Reports are coming in that a Spanair plane crash in 2008, in which 154 people died, may have been caused by trojans and similar malware. If true, this could be one of the first links to malware causing a major loss of life.
23 August 2010
Adobe has released an out-of-band security update for its Reader and Acrobat products for Windows, Mac OS and Unix.
23 August 2010
Reports are coming in that a Spanair plane crash in 2008, in which 154 people died, may have been caused by trojans and similar malware. If true, this could be one of the first links to malware causing a major loss of life.
23 August 2010
In a move that will have iPhone owners more than a little concerned, Apple has reportedly applied for a patent on a technology designed to identify when an iPhone smartphone has been jailbroken.
23 August 2010
Research carried out by the Georgia Institute of Technology has confirmed what many IT security professionals have suspected for some time – that eight character passwords are no longer enough to keep the serious hackers at bay.
23 August 2010
Earlier this week, Federal authorities announced they would not be prosecuting administrators of the Lower Merion School District over its highly publicized webcam spying incidents. The district’s legal troubles, however, are likely not over.
20 August 2010
The latest security update from Google includes 10 patches for its Chrome web browser, as the company pays out more than $10 000 to the handful of researchers who discovered the bugs.
20 August 2010
AVG Technologies, which has carved out a name for itself as one of the most popular free anti-virus software vendors, has linked up with virtual desktop management vendor MokaFive. The move will allow AVG to move into the virtual desktop marketplace.
20 August 2010
Since the deal was announced yesterday, the IT security world has been buzzing about Intel's plan to acquire veteran IT security vendor McAfee in a $7.68bn deal.
20 August 2010
AVG Technologies, which has carved out a name for itself as one of the most popular free anti-virus software vendors, has linked up with virtual desktop management vendor MokaFive. The move will allow AVG to move into the virtual desktop marketplace.
20 August 2010