Recent articles by Tom Brewster

Mac malware rises in 2011

Mac malware rises in 2011

Trojan downloaders most prolific.
Tom Brewster Jan 20 2012 8:05AM Security
Oracle patches 78 vulnerabilities

Oracle patches 78 vulnerabilities

Sixteen products vulnerable to remote code execution.
Tom Brewster Jan 18 2012 3:13PM Security
Google profits from illegal Olympic ticket ads

Google profits from illegal Olympic ticket ads

Fraudsters trump legit retailers in AdWords.
Tom Brewster Jan 13 2012 11:05AM Security
Busy Adobe, Microsoft patch days planned

Busy Adobe, Microsoft patch days planned

Microsoft and Adobe plan busy January patch days
Tom Brewster Jan 11 2012 9:21AM Security
Malware poses as police

Malware poses as police

Victims held to ransom over porn, terrorism material.
Tom Brewster Dec 21 2011 7:27AM Security
Shipping sector ignorant of infosec

Shipping sector ignorant of infosec

Affects all levels of industry.
Tom Brewster Dec 21 2011 7:26AM Security
Kaspersky quits BSA, snubs US piracy bill

Kaspersky quits BSA, snubs US piracy bill

Calls bill "counter-productive".
Tom Brewster Dec 7 2011 10:11AM Security
BIND 9 DNS servers crash

BIND 9 DNS servers crash

Suspected zero-day flaw.
Tom Brewster Nov 23 2011 7:17AM Security
Ballmer, Benioff exchange cloudy pleasantries

Ballmer, Benioff exchange cloudy pleasantries

Tit-for-tat exchange.
Tom Brewster Oct 15 2011 12:42PM Software
The file that helped hack RSA found

The file that helped hack RSA found

Came in email purportedly from a career network.
Tom Brewster Aug 29 2011 2:13PM Security
How scary is RankMyHack.com?

How scary is RankMyHack.com?

A visit to RankMyHack.com proves interesting, disappointing and terrifying all at once.
Tom Brewster Aug 24 2011 2:29PM Security
AptiQuant bears brunt of 'angry' IE users

AptiQuant bears brunt of 'angry' IE users

Says hate mail flows after intelligence quip.
Tom Brewster Aug 2 2011 11:52AM Software
Oracle issues 'huge' patch update

Oracle issues 'huge' patch update

Fixes for 78 vulnerabilities in quarterly release.
Tom Brewster Jul 21 2011 6:51AM Software
Google to kill man-in-the-middle attacks

Google to kill man-in-the-middle attacks

Chromium updates.
Tom Brewster Jun 20 2011 7:03AM Security
Turkey makes 32 Anonymous arrests

Turkey makes 32 Anonymous arrests

Follows three arrests in Spain.
Tom Brewster Jun 14 2011 7:15AM Security
NATO plans cyber defence task force

NATO plans cyber defence task force

Cyber Red Team.
Tom Brewster Jun 14 2011 7:11AM Security
AWS used to spread bank data malware

AWS used to spread bank data malware

A Kaspersky researcher spies some malware hosted on AWS targeting bank data.
Tom Brewster Jun 8 2011 7:36AM Security
Citrix uncloaks Android apps for Windows

Citrix uncloaks Android apps for Windows

New add-on to Receiver product.
Tom Brewster May 27 2011 6:27AM Software
Apple introduces iMac with Thunderbolt

Apple introduces iMac with Thunderbolt

Includes a 27-inch with the latest from Intel.
Tom Brewster May 4 2011 10:42AM Hardware
Google fixes 27 bugs in Chrome 11 release

Google fixes 27 bugs in Chrome 11 release

Google hands out more than $A15,000 in bounties.
Tom Brewster Apr 29 2011 7:14AM Financial Services

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