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Briefing: Israel - Focus on the future 

Briefing: Israel - Focus on the future

In Web/client - By David Quainton, 9 October 2007 3:19 PM
Born out of the need to protect the country, the Israeli infosec industry is emerging as a global leader.
Email security: Good policy is the answer 

Email security: Good policy is the answer

In Messaging - By David Quainton, 16 February 2007 2:46 AM
Spam clogging up the server was only the start. A sound email policy is the only way to handle security breaches and compliance.
Vulnerability is our business 

Vulnerability is our business

By David Quainton, 21 October 2005 3:27 PM
It might seem like a cosy, family-run business, but as David Quainton discovers, Next Generation Software has earned a global reputation
Zotob’s day 

Zotob’s day

By David Quainton, 21 October 2005 1:00 PM
It was just another PnP hole until virus writers got hold of it. David Quainton follows the return of the network worm
Zotob’s day 

Zotob’s day

By David Quainton, 21 October 2005 1:00 PM
It was just another PnP hole until virus writers got hold of it. David Quainton follows the return of the network worm
Cisco and Oracle panned, shaken, stirred 

Cisco and Oracle panned, shaken, stirred

By David Quainton, 4 October 2005 12:23 PM
Cisco and Oracle have been panned by a security expert for dealing with software vulnerabilities and putting users at risk.
Speed and firewalls panned at network security shindig 

Speed and firewalls panned at network security shindig

By David Quainton, 3 October 2005 4:30 PM
Information technology is too focused on bandwidth and speed and not helping internet security, according to the head of information security at a Fortune 500 company.
FIFA scam lures footy fans  

FIFA scam lures footy fans

By David Quainton, 27 September 2005 4:27 PM
FIFA has warned users to be wary of a phishing campaign aimed at taking advantage of money-hungry football fans.
No SOX please, we're non-compliant 

No SOX please, we're non-compliant

By David Quainton, 27 September 2005 2:48 PM
Companies will fail SOX audits in 2006, according to their IT departments.
Symantec breaks open its wallet again 

Symantec breaks open its wallet again

By David Quainton, 23 September 2005 11:41 AM
Symantec has raided the security supermarket once more and acquired anti-phishing and anti-spyware company WholeSecurity.
Canyon country clamps down on cell spam 

Canyon country clamps down on cell spam

By David Quainton, 22 September 2005 11:29 AM
An Arizona court has outlawed text message spam for the first time in the U.S.
Spam Bagle surge fills internet 

Spam Bagle surge fills internet

By David Quainton, 21 September 2005 5:16 PM
A major spamming attack has sent waves of Bagle virus across the globe, infecting thousands of computers.
Symbian phone virus infects Windows 

Symbian phone virus infects Windows

By David Quainton, 21 September 2005 4:03 PM
A mobile phone virus has been created that can infect PCs.
Mozilla nightmare continues as site hit by hackers 

Mozilla nightmare continues as site hit by hackers

By David Quainton, 21 September 2005 10:59 AM
Not-for-profit software group Mozilla has been hit by hackers downloading infected source code onto its website.
San Fran man faces can after laptop raid 

San Fran man faces can after laptop raid

By David Quainton, 16 September 2005 3:33 PM
A San Franciscan has been arrested after selling a laptop containing personal information of nearly 100,000 Berkeley University students.
Hungry officials grill first Zotob suspect 

Hungry officials grill first Zotob suspect

By David Quainton, 14 September 2005 4:23 PM
An 18-year-old Moroccan has appeared in court charged with distributing August’s Zotob worm.
Malware time bomber dead to rights 

Malware time bomber dead to rights

By David Quainton, 14 September 2005 12:15 PM
A Californian man has been convicted of planting a malware “time bomb” in his former employer’s computer.
Softly softly scammers steal money on the sly 

Softly softly scammers steal money on the sly

By David Quainton, 9 September 2005 10:58 AM
Internet thieves are resorting to a “softly softly” approach in order to steal money from users' accounts without arousing suspicion.
Religious trojan nabs naughty surfers 

Religious trojan nabs naughty surfers

By David Quainton, 8 September 2005 5:22 PM
A trojan is spying on surfers and displaying messages from the Koran if they look at naughty websites.
Security council aims to clean up compliance headache 

Security council aims to clean up compliance headache

By David Quainton, 7 September 2005 4:30 PM
An organization has been formed dedicated to researching IT security compliance.
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