Jaikumar Vijayan - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Jaikumar Vijayan

Article | 15/02/2007 The RIAA has a deal for illegal downloaders

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is planning to launch a campaign that would allow individuals charged with pirating music on peer...

Article | 13/02/2007 PayPal fights back against phishing

With 133 million consumers worldwide PayPal is arguably one of the most recognizable Internet brands -- and one of the most frequently phished as well...

Article | 7/02/2007 RSA - New threats could hamper traditional antivirus tools

An emerging breed of sophisticated malware is raising doubts about the ability of traditional signature-based security software to fend off new viruse...

Article | 12/01/2007 'Month of Apple Bugs' turns up 10 flaws so far

A month-long campaign by two independent security researchers to disclose security flaws in Apple's products has so far resulted in 10 vulnerabilities...

Article | 5/01/2007 Adobe calls for upgrades to mitigate vulnerability

Adobe Systems Inc. is urging users to update to the latest versions of Adobe Reader and Acrobat to avoid being affected by a recently discovered cross...

Article | 20/12/2006 Microsoft releases first draft of PatchGuard APIs

Microsoft has released draft application programming interfaces (API) designed to allow third-party security products to get around a contentious kern...

Article | 13/11/2006 Mutate, fragment, hide: The new hacker mantra

Hackers working for criminal gain are using increasingly sophisticated methods to ensure that the malware they develop is hard to detect and remove fr...

Article | 20/10/2006 Microsoft to brief security vendors on PatchGuard

Microsoft scheduled a meeting Thursday with security vendors to discuss its plans to release application programming interfaces (API) that will allow ...

Article | 19/10/2006 Security firms wait for Microsoft's PatchGuard response

Despite its public statements, Microsoft so far has not given security vendors any specifics on its plans to release code that will allow them to work...

Article | 1/11/2006 Microsoft exec defends Vista kernel stance

Symantec and McAfee say that a Microsoft technology called Patch Guard -- which blocks access to the 64-bit Vista kernel -- will make it harder for th...

Article | 15/06/2006 Exploits for Microsoft flaws circulating

Security firms are warning about the availability of attack code targeting some of the flaws for which Microsoft released patches Tuesday.

Article | 14/06/2006 Microsoft releases fixes for 21 vulnerabilities

In one of the largest security updates since moving to a monthly patch release cycle, Microsoft Tuesday issued 12 bulletins detailing fixes for 21 sep...

Article | 18/05/2006 Blue Security waves white flag

Anti-spam firm Blue Security Tuesday said that it is ceasing operations after a crippling series of attacks launched against its services earlier this...

Article | 2/05/2006 SANS notes sharp increase in Mac OS X flaws

Just because you use a Macintosh, don't think you're any more secure than a Wintel user.

Article | 4/04/2006 Fast exploits of flaws test Microsoft's patching policy

The growing number of zero-day exploits seeking to take advantage of unpatched security flaws in Microsoft's products is exposing some of the limitati...