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Article | 6/05/2011 LastPass hack fear leads to password reset

The boast by LastPass that its browser login tool "is the last password you'll ever need" has turned hollow with the news that its entire customer bas...

Article | 5/05/2011 Microsoft Security Essentials struggles in antivirus tests

Microsoft's popular free antivirus program Security Essentials has put in a mediocre showing in the latest quarterly tests from German test outfit AV-...

Article | 5/05/2011 X Factor contestants warned after 250,000 data breach

Would-be contestants of Simon Cowell's US X Factor might have got more public exposure than they bargained for with the news that the details of 250,0...

Article | 4/05/2011 Mac users hit by first rogue antivirus app

Mac users are being warned to study search engine results carefully for the first significant fake antivirus 'scareware' program to target the platfor...

Article | 29/04/2011 PlayStation credit card data was encrypted, Sony confirms

Customer credit card data held by Sony as part of its PlayStation Network (PSN) and Qriocity services was fully encrypted, the company has confirmed i...

Article | 26/04/2011 Kidnapped son of Kaspersky CEO freed by police

The son of <a href="http://blogs.techworld.com/war-on-error/2008/04/eugene-kaspersky--rock-n-roll-thaws-russia/">Eugene Kaspersky</a>, co-founder and ...

Article | 22/04/2011 Ubuntu Linux boosted by 10,000 seat PC win

Canonical has taken the wraps off a morale-boosting deal that has seen German insurance giant LVM Versicherungen convert 10,000 PCs to use Ubuntu Linu...

Article | 20/04/2011 Security apps full of common software flaws, report finds

Security developers are one of the two software sectors most likely to write insecure code, an analysis of applications submitted to code-testing outf...

Article | 16/04/2011 Zomm smartphone security alarm arrives in UK

The tiny Zomm smartphone security 'leash' has finally been launched in the UK with the company earnestly promoting it as the best way to never leave a...

Article | 14/04/2011 New hard drive wipes itself if taken out of PC

Toshiba has come up with a type of self-encrypting hard drive (SED) that can automatically wipe data if it is removed from a paired computer by an att...

Article | 14/04/2011 Fortinet unhappy with tests showing firewall flaw

Security vendor Fortinet has hit back against tests by NSS Labs that showed one of its high-end firewalls along with products from other vendors could...

Article | 13/04/2011 Admin rights underpin many Windows exploits, analysis finds

Organisations could dramatically cut their exposure to vulnerabilities in Microsoft software simply by limiting Windows admin rights.

Article | 8/04/2011 Android guru calms source code delay fears

Google's delay in publishing the source code to Android 3.0 'Honeycomb' beyond a handful of large companies is temporary and does not represent a sudd...

Article | 7/04/2011 Google Chrome gets malware download alert

Google has started experimenting with a small but interesting upgrade to Chrome designed to make it harder for users to download malware without reali...

Article | 7/04/2011 Twitter delays revamp after service glitch

Problems launching a heavily revamped homepage are being blamed for a major glitch that hit the Twitter service on Tuesday evening.