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Article | 5/02/2010 Researcher reveals how IE flaw can turn your PC into a public file server

In a live demonstration Wednesday at the Black Hat DC conference, a security consultant showed how it's possible to exploit a flaw in the Microsoft In...

Article | 4/02/2010 How Wi-Fi attackers are poisoning Web browsers

Public Wi-Fi networks such as those in coffee shops and airports present a bigger security threat than ever to computer users because attackers can in...

Article | 5/02/2010 Apple iPhone security, privacy claims exaggerated, researcher says

Apple's claims about iPhone privacy and security are exaggerated, according to software engineer and security expert Nicolas Seriot, who gave a presen...

Article | 3/02/2010 Processor used to secure Xbox 360 hacked, claims researcher

A researcher with expertise in hacking hardware Tuesday detailed at the Black Hat DC conference how it's possible to subvert the security of a process...

Article | 26/10/2006 Competitors bicker over Vista's security features

The Vista Kernal Patch Protection feature, known as PatchGuard, is intended by Microsoft to prevent modifying system structures for purpose of interce...

Article | 23/12/2009 Virtualization security remains a work in progress

While adoption of server virtualization is proceeding at a gallop, the effort to refine virtualization security reached only a slow trot in 2009.

Article | 19/12/2009 Whitelisting made strides in 2009

When McAfee bought Solidcore for its whitelisting technology this year, it was a clear sign that whitelisting is gaining acceptance — though not...

Article | 15/12/2009 Bank's antifraud tactics stun security expert: How much do they know?

Checking out of a Hilton hotel in London, security expert Roger Thompson was told his Visa card had been declined due to suspicions it was stolen, a s...

Article | 10/12/2009 Symantec security, storage offerings now on Amazon’s EC2

Businesses looking at using Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) for pay-as-you-go servers can now add Symantec security, backup and storage protectio...

Article | 8/12/2009 Novell grabs for big role in virtualisation security

Novell this week will lay out an ambitious plan to secure applications across heterogeneous virtualization platforms at customer sites and off-premise...

Article | 1/12/2009 Cloud security service looks for malware

Webroot Tuesday announced it has extended its cloud-based Web security service, adding a way to filter outbound as well as inbound Web traffic, monito...

Article | 17/11/2009 Are nations paying criminals for botnet attacks?

Nations that want to disrupt their enemies' banking, media and government resources don't need their own technical skills; they can simply order botne...

Article | 13/11/2009 Space agency eyes Amazon cloud for star data

The European Space Agency plans to launch a new scanning satellite to map the stars in our galaxy in more precise form than ever before, and researche...

Article | 7/11/2009 Cisco MARS shuts out new third-party security devices

Cisco has finally publicly acknowledged it won't add support for new third-party devices to its security information and event monitoring appliance, e...

Article | 22/10/2009 Gartner on cloud security: 'Our nightmare scenario is here now'

At the Gartner Symposium IT/Expo this week, thousands of IT managers packed into sessions on the topic of virtualization of enterprise computers, alon...