Security

Microsoft Patch Tuesday Targets More Critical Windows Flaws

All five of the security bulletins in Microsoft Windows in September's Patch Tuesday release are rated critical, including one that…

15 years ago

Businesses Failing To Tackle PC Power Management

Global survey reveals the majority of businesses are missing out on the potential cost savings from PC estate power management…

15 years ago

Global Survey Finds Massive Spike in SaaS, Managed Services

A worldwide survey suggests mid-market companies finds growing interest in managed services, SaaS and a more formal approach to IT…

15 years ago

Palm To Delete User Apps With webOS 1.2 Update?

Palm is reportedly working on an OS update that will enable it to do an Amazon or Apple on users…

15 years ago

Microsoft IIS Vulnerability Gets Hit By Attacks

A zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft's IIS web server is already coming under attack, the company says

15 years ago

Apple Patches Older Version Of Leopard OS

Just a week after the release of its 'Snow Leopard' OS, Apple has patched its predecessor to plug a security…

15 years ago

Red Hat Projects Aim To Clarify The Cloud

The launch of Red Hat projects Hail and Delta look beyond 'public' and 'private' cloud computing to facilitate greater cloud…

15 years ago

Microsoft Gets Delay on Word Ban

Courts allow Microsoft to continue sellling Word  in the US, pending the results of an appeal against a patent infringement…

15 years ago

Apple Tackling Adobe Security Hole In Snow Leopard

Apple is silently downgrading users of Mac OS X 10.6, code-named Snow Leopard, to an old, vulnerable version of Adobe…

15 years ago

Apple Store Hit By 30 Second Lightning Robbery

An Apple Store in the US was hit by five thieves on 2 Sept. who made off with 23 MacBook…

15 years ago

Google’s Gmail Outage Caused by Upgrade Error

Ironically the problem started during an upgrade designed to stop Gmail overloading, says Google

15 years ago

VMWorld Focuses On Virtualisation Security

With VMworld in full swing, virtualisation security is at the tip of some people's tongues

15 years ago

Thousands Demand Apology Over Death Of Tech Icon Turing

An online petition demans the government apologise for mistreating Alan Turing - the father of modern computing, who was persecuted…

15 years ago

Learn From The Downfall Of WPA!

The wireless security scheme WPA has been cracked in less than 60 seconds by researchers. Smart professionals will have seen…

15 years ago

RSA Security Show Helps IT Pros Back To Work

Security show in London offers ten £950 passes for free to unemployed who demonstrate they are ready to help themselves

15 years ago

Burglars Could Exploit Social Networking Sites

Social networkers using sites like Facebook or Twitter may be leaving themselves open to burglery due to the personal information…

15 years ago

US Credit Card Hacker Pleads Guilty

Notorious hacker Albert Gonzalez agrees to plead guilty to having a role in the theft of data from millions of…

15 years ago

Government Touts Smart Tickets – Then Warns Over Crime

The Home Office has said it is working with mobile and banking experts to minimise the emergence of new types…

15 years ago

Facebook Tightens Privacy Controls

The social network also promises to include the reasons for collecting date of birth information as well as information on…

15 years ago

Twitter Still Open To Security Exploit Warns Developer

A cross-site scripting vulnerability affecting Twitter security is still open despite the microblogging service's attempt at a fix, a software…

15 years ago

Another BitTorrent Site Faces Legal Action

Mininova, an alternative to BitTorrent tracking site The Pirate Bay, loses a key legal battle as a Dutch court rules…

15 years ago

Government File-Sharing Move Could Cut Off Entire Households

The UK government has taken Internet copyright-protection out of Ofcom's hands, and is rushing through measures that could cut off…

15 years ago

Massive Attack Infects 57,000 Sites

China is the likely source - but also a victim of the Trojan campaign which installs malware on visitors PCs

15 years ago

Ten Microsoft Windows 7 Features We Want

Windows 7 is faster and easier than Windows Vista, has some good user interface tweaks - and it has crazy…

15 years ago

Internet Explorer 8 – More Secure Than Firefox And Chrome?

Microsoft may get criticised for security issues, but IE8 just came top in a security study, beating Firefox, Chrome, Safari…

15 years ago

Email Bug Reported In iPhone 3.0

An apparent bug in Apple's iPhone OS 3.0 software allows users to find e-mails even after they have been deleted…

15 years ago

Radisson Admits To Unwelcome Guests In IT Systems

Federal authorities are investigating a report from the Radisson hotel chain that someone illegally accessed its computer systems

15 years ago

Here Is A Gaping Windows 7 Hole!

While testing Windows 7 for eWEEK, Andrew Garcia found something nasty: in certain circumstances, Windows 7 provides anyone with an…

15 years ago

Windows 7 RTM Review: Improvements But Security Issues Remain

The RTM version of Windows 7 has plenty of improvements, according to our long review. But Andrew Garcia has concerns…

15 years ago

International Body Needed To Tackle Political Hacking

The cyber-attacks against Georgia launched by Russian hackers in 2008 demonstrate the need for international cooperation for security, according to…

15 years ago