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  • Trend Micro Internet Security 2009 Pro: Photos

    It's that time of year again, with security companies releasing their 2009 range. This gallery gives you an insight into Trend Micro's offering.

  • Bank customer details sold on eBay

    Over one million American Express, Royal Bank of Scotland and Natwest customers' details have been sold on eBay.

  • Microsoft admits Vista UAC prompts 'need work'

    Scott Charney, head of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing division, admitted this week that Windows Vista's User Account Control (UAC) prompts are not intuitive and confuse users.

  • Judge halts Defcon hacking speech

    A federal judge on Saturday in the US granted the Massachusetts transit authority's request for an injunction preventing three MIT students from giving a presentation about hacking smartcards used in the Boston subway system.

  • Researcher to expose Intel security flaws

    An independent security researcher has flagged plans to reveal a proof of concept security exploit that could work remotely against any machine using Intel processors, including those used in Apple's famously secure Macs.

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Blogs (11)

  • Read the blog post - Liam Tung

    The 'secret': Banks are freaked out by security

    Last week's blog on why consumers might be confused by contradictory messages on computer security from banks drew a few objections from interested parties ones that I thought would be worth responding to this week.

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Security demo ruined by vigilant people

    It's a tough life trying to show off a state-of-the-art security monitoring system -- especially when helpful humans keep ruining the demo.

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Can Norton 360 be trusted?

    Symantec is about to launch Norton 360 in Australia and although the product seems to have some interesting features, it will take more than marketing hype to persuade me that the company has stopped making bloated and unreliable software.

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    CTO of antivirus firm prefers Mac, Unix

    The CTO of the third biggest antivirus firm revealed to me this week that an Apple Powerbook loaded with Unix is his "platform of choice".

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Opening the floodgates on missing drives

    News headlines about portable storage devices going missing are as common as muck, but the problem could be even more widespread than you suspect.

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    In the digital era, why don't planes beam more flight data directly to a network of ground stations?

  • Securing Microsoft: From the Blaster worm to Blue Hat

    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.

  • 2007: How was it for security?

    Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.

  • The secure Mac: myth or legend?

    Apple computers have built a solid reputation on being virus-free, but is the reality different from the image?

  • Examining Second Life myths for business

    Can virtual worlds make a meaningful contribution to business -- and if so, how can they be protected from invasions of privacy and flying genitalia? ZDNet Australia gets the lowdown from Chris Collins, technical assistant to the CEO at Second Life developer Linden Lab.

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  • Kingston DataTraveler BlackBox

    If data security is paramount, the DataTraveler BlackBox is the USB flash drive of choice, despite its relatively high cost.

  • Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security 2009

    You can't beat the price. For a good, basic internet security suite, we recommend Trend Micro Internet Security 2009.

  • Norton Internet Security 2008

    While Symantec's protection is solid, the overall user experience within Norton Internet Security 2008 could be much, much better. Not all the features work together and use fewer system resources.

  • Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security 2007

    Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security 2007 was hard to install and produced several noticeable glitches that distracted us from the benefits of the suite.

  • Norton Internet Security 2007

    Norton Internet Security 2007 makes significant gains over last year, including cutting-edge rootkit and behavioral monitoring features found nowhere else, but the overall package could be serious overkill for the average desktop owner.

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