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Article | 22/08/2012 New BIOS security standards aimed at fighting rootkit attacks

There's a growing threat of attacks on computer basic input/output system (BIOS) firmware, and to deter it, the National Institute of Standards and Te...

Article | 1/02/2012 Bitdefender Internet Security 2012

Bitdefender Internet Security 2012 comes in third in our 2012 roundup of security suites. But although it earned the bronze overall, it captured the h...

Article | 2/03/2012 In Pictures: Tablets with serious security for business

These tablets have extra security features that will keep your work safe and your IT pros happy.

Article | 28/02/2012 McAfee unveils new mobile security tools

McAfee used the venue of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as an opportunity to announce new techniques and tools for protecting mobile devices, ...

Article | 29/02/2012 Interpol arrests 25 alleged Anonymous members

Interpol said Tuesday that 25 people suspected of being affiliated with the Anonymous hacking group were arrested in four countries in South America a...

Article | 29/02/2012 Megaupload's Kim Dotcom can stay free on bail, judge rules

Megaupload's flamboyant founder Kim Dotcom will stay free on bail after a New Zealand judge dismissed an appeal on Wednesday that sought to return him...

Article | 1/03/2012 McAfee Mobile Security software

As threats to mobile devices sharply increase, a good security app can make a huge difference. McAfee Mobile Security, the mobile version of McAfee's ...

Article | 21/02/2012 Despite best intentions, 'CrypTweet' criticized for poor security

A prominent Australia-based technologist is cautioning people not to put full confidence in an application he developed that intends to provide securi...

Article | 1/12/2011 Top tech Christmas gifts under $200

Deciding what to buy friends and loved ones gifts for Christmas is never easy, but there are plenty of little gizmos to choose from if they are techni...

Article | 6/10/2011 Webroot claims the fastest, lightest, most powerful anti-virus software yet with SecureAnywhere

Security and antivirus software vendor Webroot has thrown the proverbial gauntlet down to its competitors with the launch of its new consumer-level pr...

Article | 7/08/2011 Three tips for a better Anonymous

Has the Anonymous movement reached a midlife crisis?

Article | 6/08/2011 Free Firefox Tool Fights Search Hijacking

A free tool for the Mozilla Firefox Web browser that can counter search hijacking on computer networks in the United States has been released by the E...

Article | 6/08/2011 Bugs and Fixes: MS Fixes Serious Bluetooth Vulnerability

What's new in the land of security fixes? Over the last couple weeks, Apple released a fix to iOS, Google updated Chrome, and Skype patched a nasty se...

Article | 5/08/2011 A power plant hack that anybody could use

The night before the start of this week's Black Hat hacker conference here in Las Vegas, security researcher Dillon Beresford gave a demonstration to ...

Article | 4/08/2011 Metasploit 4.0 sets the stage for mass penetration testing

Security product provider Rapid7 has updated its widely used open-source Metasploit exploitation framework, expanding the software so it supports ente...

Article | 22/07/2011 Anonymous releases restricted NATO document

The hacking collective Anonymous released a document on Thursday marked "restricted" from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Article | 30/06/2011 As the Internet evolves, is there a place for spam?

In the late 1990s Robert Soloway made US$20,000 a day as a spammer. He drove fancy cars. He wore Armani clothes. He was, by all accounts, one of the m...

Article | 27/06/2011 Russian CEO arrested for alleged DDoS attack on rival

One of the most controversial figures in Russia's online world, ChronoPay co-founder and CEO Pavel Vrublevsky, has been arrested on suspicion of order...

Article | 27/06/2011 LulzSec Says Goodbye With New Data Dump

<a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/231198/lulzsec_calls_it_quits_after_50_days_of_mayhem.html">LulzSec</a> , the hacker group that...

Article | 28/06/2011 Anonymous Picks up Slack as LulzSec Calls it Quits

Hacking season is not over yet. Even though LulzSec, the group of hackers who made a name for themselves by hacking Sony, Nintendo, and <a href="http...