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Industry views: Encryption certainly not going anywhere

Industry views: Encryption certainly not going anywhere

No one questions that email is universally adopted. It is in the mainstream. And despite the huge advantages of personal and corporate productivity, the open nature of the internet has made email vulnerable to interception and even alteration by malicious parties. As the risks to the privacy and security of email messaging have grown, so have efforts to protect it.
Scott Petry, Nov 7 2006 8:15PM Security
Hot or not: Wireless card attacks

Hot or not: Wireless card attacks

The recent controversy at this year's Black Hat security conference highlighted a growing trend in vulnerability research and reporting — the inability of some to make a distinction between technically interesting, novelty attacks versus real threats.
Marc Maiffret, Oct 24 2006 10:52PM Security
Rivals not convinced of Microsoft's Vista offer

Rivals not convinced of Microsoft's Vista offer

While Microsoft has made a lot of fanfare about the concessions they announced last week regarding kernel access to 64-bit Vista, the leading IT security manufacturers said this week that what Microsoft eventually offers them may be too little, too late.
Ericka Chickowski Oct 19 2006 7:00PM Security
Google YouTube success 'not a given'

Google YouTube success 'not a given'

Copyright issues need to be sorted out before advertisers will get onboard,
says Gartner.
Will Head Oct 16 2006 10:07AM Software
Experts urge firms not to rush into SOA

Experts urge firms not to rush into SOA

Companies racing to implement service oriented architecture (SOA) systems risk fatally damaging their existing business processes, a technology consultant warned today.
Robert Jaques Oct 13 2006 11:51AM Software
Virus threat not limited to AMD platforms

Virus threat not limited to AMD platforms

Windows, not chips, the target of Bounds virus.
Andrew Charlesworth Sep 5 2006 9:54AM Security
Buyer: Ernesto domain names not for fraud

Buyer: Ernesto domain names not for fraud

An Oregon grad student said today that he had no intention of scamming people when he registered a number of Hurricane Ernesto-related domain names.
Dan Kaplan Aug 30 2006 6:50PM Security
VoIP not yet saviour of PSTN providers

VoIP not yet saviour of PSTN providers

Despite recording 500 percent growth, VoIP revenues across Australia are not yet sufficient to cover the massive decline in telco voice revenues.
Staff Writers Aug 17 2006 2:21PM Telco/ISP
Opinion: Consultant's view - Obfuscating scripts - Not so pure on

Opinion: Consultant's view - Obfuscating scripts - Not so pure on

Some scripting languages can now smuggle attacks past your traditional defences, warns Gunter Ollmann.
Staff Writers Aug 14 2006 2:44PM Security
Opinion: Consultant's view - Obfuscating scripts - Not so pure on

Opinion: Consultant's view - Obfuscating scripts - Not so pure on

Some scripting languages can now smuggle attacks past your traditional defences, warns Gunter Ollmann.
Staff Writers Aug 14 2006 2:44PM Security
From Black Hat: To disclose or not to disclose?

From Black Hat: To disclose or not to disclose?

Though there is still much dissension in the security world over what is the right way to disclose security vulnerability, a panel of researchers, vendors and end users all agreed at Black Hat yesterday that the disclosure environment has improved over the last several years.
Ericka Chickowski Aug 4 2006 3:04PM Security
OS X still safer, but not perfect

OS X still safer, but not perfect

Machines powered by the Macintosh OS X remain more secure than other those running under other platforms, but the increasingly popular Apple version does contain software flaws that will continue to draw the attention of attackers, a new Kaspersky Lab analysis piece says.
Dan Kaplan Jul 26 2006 10:27PM Security
More websites not as innocent as they seem

More websites not as innocent as they seem

Experts warned today that innocent internet users are increasingly at risk of visiting innocuous websites that have been taken over by stealthy bad guys.
Ericka Chickowski Jul 21 2006 4:22AM Security
European fine 'will not delay' Vista

European fine 'will not delay' Vista

Microsoft insists fine has no impact on release schedule.
Jane Hoskyn Jul 17 2006 1:15PM Software
Corporations spending more on IT - but not on personnel

Corporations spending more on IT - but not on personnel

Fueled by positive economic growth within organizations, corporate IT spending – expressed as a percentage of revenue – has reached its highest level in nine years, a new study of 184 senior IT workers has found.
Dan Kaplan Jul 10 2006 9:36PM Security
Sales staff not maximising CRM

Sales staff not maximising CRM

A Microsoft survey suggests firms fail to properly train users of customer
relationship management systems.
James Murray Jul 3 2006 9:20AM Software
Infamous VA laptop recovered, appears not to have been tampered with

Infamous VA laptop recovered, appears not to have been tampered with

The federal government’s most famous stolen laptop, containing the personal information of up to 26.5 million veterans and current members of the U.S. Armed Forces, has been recovered and appears not to have been tampered with, the FBI said today in a statement.
Dan Kaplan Jun 29 2006 9:20PM Security
Do Not Call register fears unfounded

Do Not Call register fears unfounded

Contact centre vendor, Aspect Software, has dismissed the current concern over the proposed national Do Not Call (DNC) register legislation as a “storm in a tea cup.”
Tim Lohman Jun 8 2006 4:08PM Security
SMB IT spending too slow

SMB IT spending too slow

The SMB sector will only account for 31 percent of all ICT spending this year, despite representing 99.8 percent of all Australian businesses, IDC predicted.
Lilia Guan Jun 2 2006 9:41AM Strategy
Voting machine flaw: threat or not?

Voting machine flaw: threat or not?

An election watchdog group issued a security alert on Thursday claiming Diebold touch-screen voting machines - widely deployed in a number of states to replace traditional paper ballots - are susceptible to hacker attacks that could "incurably compromise" the terminals.
Dan Kaplan May 12 2006 9:57PM Security

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