scammers have set up an exact copy of the download page for Google's Toolbar plug-in in an attempt to lure users to download a Trojan backdoor.
Article | 28/06/2006 Secrets of crypto Trojan revealed
Kaspersky Lab has released important details of the inner workings of the nasty Gpcode.ag "ransom" Trojan that appeared in early June.
Article | 7/06/2006 Russian extortion Trojan hits web
A week after a woman from the U.K. was reported to have fallen victim to a new encryption Trojan, Arhiveus-A, an older rival has reappeared on the Int...
Article | 2/06/2006 Apple and Red Hat face up to flaws
Red Hat and Apple have warned users of serious security flaws, including bugs in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel and Apple's WebObjects Xcode pl...
Article | 17/05/2006 Skype 2.5's new stealth mode 'cracked'
Stealth techniques introduced to make the latest version of Skype harder to detect and block, have been cracked only days after them being in the open...
Article | 15/05/2006 Vigilante Trojan attacks other malware
A "vigilante" Trojan, that attempts to protect infected PCs from the effects of malware caught while using peer-to-peer file-sharing networks, has bee...
Article | 15/05/2006 Owl worm puts printers in a flap
It sounds like a throwback to the 1980s, but security company Sophos has reported the existence of a new "prank" worm that hijacks network print queue...
Article | 8/05/2006 Skype 2.5 proves harder to block
The latest beta version of Skype has been well received by enthusiasts, but one important new feature has so far been ignored -- the program is now mu...
Article | 4/05/2006 Storage goes Wi-Fi with Iomega NAS
Iomega has become the latest company to announce a network-attached storage (NAS) box with built-in wireless access.

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