Security

Gartner Predicts Rise of Cloud Integration Services

Difficulty integrating cloud services and ensuring their integrity will give rise to what Gartner is calling “cloud service brokerages”

15 years ago

IBM Unveils OCR-Based Data Masking Technology

IBM pulled the covers off new technology that uses optical character recognition to conceal data, filtering it before it reaches…

15 years ago

Microsoft to Plug DirectX And ActiveX Holes

Microsoft is prepping fixes for vulnerabilities in the DirectShow and Video ActiveX Control components as part of July's Patch Tuesday

15 years ago

Spammers Abuse Short URL Services Like Twitter

MessageLabs research shows spam containing links masked via URL shortening services has jumped dramatically in the past few days

15 years ago

US, South Korea Subjected to Extensive Cyber-Attack

Researchers are working to break down the malicious code tied to a DDOS attack targeting government and commercial sites in…

15 years ago

SaaS Users Not Impressed, Survey Finds

Gartner is calling on SaaS vendors to “reaffirm fundamentals,” after survey reveals finds their products don't satisfy users

15 years ago

BCS And Tories Back Off From Putting Health Data In Cloud

The British Computer Society has denied involvement with a Conservative suggestion to outsource NHS data to the cloud. The report's…

15 years ago

Zero Day Attack Targets Internet Explorer Users

A previously unknown vulnerability exploiting an ActiveX component in Internet Explorer targeting XP and Windows 2003 users is spreading across…

15 years ago

Reputation Technology Debuts In Symantec’s Norton Beta

Symantec unveils reputation-based technology codenamed ‘Quorum' in the latest versions of Norton Internet Security and Norton AntiVirus

15 years ago

Microsoft Prepares For Summer IE8 Enterprise Push

Microsoft will push Internet Explorer 8 out to the enterprise in August as part of its Windows Server Update Services

15 years ago

Report: Enterprise PC Lifecycle Should Last Three Years

The cost of keeping an old PC instead of upgrading to a new one is impacting businesses around the world,…

15 years ago

Terror Law Adviser Slams McKinnon Extradition

A Home Office advisor has written to the Home Secretary to stall the extradition of military systems hacker Gary McKinnon…

15 years ago

BT Does U-Turn And Drops Phorm

BT has abandoned its plans to use the the controversial web monitoring tool on to its broadband users, in favour…

15 years ago

Hacker Releases iPhone 3GS Unlocking Tool For Windows

The same hacker to unlock Apple's first iPhone has struck again with an iPhone 3GS tool currently available for Windows…

15 years ago

China’s Green Dam Is Back – And Aiming At Apple

Campaigners celebrated too soon: China has said it will press ahead with its Green Dam filtering software - and a…

15 years ago

Mozilla Hurrying Firefox 3.5 Security Patches

Mozilla plans to release a patched version of its latest browser, to be named Firefox 3.5.1, in response to bugs…

15 years ago

Keeping Up With The Demand For Flexible Working

The modern flexible worker is more demanding than ever, says Mark Dixon. He's just overhauled the technology in his chain…

15 years ago

Apple Updates iPhone OS 3.1 SDK, Claim Reports

Apple pushed out its iPhone OS 3.1 software and the accompanying SDK for developers early 1 July, according to reports

15 years ago

Northumbria University Gets Wyse to Sustainable IT

A major new deployment of energy efficient thin client computers complements campus green-building design features as part of an environmental…

15 years ago

Firefox 3.5 Armed with Privacy Controls

Mozilla adds new privacy features to the latest version of Firefox in response to features in Internet Explorer 8, Apple…

15 years ago

Cisco Pushes Beyond Traditional Roots To Challenge HP, IBM

Cisco chief John Chambers has pointed to new sectors it will either enter or grow in, bringing it into even…

15 years ago

Researcher Discovers Theft Of 88,000 FTP Credentials

A Trojan which stole 88,000 FTP credentials may have been in action for more than two years, say researchers

15 years ago

China Pulls “Unsafe” Green Dam Internet Filter

The Chinese Government's plan to require Green Dam Internet filtering software on all new PCs has been delayed indefinitely

15 years ago

Report Sees Big Growth Future for SaaS Security

A report from research firm Infonetics predicts software-as-a-service (SaaS) is the future of managed network security.

15 years ago

Pirate Bay Sold For £4.7 Million

The Swedish software firm buying Pirate Bay plans to use its brand together with new file-sharing technology to create a…

15 years ago

Microsoft To Open Green Cloud Dublin, Chicago Data Centres

Microsoft plans to roll out two new data centres in Dublin and Chicago in July, preparing for increased demand for…

15 years ago

Sun Ray Users Get More Options With RingCube Desktop Virtualisation

Sun Microsystems and RingCube are joining forces to offer Sun Ray users more options when deploying a desktop virtualisation environment.

15 years ago

Tory Paper Demands Government Give Back Our Data

A new Conservative think tank report is calling for citizen-centric, open source IT development to put an end to wasteful,…

15 years ago

Social Networkers Are Slack On Internet Security

A Webroot survey has found those using social networks such as MySpace and Facebook are not doing enough to protect…

15 years ago

Whitelisting: Is It Good Enough To Replace Anti-Virus?

An approved list of apps, or whitelist, is flavour of the month in security. But vendors and alanlysts question whether…

15 years ago