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Article | 22/06/2010 Biggest tech industry apologies of 2010 - so far
While apologies from BP to the world regarding its environmental disaster and even from a U.S. Congressman to BP have stolen headlines of late, the te...
Article | 18/06/2010 Cross-site scripting: An old problem returns
In May, Web security consultant George Deglin discovered a cross-site scripting (XSS) exploit that involved Facebook's controversial Instant Personali...
Article | 2/06/2010 Windows, Mac or Linux: It's not the OS, it's the user
Who's got the safest operating system? Apple, Google, Microsoft? According to one security expert, what really matters is who's using the OS.
Article | 29/05/2010 Google Wi-Fi snooping should serve as security wakeup call
The continuing saga of Google's wireless snooping and the maelstrom it's generated won't end anytime soon.
Article | 29/04/2010 Bugs and fixes: Security fixes for all major browsers
Whatever you use to surf the Web needs a fix. Developers of all five major browsers--Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, and Opera--recently r...
Article | 28/04/2010 Social networking exposes business networks to risk
Once upon a time, instant messaging was a consumer technology. That consumer toy worked its way into the corporate network and was eventually not just...
Article | 28/04/2010 McAfee debacle shows why malware defense must evolve
Last week a flawed DAT file from McAfee led to false positives crashing Windows XP systems and leading to a massive cleanup effort. It would be very e...
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 | 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 | 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 | 2/03/2010 15 free security and backup utilities
Lock down your PC.
Article | 24/02/2010 Dear Facebook, act like a grown-up about security
Dear Facebook, I appreciate your service. I really do.