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Article | 24/06/2009 Cloudmark security suite addresses growing SMS spam

As mobile users are more frequently pestered by SMS spam, one security vendor is applying its experience in stopping e-mail spam for mobile networks.

Article | 24/06/2009 Can Facebook be private?

Given the slew of embarrassing stories you've no doubt seen about users accidentally sharing too-personal information, the idea of preserving privacy...

Article | 23/06/2009 We've been blind to attacks on our Web sites

Our Web sites are under attack! And my company's firewall and intrusion-detection systems seem to have been giving a lot of people around here a false...

Article | 19/06/2009 Fight against China's Web filtering software grows

A U.S. company that says its code was copied by a Chinese Internet filtering program has ordered more PC makers not to distribute the Chinese software...

Article | 18/06/2009 Coordinated Malware Resists Eradication

How do you make a terrible thing even worse? If you're a crook who operates a botnet -- an often-expansive network of malware-infected PCs -- you link...

Article | 16/06/2009 China to propose WLAN security standard for global use again

China will submit its wireless LAN security protocol to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for consideration as a global standar...

Article | 17/06/2009 Intel, Oracle, PayPal back ID technology interop group

The Kantara Initiative, formed to promote interoperability among identity verification applications and services, launched on Wednesday with big-name ...

Article | 18/06/2009 Industry, military experts discuss murky cyberwar issues

Nations increasingly touched by cyberattacks are still in the very early stages of figuring out how to deal with incidents that could escalate into cr...

Article | 12/06/2009 Microsoft's free antivirus: is this an apology?

Who should know more about PC threats than the company whose software makes most of them possible? Is Microsoft's upcoming, free anti-malware app the ...

Article | 13/06/2009 Cyber chief: Gov't needs to work better with companies

The U.S. government has significant work to do before it can better cooperate with the private sector and other governments to better protect cybersec...

Article | 9/06/2009 10 things you didn't know about cyberwarfare

NEW YORK CITY -- Imagine a situation where a powerful country wants to annex its small neighbor, so it launches a week-long campaign of cyberattacks a...

Article | 22/05/2009 Twitter hit with phishing attacks

Twitter users who thought friends were directing them to a "funny blog" Thursday ended up experiencing something completely different: a phishing scam...

Article | 21/05/2009 Lost hard drive and other government data blunders

The U.S. government says it's lost - yes, lost - an entire hard drive full of sensitive data. The external drive, stored at the U.S. National Archives...

Article | 19/05/2009 Web attack that poisons Google results gets worse

A new attack that peppers Google search results with malicious links is spreading quickly, the U.S. Computer Emergence Response Team warned on Monday.

Article | 15/05/2009 The hidden secrets of online quizzes

I am a genius. I'm charismatic, kind, and understanding. I'm also a Disney princess named Aurora and the reincarnation of Marilyn Monroe.

Article | 15/05/2009 Enter the cloud

Cloud computing is a reality, and it's a force that IT professionals need to quickly come to terms with. The economic and social motivation for the cl...

Article | 7/05/2009 57 amazing things you didn't know your tech could do!

We've worked long and hard to come up with the best tips and tricks for your PCs, smartphones, cameras, game controllers, music players, and the Web. ...

Article | 7/05/2009 IPv6 security guru fields questions

Although he acknowledges that businesses have yet to embrace IPv6, security guru Scott Hogg says that doesn't mean IT executives can ignore the securi...

Article | 6/05/2009 How to beat 22 Web security threats

Forewarned is forearmed. We investigate the latest and most deadly tech dangers, and explain how to fight back.

Article | 27/04/2009 A short history of hacks, worms and cyberterror

Phreakers and phishers, cybercrooks and criminals have strutted their stuff over the Internet