Items tagged with security

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Apple Blazing a Trail in Software Insecurity Saturday, July 24th, 2010 - 16:37:59 - Anuradha Menon Secunia, a security service provider well known for tracking software defects, has ranked Apple as having the most reported vulnerabilities for its... read more

Dell: Ubuntu Safer than Windows Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 - 09:55:12 - Ehud Rattner Is Canonical's Ubuntu operating system safer than Windows 7? Although Dell has shipped millions of PCs running Windows-based operating systems, the... read more

Adobe Fixes 'Critical' Flash Flaw Sunday, June 13th, 2010 - 10:02:27 - Ehud Rattner Adobe has fixed a "critical" security flaw that had the potential to allow hackers to take control of affected computer systems. The bug was first... read more

First Man To Be Infected By Computer Virus Friday, May 28th, 2010 - 09:38:47 - Anuradha Menon Dr Mark Gasson programmed the microchip, similar to those used to "tag" pets, to remotely open his lab's security doors and unlock his mobile phone... read more

New Attack Tactic: Windows Security Software Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 - 14:21:23 - Anuradha Menon A just-published attack tactic that bypasses the security protections of most current antivirus software is a "very serious" problem, an executive at... read more

Facebook: What Happens When You Deactivate? Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 - 12:47:04 - Anuradha Menon For most of us, it will likely never be more than an idle threat. But what happens when you actually do decide to sign off from Facebook -- for good?... read more

Fake Security Software Still Big Problem Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 - 12:06:36 - Anuradha Menon Brazil rises in list of cyber crime-afflicted nations Fake security software big money maker for criminals Fake security software was the No. 1 cyber... read more

Mozilla Packages Security Suite for Firefox Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 - 10:09:03 - Ehud Rattner Mozilla has "packaged" a suite of security-related add-ons for Firefox. The four add-ons in the suite include some pretty famous ones: NoScript... read more

Touchless 3-D Fingerprinting Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 - 14:32:13 - Anuradha Menon A new non-contact, 3-D fingerprinting system could make spotting the bad guys faster and easier, whether it's at the border or the police precinct... read more

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