Easily exploited vulnerabilities are a hackers favourite target. Use this updated SANS/FBI list of the top threats to Windows to find out where the hackers may be lurking.
The unpatched flaw in a core component of the OS has no work-around and could be used to create a worm, a security firm warns.
Microsoft plans to update its Smartphone 2002 operating system to fix security flaws that make it possible to send rogue software programs to phones that use the OS, a representative said Friday.
Instead of a note and a gun, high-tech bank robbers use a program and an e-mail. Security firms are working overtime to ward off the mounting number of hack attacks.
In 2008 the line between cybercrime and legitimate business will blur, Australians will find out just how many data breaches occur, smartphones will attract malware, and people will decide which group is worse: social networking sites seeking to monetise page hits or identity thieves.
Easily exploited vulnerabilities are a hackers favourite target. Use this updated SANS/FBI list of the top threats to Windows to find out where the hackers may be lurking.
From Blaster Worm to Blue Hat, we bring you a complete retrospective on the evolution of Microsoft's security strategy over the last decade. Step onboard as we chart the triumphs and tragedies as the Microsoft engineers battled the tides of internet hackers, transforming them from adversaries to unlikely allies.
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Although the threat of computer viruses has been a latent concern for well over a decade, experts have warned that a massive viral outbreak has the potential to seriously compromise the very backbone of the Internet. ZDNet Australia takes a look at the viruses of 2001, and the threats for the future.
With over a trillion dollars in transactions passing over the Internet, the Hack 2002 Conference currently being held in Sydney attempts to expose some of the systemic flaws which lead to security breaches.
The standard known as 802.11b or Wi-Fi is disruptive, certainly if you've invested any time, money and effort in 3G. But there is always something potentially superior around the corner.
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