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• 06 October 2008

• News: Symantec Norton Family Safety enters beta testing

  Symantec has developed a new online service - called Norton Family Safety - to protect children from internet dangers.

• News: FAQ: Clickjacking - is your PC at risk?

  A new vulnerability that puts users of every major web browser at risk - clickjacking - has been discovered by security researchers

• 04 October 2008

• News: The 5 best portable password tools

  We've all got hundreds of passwords, whether its to access our online banking facility, to read our emails or even just to get in to our Facebook profile. However, remembering all of the passwords, can be slightly taxing to say the least. While password manager offer a solution, they're no good if you're working from a PC that's not your own with the software loaded on to it.

• 03 October 2008

• News: Web security experts fight to fix TCP/IP bug

  Vendors are now working on patching a critical TCP/IP bug that can bring down many firewalls and operating systems.

• News: Skype denies knowledge of Chinese snooping

  Skype was unaware of a major privacy problem affecting Skype users in China, the company's president said on Thursday.

• 02 October 2008

• News: Online banking fraud losses hit £21.4m

  Losses from online banking fraud have hit a record £21.4m in the first half of 2008 - an increase of 185 percent on the previous year says APACS.

• News: One in five hobble their PC's security settings

  One in five employees has altered the security settings on their PC so they can access unauthorised websites, according to a new survey.

• News: Report: China snooping on Skype messages

  Tom-Skype, a joint venture in China between eBay's Skype unit and Tom Online, has been known to operate a text filter on text chats, but a new report says that the data is stored insecurely and the text messages and records containing personal data can be easily accessed.

• News: Amendments to Computer Misuse Act come into force

  Changes to the Computer Misuse Act, which ensure hackers will receive greater penalties, have come into force in England and Wales.

• News: 'Ransomware' hacker identified

  Police have identified the hacker behind the infamous Gpcode 'ransomware' virus that hit computers in July.

• 01 October 2008

• News: IronKey wipes data from stolen USB drives

  IronKey has launched a web-based security service that will allow IT administrators to wipe or local lost or stolen USB drives.

• 30 September 2008

• News: MI6 terror suspect photos sold on eBay

  Photographs and confidential documents regarding Al-Qaeda terror suspects thought to belong to MI6 have been found on online auction site Ebay.

• News: Firefox password bug patched ahead of schedule

  Mozilla released the most recent patch for its Firefox web browser ahead of schedule.

• 29 September 2008

• News: 'Obama & McCain' videos infected with malware

  Cyber criminals are using videos of US presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama to infect PCs across the world with dangerous malware, says Webroot.

• News: UK kids most at risk from online dangers

  British kids are more at risk from sexual predators and other web dangers that their European counterparts, says the London School of Economics.

• News: 'Spamming ISP' taken offline, again

  Accused of being home to online scammers, San Francisco internet service provider Intercage has been unplugged from the internet... for the second time this week.

• News: Warez pirate gets three years probation

  A Florida man was sentenced to three years probation on Thursday for helping run a server used for illegally sharing computer programs and files under copyright.

• News: Microsoft to sue 'scareware' security vendors

  Microsoft and Washington state are cracking down on scammers who bombard computer users with fake warning messages in hopes of selling them useless software.

• 28 September 2008

• News: 50 great tools to speed up your Windows PC

  Make Windows go like a bomb, boost your browser and clear out your registry with these tools - most of which are free. If you want a faster system, you could buy a new PC. Or you could read this article instead.

• 27 September 2008

• News: Arts+Labs to tackle 'net pollution' piracy

  A group of technology and entertainment heavyweights is undertaking a public relations campaign to dissuade consumers from illegal file sharing, something the group calls "net pollution".

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