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• 15 July 2008

• News: BT claims first with 802.11n Home Hub

  BT claims to have become the first UK ISP to offer 802.11n wireless technology as standard in its routers.

• News: Researcher says Intel chips open to hack

  Security researcher Kris Kaspersky plans to demonstrate how an attacker could target flaws in Intel's chips to remotely attack a computer using JavaScript or TCP/IP packets, regardless of what operating system the computer is running.

• News: Microsoft Access threat escalates

  An easy-to-use toolkit used to hack computers has now been updated to take advantage of an unpatched security vulnerability in Microsoft's software, which could mean attacks will intensify, according to vendor Symantec.

• 14 July 2008

• News: UK businesses ban IM over security concerns

  Nearly three quarters of UK businesses have banned the use of instant messaging (IM) because of security concerns reports instant messaging firm, ProcessOne.

• 10 July 2008

• News: Storm worm exploits US/Iran tensions

  The authors of Nuwar – also known as the Storm worm – are exploiting the escalating political tensions between the US and Iran to encourage users to download the malware, according to McAfee Avert Labs.

• News: ZoneAlarm users lose internet access

  Some ZoneAlarm users were cut off from the internet after installing one of the security updates issued by Microsoft on Patch Tuesday, according to online message forums.

• News: HSBC fraudster gets nine years in prison

  A 25-year-old former banks worker has been sentenced nine years jail for a failed £70m electronic fraud.

• 09 July 2008

• News: Europe could cut off illegal file-sharers

  An amendment to a telecommunications law, which has been approved by theCommittee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO), could see illegal file sharers in Europe disconnected from the net.

• News: Nine 'important' updates released by Microsoft

  Nine vulnerabilities in Windows, Exchange, SQL Server and Microsoft's Domain Name System (DNS) server and client software have been fixed in the company's monthly round of 'Patch Tuesday' updates.

• News: Symantec warns Word users of new exploit

  Symantec has warned that hackers are taking advantage of what appears to be a new bug in Microsoft's Word software. A note on the security vendor's website says the company has seen attackers exploiting "what is possibly an undisclosed vulnerability affecting Microsoft Word".

• 08 July 2008

• News: Access users warned over ActiveX exploit

  Microsoft has warned that cybercriminals are exploiting a bug in software used by Microsoft's Access database program in a new online attack.

• 07 July 2008

• News: Free AVG software updated to tackle web overload

  AVG is upgrading the LinkScanner component of Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.0 following reports that the security suite was placing heavy demands on the websites it scans.

• News: Stolen laptop exposes Daily Mail publisher

  Associated Newspapers, the publisher of the Daily Mail, has admitted that a laptop holding the personal details of thousands of staff and suppliers has been stolen.

• News: Storm botnet tricks users on 4 July

  Hackers tried to trick users into downloading the Storm bot Trojan on Friday by unleashing a flood of Fourth of July spam bearing links to malicious sites.

• 05 July 2008

• News: PC security: are malware whitelists friend or foe?

  PC Advisor investigates the dangers of blocking all unknown applications.

• 04 July 2008

• News: Google's Street View may face UK suspension

  Google's Street View mapping tool could be suspended in the UK if the Information Commissioner finds its in breech of UK privacy laws.

• News: Google releases free web security tool

  Google has made Ratproxy, a tool used for testing the security of web-based applications, available for free.

• News: Opera patches multiple bugs in web browser

  Opera Software this week released Opera 9.5.1 to fix several flaws, patching the newest version its flagship browser for the first time.

• News: iPhone, Fourth of July internet scams predicted

  The launch of the Apple iPhone 3G will produce a flurry of spam and scams, a security company warned yesterday.

• News: Microsoft to release four security patches next week

  Four security patches for Windows, Exchange and SQL rated 'important' are being release by Microsoft next week.

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