According to one security vendor, Mac users are at a crossroad this year: will or won't they prove to be as gullible as their PC cousins when it comes to security?
Friends, industry watchers, readers; I come not to bag Telstra, but to praise it. The evil that telcos do often lives on after their Investors Days, while the good is often lost during interminable speeches.
Rootkits, which alter the kernel of an operating system and allow malicious code to hide from security software, seem to have stumped the security industry.
Nobody ever said that writing integration code was fun, but maybe it's time that vendors recognised that it's still an important task in most IT departments.
After skipping Patch Tuesday last month, administrators will have the joy of a double patch this month because Microsoft is rushing out a fix for its Windows cursor vulnerability.
Windows Defender for Vista has failed miserably when it comes to protecting users of Microsoft's latest operating system from a very basic attack.
It's no surprise that software companies are keen to fob off as much of their tech support as possible to automated systems -- support is a cost, not a profit centre, unless you charge an inordinate amount for it.
Antivirus applications from Symantec, McAfee or Trend Micro -- the three leading AV vendors in 2005 according to Gartner -- are far less likely to detect new viruses and Trojans than the least popular brands.
In three years phishing has transformed from an unknown threat into a multi-million dollar industry; in the next stage of its evolution, phishers will avoid using spam and instead hijack small parts of 'trusted' Web sites in order to bypass anti-phishing tools.
If you ran a software company and an independent security researcher contacted you with proof that your product contains security vulnerabilities, how would you react?
The ATO's decision not to offshore software development is a much-needed reminder that despite the technical wizardry of remote/teleworking and the costs benefits of India, simple face-to-face communication can never be bettered.
Microsoft launched its Windows Live OneCare antivirus package in the US earlier this year and instantly grabbed 15 percent of the market; although this may be good in terms of short term revenue, it could completely wreck everything the software giant has invested in improving its reputation for security.
Blogs consisting solely of bullet points seem to be popular these days, if Guy Kawasaki's rather lazy blog is anything to go by. This morning, Microsoft's Don Dodge detailed venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins' list of seven rules for software startups, as told by KP partner Ajit Nazre at a recent conference.
Banner adverts for Dell and Optus were appearing on the Pirate Bay Web site earlier this week -- until ZDNet Australia published a story revealing the fact.
On the odd occasion where I have seen the results of surveys of knowledge workers where they are asked to rank the barriers to the adoption of knowledge management inside their organisation, one word keeps popping up at the top of the list again and again: culture.
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