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    An IBM X-Force security researcher has promised to exploit massive holes in Windows Vista's defences at the upcoming Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas.

  • Bill Cheswick: Silly passwords, soft perimeters and Vista

    Strong passwords do not necessarily provide better security so why do we persist creating ones that are hard to guess -- and hard to remember -- when a computer can crack them in seconds, asks Bill Cheswick, distributing computing and communications researcher for AT&T Labs.

  • Is whitelisting the new blacklisting?

    The IT security industry has come to a frank realisation that the current approach to preventing malware is simply not working. Is whitelisting, which is the reverse of our current approach, the answer?

  • Rootkit threatens Cisco routers

    Cisco and the security community are debating the reality of rootkits attacking the Cisco's Internetwork Operating System (IOS) after a researcher presented a proof of concept attack, which threatens Cisco routers and voice over IP phones.

  • Scott Charney: Microsoft's security chief reveals all

    Shortly after the 9/11 bombings, Microsoft hired Scott Charney, a federal prosecutor for the US justice Department, to head up its Trustworthy Computing division. At AusCERT 2008, ZDNet.com.au caught up with Charney to hear his thoughts on how those events changed the security landscape and what he thinks about the current state of IT security.

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