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TuCows review shows how to start WinXP without a password
TuCows review shows how to start WinXP without a password
If you ever wondered how to start Windows XP without a password and without going down to source code level, wonder no more, as Butterscotch's content producer Stacey Reed has posted an informative video tutorial showing how it's done.
July 23, 2009
Twitter email account hack highlights cloud dangers
Twitter email account hack highlights cloud dangers
Imperva, a data security specialist, says that last week's hacking of a Twitter senior executive's email account - details of which are now fully emerging - was the result of a combination of poor security practices and safeguards.
July 23, 2009
Watch out for more mobile trojans on the horizon says Fortify Software
Watch out for more mobile trojans on the horizon says Fortify Software
Fortify Software, the application vulnerability analysis firm, says that the recent faux pas by the Symbian Foundation - in which the foundation effectively `signed' a malicious application for release on its software referencing service - is an indicator of further slip-ups on the mobile malware front in the future.
July 22, 2009
Smartphone security has privacy problems
Smartphone security has privacy problems
WXPI, a Pittsburgh, Pennylvania-based TV station has quietly broken a story which could have profound repercusions on the security of so-called smartphones - mobile phones with computer-like qualities.
July 21, 2009
UK's first mobile phone directory goes offline
UK's first mobile phone directory goes offline
The UK's first mobile phone directory - which went live on the web and over the phone earlier in July - has been taken offline, just days after it went live amidst a fanfare of publicity.
July 21, 2009
Google wins UK court battle over search content
Google wins UK court battle over search content
Google is not responsible for the content of its internet search results, a UK court has ruled.
July 21, 2009
Swine flu could reduce 2009 GPD by 3%, say economists
Swine flu could reduce 2009 GPD by 3%, say economists
Businesses need to check their contingency plans and improve home-working support systems as swine flu looks poised to reduce UK GDP by 3% this year.
July 21, 2009
New Trojan malware variants evade major anti-virus engines claims CommTouch
New Trojan malware variants evade major anti-virus engines claims CommTouch
Based on an analysis of two billion emails and internet transactions processed by its OEM anti-spam and anti-malware customers every day, CommTouch says that millions of email-borne malware such as Trojans and viruses bypassed several major anti-virus engines during the second quarter of 2009.
July 17, 2009
NHS hit by over 8000 viruses in one year
NHS hit by over 8000 viruses in one year
The NHS was infected by over 8000 (computer) viruses over the last year, many of which could have been avoided if information security policies and technologies were properly adopted.
July 14, 2009
Google Chrome OS: no viruses, malware or security updates…
Google Chrome OS: no viruses, malware or security updates…
As Google announced the future launch of its Google Chrome operating system (OS) based on an open source Linux kernel, it also claimed that “users don’t have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates. It should just work”, but is that possible?
July 13, 2009
575 variants of Koobface detected during June says Kaspersky Lab
575 variants of Koobface detected during June says Kaspersky Lab
Researchers with Russian IT security vendor Kaspersky Lab say they detected 575 new variants of the Koobface worm during June.
July 13, 2009
More weaknesses in e-commerce and SSL-VPN connections revealed
More weaknesses in e-commerce and SSL-VPN connections revealed
A report just published by Ben Chai - a director with Incoming Thought Limited and editor of the SecurityVibes portal - claims to show that a security flaw in the secure sockets layer (SSL) internet protocol has been used by criminals to circumvent supposed secure e-commerce website.
July 13, 2009