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One in four public DNS servers insecure

One in four public DNS servers insecure

One in four public-facing domain name system (DNS) servers on the internet are still vulnerable to the Kaminsky flaw, according to the fourth annual survey of DNS servers by network services vendor Infoblox.
Dave Bailey Nov 11 2008 10:19AM Security
Researchers hack spam network for study

Researchers hack spam network for study

Researchers from University of California, Berkeley and UC, San Diego (UCSD) have published a report detailing how they hacked a spamming network to collect data on the economics of the problem.
Iain Thomson Nov 11 2008 10:17AM Security
Visa sets PCI compliance deadlines for rest of world

Visa sets PCI compliance deadlines for rest of world

The largest merchants operating overseas will have less than two years to secure credit card transactions, Visa announced on Monday.
Dan Kaplan Nov 11 2008 10:03AM Security
Netbooks eat into Microsoft revenues

Netbooks eat into Microsoft revenues

Netbooks may be little, but they seem to be causing big problems for Microsoft, which blames them for a drop in first-quarter earnings and decreased revenues, despite increased sales of Microsoft operating systems.
Sylvie Barak Nov 11 2008 6:31AM Software
Google considers opening its platform

Google considers opening its platform

Google could be mulling a move which would allow outside developers to play around with the firm’s development stack, according to comments by Google exec, Dave Girouard at a Web 2.0 Summit panel in San Francisco.
Sylvie Barak Nov 11 2008 6:31AM Software
VMware brings virtualisation to mobile phones

VMware brings virtualisation to mobile phones

VMware is to put virtualisation technology on mobile phones so that users can combine multiple profiles, such as one for business and one for personal use, into one handset.
Daniel Robinson Nov 11 2008 6:24AM Software
Microsoft opts for Windows 7 for next embedded release

Microsoft opts for Windows 7 for next embedded release

Microsoft has confirmed that the next version of Windows Embedded will be built on Windows 7.
Daniel Robinson Nov 11 2008 6:24AM Software
EMC unveils Atmos cloud storage offering

EMC unveils Atmos cloud storage offering

Storage company EMC has launched its long-awaited cloud storage offering, which it claims will help firms manage information on a global scale.
Rosalie Marshall Nov 11 2008 6:24AM Storage
BigAir laments lost iBurst revenues

BigAir laments lost iBurst revenues

Wireless broadband provider BigAir has lamented the impending closure of the iBurst network and the loss of average revenues per user ‘north of $60 per month’ that will go with it.
Ry Crozier Nov 10 2008 7:35PM Telco/ISP
Now that the election's over, holiday season spam begins

Now that the election's over, holiday season spam begins

Spammers have launched their 2008 holiday season spam campaigns using email to tout pharmaceutical products and casino spam with a Christmas angle.
Staff Writers Nov 10 2008 5:37PM Security
Sun considers Rent-a-Blackbox

Sun considers Rent-a-Blackbox

Sun Microsystems is evaluating several customer requests to rent out their Blackbox shipping container-based data centres in Australia.
Ry Crozier Nov 10 2008 3:22PM Networking
Analytic tools boost WWF fundraising

Analytic tools boost WWF fundraising

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is extending the use of business intelligence (BI) tools and implementing more web innovation to better use data about charitable donors.
Angelica Mari Nov 10 2008 3:19PM Software
AMD employee charged for US$1bn IP theft

AMD employee charged for US$1bn IP theft

A former Intel worker who left for rival chipmaker AMD has been indicted for trial on accusations that he stole more than $1bn of intellectual property and took it with him.
Iain Thomson Nov 10 2008 3:16PM Security
EFF presses Obama on policy

EFF presses Obama on policy

Just days after his election to the presidency, Barack Obama is being lobbied by privacy advocates for stricter protections.
Shaun Nichols Nov 10 2008 3:16PM Security
Unified Comms experts talk about ROI, Google, govt and philosophy

Unified Comms experts talk about ROI, Google, govt and philosophy

At the Frost & Sullivan ICT Roundtable, representatives from five major unified communications (UC) firms talked about demonstrating ROI to potential clients, the philosophy behind product development, the use of UC in government and Google's role in the expanding market.
Kathryn Small Nov 10 2008 3:02PM Software
Duplicate content filter will hurt family-friendly ISPs

Duplicate content filter will hurt family-friendly ISPs

The federal government’s proposed Internet content filtering scheme duplicates substantial existing efforts by the Internet Industry Association (IIA) and will adversely impact participants in that scheme, the System Administrators Guild of Australia (SAGE-AU) has warned.
Staff Writers Nov 10 2008 12:35PM Telco/ISP
Did the Chinese government sponsor White House cyberattacks?

Did the Chinese government sponsor White House cyberattacks?

Chinese hackers have been able to successfully attack the White House computer network and obtain email messages between United States'government officials, the Financial Times reported Friday, citing a senior U.S. official.
Angela Moscaritolo Nov 10 2008 11:07AM Security
Hackers cracked McCain and Obama networks

Hackers cracked McCain and Obama networks

Foreign hackers infiltrated the networks of John McCain and Barack Obama during the US presidential campaign, according to reports.
Shaun Nichols Nov 10 2008 10:59AM Security
Microsoft-only patchers will be hit by the Adobe vulnerability

Microsoft-only patchers will be hit by the Adobe vulnerability

Shavlik Technologies has claimed that organisations that rely on patch management solutions limited to Microsoft-only applications will be hit by the Adobe vulnerability.
Dan Raywood Nov 10 2008 10:36AM Security
Microsoft reports new malware attacking vulnerability

Microsoft reports new malware attacking vulnerability

Microsoft has reported 'strong deployments' of the MS08-067 Security Bulletin.
SC Australia Staff Nov 10 2008 10:36AM Security

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