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Stories by: Robert McMillan

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Researchers hack into Intel's vPro 06/01/2009 11:52:00

Security researchers said they've found a way to circumvent an Intel vPro security feature used to protect PCs and the programs that they run from tampering.
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With Gaza conflict, cyberattacks come too 05/01/2009 08:03:00

The conflict raging in Gaza between Israel and Palestine has spilled over to the Internet.
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Zune chokes on leap-year bug 02/01/2009 10:17:00

Microsoft's Zune 30GB music player just wasn't ready for a leap year.
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Researchers devise undetectable phishing attack 31/12/2008 09:20:00

With the help of about 200 Sony Playstations, an international team of security researchers have devised a way to undermine the algorithms used to protect secure Web sites and launch a nearly undetectable phishing attack.
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Google, Apple, Microsoft sued over file preview 29/12/2008 08:14:00

A small Indiana company has sued tech heavyweights Microsoft, Apple, and Google, claiming that it holds the patent on a common file preview feature used by browsers and operating systems to show users small snapshots of the files before they are opened.
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Fake antivirus peddlers helped by Microsoft, IRS 24/12/2008 13:29:00

Just weeks after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission shut down two companies accused of selling fake antivirus software, a new player has moved into the market, aided by glitches in the Microsoft and U.S. Internal Revenue Service Web sites.
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Software executive sentenced for hacking 23/12/2008 11:54:00

The president of a U.S. software company has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to stealing password-protected files from a competitor.
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Undersea cable cuts disrupt Internet access 22/12/2008 08:37:00

Internet and telephone traffic between Europe and the Middle East and Asia was hampered Friday after three major underwater data lines were cut, according to France Telecom.
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NSA patents a way to spot network snoops 22/12/2008 08:28:00

The US National Security Agency has patented a technique for figuring out whether someone is tampering with network communication.
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As phishing evolves, criminals switch to malware 19/12/2008 07:25:00

The scammers began to see serious problems with their phishing scams sometime around April.
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With Web attacks increasing, Microsoft fixes IE bug 18/12/2008 08:16:00

Security experts say that Web surfers should immediately install a new bug-fix for Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser, released Wednesday morning.