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  • 15 December 2007

  • News: 7 fun things IT support wants to keep secret

    You can safely transmit files of many sizes, chat on your favourite IM client, and use unapproved - but legal and harmless - software while you work - no matter what the IT department say. Here, we show you how.

  • 14 December 2007

  • News: Apple forced to patch Quicktime again

    Apple has released a new security patch for QuickTime, its eighth update this year for the media player software.

  • 12 December 2007

  • News: 1 in 5 PCs infected with silent rootkits

    Malware researchers at Prevx today highlighted what they are calling a 'massive growth' in the number of PCs harbouring rootkit infections.

  • News: Madeleine McCann spam adds to November surge

    Symantec says spam surged to 72 percent of all email traffic in November, the highest percentage for any month this year.

  • News: Microsoft warning over three 'critical' patches

    Seven security bulletins that patch 11 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player and other parts of the operating system are now available following Microsoft's monthly Patch Tuesday update. Two of the bugs are currently being exploited by attackers, Microsoft confirmed.

  • 10 December 2007

  • News: FAQ: Microsoft kills Vista 'kill switch'

    What's up with the Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) modifications in Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1)?

  • News: Google & Yahoo open to 'poisoned cache' exploit

    The cache engines of major search engines such as Google, Yahoo and MSN Live are still providing a safe hiding place for malicious code – a year after the problem first came to light, according to security firm Aladdin.

  • News: Microsoft demonstrates real online scams

    Microsoft this week teamed up with Prevx and Get Safe Online to demonstrate the real-life, online scams that criminals use to steal from PC users. Their message was simple: secure your PC, and do it today.

  • 07 December 2007

  • News: Microsoft keyboards open to wireless hack

    Microsoft's wireless keyboard suffer from weak encryption and can be cracked in minutes, according to a pair of Swiss security researchers, giving hackers a way to snatch passwords and financial account information in real-time and from a distance.

  • News: Five Windows Vista patches coming next week

    Microsoft has scheduled seven security updates for the final Patch Tuesday of the year to plug holes in Windows and Internet Explorer.

  • 05 December 2007

  • News: Ukrainian botnet blamed for 'Ron Paul spam'

    Researchers have shut down a network of PCs responsible for sending out 200 million spam messages, claiming to support US presidential candidate Ron Paul last month.

  • News: Microsoft loosens WGA for Vista SP1

    Vista's first service pack will overhaul the operating system's automatic antipiracy checks and also make it harder for hackers to bypass the system, Microsoft has revealed

  • 04 December 2007

  • News: Revolutionary AV testing guidelines planned

    Consumers should have more accurate information with which to compare security software suites under a new set of software testing guidelines to be finalised early next year.

  • News: UK now receives 20bn spam emails per day

    Roughly one sixth of global spam is sent to inboxes, according to filtering company IronPort, meaning that each business inbox now receives between 100 and 1,000 spam emails per day.

  • News: Firefox users urged to install new patch

    As expected, Mozilla has pushed out another Firefox update - version 2.0.0.11 - to fix a new bug that caused problems when the browser was rendering 'canvas' HTML elements. The newest update comes just days after Mozilla released Firefox version 2.0.0.10, the first time the open-source browser has been updated in the same week.

  • News: Microsoft warns of dangerous Windows flaw

    A flaw in the way Windows looks up other computers on the internet has resurfaced and could expose some customers to online attacks, according to Microsoft.

  • 03 December 2007

  • News: IT pros fear spyware more than viruses

    During 2007, spyware has been IT professionals' biggest security concern.

  • News: MI5 accuses China of hacking businesses

    According to reports in the weekend newspapers, the government has accused China of hacking into the computer systems of leading companies.

  • News: Hackers target Apple Quicktime exploit

    An unpatched vulnerability in Apple's QuickTime software is being targeted by hackers, according to Symantec. The flaw could allow hackers to run code on a victim's computer, Symantec warned in a DeepSight Threat Management System alert issued on Sunday.

  • 01 December 2007

  • News: 30 quick fixes for Windows XP & Vista

    Despite years of refinement and the collective experience of millions of users, Windows remains as buggy, enigmatic and failure-prone as ever. These tips will accelerate your startups and shutdowns, automate your system maintenance, and even get you browsing at full throttle.

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