Stories by: Tom Sanders

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    Microsoft official admits to quiet security patching 28/05/2010 03:50:00

    Microsoft doesn't report all security vulnerabilities that it fixes in its software. Bug comparisons between vendors therefore paint an incorrect picture.
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    Small Sister project protects against e-mail snoops 29/12/2008 08:09:00

    The Small Sister open source privacy project has released a first beta of its SmallMail application, allowing individuals to send e-mail messages that can't be intercepted or traced by governments or snoops.
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    Police start notifying botnet victims 08/08/2008 09:03:30

    Police in the Netherlands claim a world's first in warning victims whose computers were infected by a botnet that was shut down last week. The victims will be forwarded to a special Web page offering instructions on cleaning up their systems.
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    Researcher cracks fingerprint payment system 03/07/2008 08:46:54

    Within weeks after its introduction , a security researcher has cracked the Tip2Pay fingerprint payment system for Dutch supermarket chain Albert Heijn. The researcher succeeded at paying for groceries by using a copied fingerprint.
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    Dutch court rules against law that allowed file downloading 27/06/2008 08:40:41

    A court in the Netherlands has ruled against an interpretation of local copyright law that allowed for downloading of copyrighted materials.
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    HP to sell Linux laptops and PCs 18/03/2008 13:28:20

    HP is planning to introduce desktop and laptop computers that come with Novell's Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop operating system preinstalled.
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    RFID-hack hits 1 billion digital access cards worldwide 13/03/2008 10:41:13

    The Dutch government has issued a warning about the security of access keys that are based on the widely used Mifare Classic RFID chip.
 
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