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Article | 17/12/2010 OpenBSD back door claim now in doubt
The claim that the FBI planted a backdoor in OpenBSD a decade ago has been flatly denied by developer protagonists named as having been involved in th...
Article | 17/12/2010 iPads struggle on popular websites
While the iPad is the hottest fashion accessory for the gadget freak, recent research has revealed that users might not be getting the best out of the...
Article | 14/12/2010 Virus writer donates money to Chinese pandas
The Chinese man jailed for writing the 'Fujacks' worm in 2006 appears to be trying to rehabilitate his public image, reportedly making made a donation...
Article | 11/12/2010 Wikileaks DDoS tool downloads grow rapidly
A disproportionate number of people downloading the open source DIY tool being used to launch DDoS attacks on companies deemed hostile to Wikileaks ap...
Article | 10/12/2010 Teen arrested for selling Call of Duty DDoS tool
A teenager in Manchester has been arrested after being caught selling a 'booting tool' used to attack and kick players of the hugely popular Call of D...
Article | 8/12/2010 Google Nexus S gives Apple huge headache
Google has dived back into hardware, formally announcing its second smartphone, the Nexus S for US and UK consumers.
Article | 4/12/2010 AVG antivirus users in reboot chaos after bad update
Antivirus company AVG has had to issue roll-back instructions to users of the free edition of its AVG 2011 program after 64-bit versions of Windows fa...
Article | 26/11/2010 Porn sites should be filtered by age, demands British MP
A conservative MP has called for UK Internet service providers to protect youngsters by introducing an age-rated opt-in system for online porn.
Article | 11/11/2010 Women more likely to fall for Internet fraud
Women are significantly more likely than men to fall for Internet scams, a new piece of research has claimed after conducting an online test.
Article | 10/11/2010 Microsoft antivirus creating security 'monoculture'
Microsoft should start offering Windows users free antivirus software from a range of companies and not just promote its own Security Essentials produ...
Article | 10/11/2010 Man loses $20 million after taking laptop for repair
A New York couple have been charged with defrauding a wealthy musician to the tune of $20 million (£12.3 million) after he innocently visited their co...
Article | 9/11/2010 Boonana Mac Trojan was ‘not Koobface’, says Microsoft
The widely-reported 'Boonana' Trojan was a new piece of malware after all and had nothing directly to do with Koobface, Microsoft and other security c...
Article | 6/11/2010 Zeus Trojan defeats Microsoft security tool
Only weeks after Microsoft added anti-Zeus Trojan detection to its free Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT), it is unable to detect the latest vers...
Article | 3/11/2010 Sophos delights Mac users with free antivirus
Security software company Sophos has finally broken ranks and decided to offer Mac users a free antivirus product without hidden strings.
Article | 28/10/2010 Mac users hit with Windows-style 'Koobface' Trojan
A week after a security company warned Mac users of the slowly growing risk of malware attack, a new Mac OS X Trojan-worm based on Koobface has been d...