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Article | 19/03/2011 Microsoft urges Office users to block Flash Player attacks

Microsoft yesterday urged users of older Office suites to install and run a complicated tool to protect themselves against ongoing attacks exploiting ...

Article | 19/03/2011 Twitter scam betrays users' lack of savvy

Security firm Sophos is warning that a new scam is spreading virally on Twitter, and that a significant number of people have already fallen for it.

Article | 19/03/2011 Can your browser really stop sites from tracking you?

Something like this has happened to all of us lately: You shop for a watch for a friend's birthday and for a week afterwards every site you visit feat...

Article | 19/03/2011 Caution urged in wake of RSA security breach

The relatively scant information released by EMC's RSA security group on Thursday in connection with the theft of SecurID authentication technology co...

Article | 19/03/2011 After RSA breach, are SecurID tokens in jeopardy?

The intrusion by hackers of security giant RSA, a unit of EMC, has left customers and analysts wondering if it is still safe to use millions of the on...

Article | 18/03/2011 RSA warns SecurID customers after company is hacked

EMC's RSA Security division says the security of the company's two-factor SecurID tokens could be at risk following a sophisticated cyber-attack on th...

Article | 18/03/2011 Security will rescue cloud computing

Whenever the topic of security is mentioned in the context of cloud computing, it is usually discussed as the "big barrier" to adoption. The perceived...

Article | 18/03/2011 Swedish Parliament delays approval of data retention law

Sweden will not put into effect the E.U. Data Retention Directive for at least a year, after a vote in the Parliament on Wednesday postponed the imple...

Article | 18/03/2011 Notorious spamming botnet, Rustock, takes a fall

A large network of hacked computers called Rustock, which was responsible for a great volume of spam, has shut down, perhaps as a result of another co...

Article | 17/03/2011 Baidu's online library accused of piracy by Chinese authors

An online library operated by Chinese search engine giant Baidu is drawing criticism that its becoming the next online hotbed for pirated works.

Article | 17/03/2011 Google first to patch Flash bug with Chrome update

Google on Tuesday updated Chrome, patching a flaw in the browser's copy of Flash Player.

Article | 17/03/2011 Twitter adds option to always use HTTPS connection

With the rising awareness and concern over the stealing of passwords and other sensitive data from unsecured Wi-Fi networks, Twitter is the latest onl...

Article | 9/03/2011 Malvertising continues to pound legitimate websites

In the last three months of 2010 attackers managed to serve 3 million malicious advertising, or malvertising, impressions every day. That's the headli...

Article | 9/03/2011 DroidDream turns Androids into zombies

The malicious code that led Google to remove more than 50 Trojan applications from the Android Marketplace appears to mainly be a "dropper" -- a progr...

Article | 9/03/2011 Botnets: Size isn't everything, says new report

Published figures estimating the size and scope of botnets are often inaccurate and do not reflect the threat these compromised networks pose to secur...

Article | 9/03/2011 Three simple reasons VoIP abuse will grow

In its recent annual security report, Cisco predicted VOIP abuse as a potential area for cyber crime growth.

Article | 16/03/2011 Intel targeting security in the cloud with McAfee

Intel will use assets acquired from McAfee to provide cloud security services to protect the growing number of mobile devices that face malware and cy...

Article | 15/03/2011 Anonymous releases Bank of America related documents

The group of online activists known as "Anonymous" has released a batch of e-mail concerning Bank of America that was given to the group by a whistleb...

Article | 14/03/2011 Gmail disruption in China could signal tighter control

Chinese Internet users have reported greater difficulty accessing Gmail in recent weeks, prompting speculation that the Chinese government is again st...

Article | 12/03/2011 New attacks leverage unpatched IE flaw, Microsoft warns

An Internet Explorer flaw made public by a Google security researcher two months ago is now being used in online attacks.