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• 22 October 2007

• News: Three 'critical' patches among 10 Firefox updates

  Mozilla has patch 10 bugs in its open-source Firefox browser, including three rated as 'critical'. and released the refreshed versions for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.

• 19 October 2007

• News: RealPlayer users warned of dangerous exploit

  Symantec is warning RealPlayer users to be extra careful while surfing the web.

• 18 October 2007

• News: HP launches 'secure printing' technology

  HP claims its new Secure Print Advantage security technology ensures printed documents get to the right people and protects against malware.

• 17 October 2007

• News: Warning over dangerous Skype malware

  Security analysts are warning of another malicious software program masquerading as an installer file for Skype.

• News: Facebook to police porn following NY probe

  Facebook is to boost efforts to police pornography and to prevent harassment and inappropriate behaviour on its social-networking site, settling a consumer fraud investigation by New York State Attorney General (AG) Andrew Cuomo.

• 16 October 2007

• News: BSA demands new cybersecurity legislation

  The BSA (Business Software Alliance) has called on the US Congress to pass legislation that would address new types of cybercrimes and increase funding for law enforcement.

• News: Porn spammers given five years in prison

  Two porn spammers have been sentenced to more than five years in prison for their part in sending millions of pornographic emails, marking the conclusion of the first major case under the US 2003 federal CAN-SPAM antispam law.

• 15 October 2007

• News: Mac OS, Linux face Windows' URI risk too

  Security researchers last week said that Mac OS X and Linux operating systems are probably at risk of a new kind of web-based security vulnerability that Microsoft has patched Windows to address.

• 12 October 2007

• News: Local government failing on data encryption

  Local councils are failing to take adequate measures to protect data, according to new research which claims that just one in 10 encrypts all their computer data.

• News: Russian spammer 'assassination' a hoax

  The so-called 'assassination' of a Russian spammer was a hoax by a blogger, according to security researchers.

• 11 October 2007

• News: Microsoft pressured into fixing Windows flaw

  Microsoft will patch a Windows bug blamed for a handful of critical vulnerabilities in the Windows operating system software.

• 10 October 2007

• News: Microsoft patches IE, Outlook and Word flaws

  Microsoft yesterday released six security updates. In October's 'Patch Tuesday' Microsoft fixed critical flaws in Word, Outlook Express, IE (Internet Explorer) and the Kodak image viewer that ships with Windows.

• News: Commerce Bank hacked, damage limited

  A US bank was able to deflect most of a hacking attempt on its database, but not before some customer information was divulged.

• 09 October 2007

• News: Lax passwords expose quarter of PC users to theft

  Research today reveals that lax password habits are leaving a quarter of people in serious danger of falling victim to online fraud.

• News: Identity fraud affects three in four Britons

  Seventy-nine percent of UK PC users are still being careless with their personal data online.

• News: Get a degree and become a master hacker

  An online training company is offering a master's degree program in security science.

• News: McAfee to buy SafeBoot for $350m

  McAfee will acquire SafeBoot BV for $350m, thus expanding its large-business product line, the company announced Monday.

• News: eBay server hacked, users locked out

  A hacker broke into an eBay server last week, suspending the accounts of a "very small" number of members, according to eBay.

• 06 October 2007

• News: Feature: The 8 biggest consumer IT threats

  High-tech consumer products and services of all kinds are making their way into the workplace. They include everything from smartphones, voice-over-IP systems and flash memory sticks to virtual online worlds. And as people grow more accustomed to having their own personal technology at their beck and call - and in fact can't imagine functioning without it - the line between what they use for work and what they use for recreation is blurring.

• 05 October 2007

• News: Spammers hit YouTube's email servers

  Spammers are using YouTube’s servers to send massive quantities of unsolicited email, according to security firm Marshal.

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