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Article | 27/04/2010 ACTA: No longer secret but still plenty to worry about

It has been public knowledge for quite a while that many of the world's governments have been working on an "Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, but ...

Article | 22/04/2010 A private investigator's tricks of the trade

In 1993, Private Investigator Joe Seanor had wrapped up employment stints in the CIA and the Department of Justice, and was looking for something new ...

Article | 21/04/2010 Measuring the health of corporate security

The last thing any of us need these days is another uninformed discourse on health care, but I tend to wade in where others have the common sense to k...

Article | 14/04/2010 Security concerns with Opera Mini Browser for iPhone

It came as a surprise to almost everyone when Apple approved the Opera Mini Browser app for its App Store. It is a competing browser for Apple's own S...

Article | 7/04/2010 Are iPhones riskier than Android, Blackberry & Nokia phones?

iPhones appear to pose greater security risks than Android, Blackberry and Nokia smart phones, but is this really the case? An nCircle survey says yes...

Article | 31/03/2010 What you need to know about Microsoft's emergency IE patch

So far 2010 hasn't been kind to the Microsoft Internet Explorer Web browser. It is only March, and Microsoft is releasing the second emergency out-of-...

Article | 23/03/2010 Start-up seeks to transform antivirus defense through cloud

Although some like to say "antivirus is dead" because of the explosion in malware that makes signature-based desktop protection harder than ever, star...

Article | 12/03/2010 It's time to finally drop Internet Explorer 6

A security researcher has published exploit code for the latest Internet Explorer zero-day flaw on the Web and Microsoft is warning that more attacks ...

Article | 3/03/2010 Is your computer infested with illegal pornography?

Cybercrime is becoming an ever increasing threat.

Article | 3/03/2010 Protect data with on-the-go drive encryption

This past January, the health organisation Kaiser Permanente reported a theft of an external hard drive from an employee's car. The hard drive conta...

Article | 2/03/2010 15 free security and backup utilities

Lock down your PC.

Article | 25/02/2010 Are Hollywood hackers bogus or bright?

Quick: What's a hacker? A pimply faced teenager in a dark bedroom trying to start World War Three, or a thirty-something professional with mad compute...

Article | 24/02/2010 Dear Facebook, act like a grown-up about security

Dear Facebook, I appreciate your service. I really do.

Article | 23/02/2010 Get tough with your users to protect your network

No one likes to be hated, but if you're running a small business, sometimes you've got to take security measures that will make your employees really ...

Article | 10/02/2010 Three encryption apps to keep your data safe

Laptop computers have become mobile stores of massive amounts of information. Add to that the proliferation of removable hard drives, and it becomes c...

Article | 5/02/2010 Kaspersky: Google hack takes spotlight from Russia

Kaspersky Lab may not be a household name in the United States, but in some parts of the world, it's the most popular consumer antivirus software. In ...

Article | 26/01/2010 11 hidden security threats and how to stop them

Do you know how to guard against scareware? How about Trojan horse text messages? Or social network data harvesting?

Article | 29/01/2010 Clock may be ticking for Google to act on China

About two weeks after Google publicly squared off with the Chinese government, the world is still watching for the search company's next step.

Article | 26/01/2010 Will 2010 be the Year of Spam?

If you think spam attacks were bad in 2009, just wait until 2010 gets going.

Article | 26/01/2010 Chinese censorship strong despite Google

The Internet has loosened the control Chinese authorities hold over information in the country, but censorship there will remain strong despite Google...