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Vista kernel is vulnerable 

Vista kernel is vulnerable

In Applications - By Egan Orion, 25 November 2008 9:55 AM
A flaw has been discovered in Microsoft's flagship Windows Vista operating system.
Spammers prefer Obama to McCain 

Spammers prefer Obama to McCain

In Messaging - By Egan Orion, 9 October 2008 9:54 AM
Democratic Nominee Senator Barack Obama has been showing up in seven times more spam emails than his US presidential election rival, Republican nominee Senator John McCain.
Apple TV gets a thumb drive hack 

Apple TV gets a thumb drive hack

In Applications - By Egan Orion, 2 October 2008 9:49 AM
A new thumb drive unlocks Apple's TV box and opens it up to innovative social networking features.
Taiwan busts hacking ring 

Taiwan busts hacking ring

In Hackers - By Egan Orion, 28 August 2008 11:25 AM
Taiwan Police has swooped down on a ring of cyber-thiefs who had been targeting government and corporate data stores.
Best Western insists massive database wasn't stolen 

Best Western insists massive database wasn't stolen

In Risk - By Egan Orion, 27 August 2008 8:36 AM
An article that appeared in last weekend's Glasgow Sunday Herald claiming personal information belonging to eight million travellers had been winkled has been denounced.
Brazilian indicted for botnet conspiracy 

Brazilian indicted for botnet conspiracy

In Hackers - By Egan Orion, 25 August 2008 9:43 AM
A Brazilian man has been indicted for conspiring to broker the sale of a botnet which allegedly damaged 100,000 Pcs.
European court stays Gary McKinnon's US extradition 

European court stays Gary McKinnon's US extradition

In Hackers - By Egan Orion, 13 August 2008 9:46 AM
The European Court of Human Rights has temporarily stayed the extradition of accused UK hacker Gary McKinnon to face computer abuse and cyber-terrorism charges in the US.
Apple bails out of Black Hat gig 

Apple bails out of Black Hat gig

In Risk - By Egan Orion, 5 August 2008 9:48 AM
Security Engineers at the Cupertino have cancelled their planned session at this week's Black Hat security convention in Las Vegas.
China to censor journalists' Net access during Olympics 

China to censor journalists' Net access during Olympics

In Networks - By Egan Orion, 1 August 2008 10:01 AM
No bricks removed from great firewall
IPv6 insecurity is a clear and present danger  

IPv6 insecurity is a clear and present danger

In Web/client - By Egan Orion, 22 July 2008 8:56 AM
Internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) is placing many systems at risk of attack because networking software has IPv6 enabled but users don't know it, warns a security researcher.
Mozilla issues two critical security advisories 

Mozilla issues two critical security advisories

In Applications - By Egan Orion, 18 July 2008 10:34 AM
Mozilla Firefox versions 2.X and 3.0, as well as other Mozilla software products, are named in two critical security advisories issued Wednesday.
Software upstart sues Google 

Software upstart sues Google

In Risk - By Egan Orion, 26 June 2008 10:59 AM
A startup software company sued Google on Monday for allegedly having stolen its trade secrets.
OpenSSL bug found in Debian Linux 

OpenSSL bug found in Debian Linux

By Egan Orion, 15 May 2008 9:58 AM
Debian Linux got a bit of a black eye this week with the announcement that a nasty cryptographic vulnerability exists in its version of the OpenSSL package.
US State Department loses a lot of laptops 

US State Department loses a lot of laptops

By Egan Orion, 7 May 2008 10:06 AM
It has surfaced that the US State Department can't account for up to about 1,000 laptops, perhaps as many as 400 of which belonged to the department's Anti-Terrorism Assistance ...
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