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  • 25 February 2008

  • News: Vista SP1 blocks outdated security suites

    Microsoft has warned that several prominent anti-virus programs – including products from BitDefender, Trend Micro and Check Point - must be updated before they will work with the soon-to-be-released Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1).

  • 22 February 2008

  • News: Police raid breaks up $45m hacking ring

    Quebec provincial police conducted raids on Wednesday, breaking up a hacking ring that police say is responsible for an estimated CDN$45m in damage to computer systems.

  • 21 February 2008

  • News: Microsoft & Apple reported for UK licence abuse

    The National Consumer council has reported 17 software developers to the Office of Fair Trading for using catch-all software licences that give customers "less protection than when they buy a cheap biro".

  • News: Opera slams Mozilla over irresponsible disclosure

    Opera has patched three bugs in its web browser, and taken a swipe at Firefox developer Mozilla for irresponsibly revealing one of them on the web before giving its competitor a chance to release a fix.

  • 20 February 2008

  • News: Security software wipes data from stolen laptops

    BackStopp, a laptop-protection system that automatically wipes a data from the hard disk of machines taken from authorised locations has been launched by Virtuity.

  • 19 February 2008

  • News: Firefox & Opera users warned of bitmap exploit

    Firefox and Opera users have been warned of a flaw in the way the browsers handle an image file that could allow an attacker to see what websites they've visited.

  • 18 February 2008

  • News: Microsoft snubs Polish sex pseudonym

    Microsoft has refused to credit a hacker who published code that exploited a recently patched bug in Microsoft Office 2003 because his pseudonym refers explicitly to a form of sexual intercourse… in Polish.

  • 15 February 2008

  • News: RFID experiment to track Heathrow luggage

    Heathrow airport is starting to affix radio chips to the luggage of passengers as part of an experiment aimed at reducing lost bags.

  • 14 February 2008

  • News: Woman seeks $54m for lost laptop

    A Best Buy customer in the US has filed a lawsuit seeking $54m in damages from the company after the electronics retailer lost her laptop last year.

  • 13 February 2008

  • News: Google: DNS flaw makes phishing scams invisible

    Users are at risk from a loophole in the the domain name system (DNS) that could make financial scams undetectable, according to a study by researchers from Georgia Tech and Google.

  • News: IBM: hackers always mask online attacks

    To evade detection by security software, hackers now mask virtually every web browser exploit, according to IBM's X-Force research team.

  • News: Valentine's Day-themed Storm worm attacks

    A Valentine's-themed outbreak of the Storm worm has been detected. Emails that contain a web link, which directs users to a website where they can supposedly download a Valentine's card, are being received across the globe. The virus mirrors the fake Christmas and New Year messages seen in previous months.

  • News: Super Patch Tuesday as Microsoft issues 11 fixes

    Microsoft has rolled out its biggest patch update in a year, with 11 security updates fixing 17 vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, Internet Information Server (IIS) and several other components and technologies.

  • 11 February 2008

  • News: Mozilla patches 11 Firefox bugs

    Mozilla has patched Firefox to fix 11 bugs, including one from three weeks ago that posed a threat to users who had installed any of the more than 600 add-ons for the open-source browser.

  • 08 February 2008

  • News: Microsoft to release 12 patches next week

    Microsoft yesterday announced that it will release a dozen security updates next week, matching the patch record set a year ago. Seven of the 12 will be tagged with the company's highest threat ranking of 'critical'.

  • News: Hacked antivirus website distributes malware

    Indian antivirus vendor AvSoft Technologies' website is being used by hackers to install malicious software on visitors' computers, researchers said yesterday.

  • 07 February 2008

  • News: Mysterious Adobe Reader patches released

    Adobe has patched "a number of ... security vulnerabilities" in its free Adobe Reader software, but refused to provide details of the bugs it found and fixed.

  • News: 'Critical' Quicktime bug fixed by Apple

    Apple has released a security fix for its QuickTime media player software, plugging a critical bug that had been worrying security experts for nearly a month.

  • 06 February 2008

  • News: Skype fixes VoIP exploit

    Skype has patched a critical vulnerability that forced it to dump several features from its VoIP and chat software to prevent attackers from hijacking Windows PCs.

  • News: Hack-the-Mac organisers target Vista & Linux

    The promoters of the controversial Mac-hacking contest - CanSecWest – are turning their attention to Windows Vista and Linux.

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