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Article | 22/02/2007 Second security rival knocks Microsoft antispyware app
Another Microsoft security rival posted results Wednesday of tests claiming that Windows Defender, Microsoft's antispyware software, blocked only a po...
Article | 22/02/2007 Google patches serious desktop flaw
Security researchers have discovered a serious flaw in Google's desktop software that could be used to wreak havoc on a victim's computer.
Article | 20/02/2007 Local banks scammed by PM scare
The Commonwealth Bank and Westpac account holders have become victims of a phishing scam in which malicious code reveals the physical location of affe...
Article | 20/02/2007 Dodgy program advertised on MSN Messenger
Banner advertisements for a security application said to report false or inflated threats appeared for at least a few days on Microsoft's instant mess...
Article | 15/02/2007 LINUXWORLD - Make vendors liable for bad code says expert
When U.S. courts ruled more than a decade ago that consumers weren't liable for fraudulent use of their credit card numbers after the first US$50, cre...
Article | 15/02/2007 3GSM - Biometrics to ease CIO's cell phone concerns
A biometric systems vendor has a pitch for CIOs nervous about company executives losing their mobile phones and risking the loss of confidential infor...
Article | 14/02/2007 Microsoft fixes 20 flaws, patches full security line-up
Microsoft Tuesday unveiled a dozen security updates that patched 20 vulnerabilities, including one found in every security product of its consumer and...
Article | 13/02/2007 'Storm Trojan' ignites worm war
The Trojan horse that pumped up spam volumes in January is at it again, researchers said today, and is now spreading over instant messaging and engagi...
Article | 13/02/2007 Study: Mobile attacks jumped fivefold in 2006
The number of security attacks reported by mobile phone operators in 2006 jumped fivefold over the year before, a McAfee study reported Monday.
Article | 12/02/2007 RSA - Attendees drop ball on Wi-Fi security
More than half of the wireless LAN devices being used at this week's RSA Conference on information security are themselves unsecured.
Article | 12/02/2007 Study provides insight into hacks
A new study by the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering shows the Internet wilds are still teeming with hordes of good old-fa...
Article | 12/02/2007 Microsoft takes security teams global
Microsoft has announced plans to open new security research centres in Europe and Asia, the first time such teams have been located outside the U.S.
Article | 9/02/2007 Big set of Microsoft security patches coming Tuesday
Microsoft plans to release 12 sets of security patches next Tuesday fixing critical vulnerabilities in a number of its products, including the company...
Article | 9/02/2007 Trend Micro patches antivirus scanner
The antivirus scanning engine used in virtually every Trend Micro product is plagued by a critical flaw that can be used by attackers to take down or ...
Article | 8/02/2007 RSA - Bruce Schneier casts light on psychology of security
One of the security industry's most outspoken experts, Bruce Schneier, spoke at RSA Conference on the topic of how security decisions and perceptions ...
Article | 8/02/2007 Study: Weak passwords really do help hackers
Left online for 24 days to see how hackers would attack them, four Linux computers with weak passwords were hit by some 270,000 intrusion attempts -- ...
Article | 7/02/2007 Certification body claims Vista fails security test
Microsoft's Windows Vista OS has already failed a major security test.
Article | 7/02/2007 Hackers slow Internet root servers with attack
Online attackers have briefly disrupted service on at least two of the 13 "root" servers that are used to direct traffic on the Internet.
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 | 7/02/2007 RSA - Microsoft pledges support for OpenID
Microsoft has thrown its weight behind OpenID, an emerging Web authentication standard.

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