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  • Mobile phones get facial recognition

    Software that could allow existing phones and PDAs to recognise their owners will be demonstrated at a security show in Japan this week.

  • Hackers attack IT conference

    Hackers infiltrated an IT exhibition last week and attacked delegates' computers with a new type of wireless attack.

  • Mafia insiders infiltrating firms, UK cops warn

    Employees are still one of the greatest threats to corporate security, as "new-age" mafia gangs infiltrate companies, the UK's crime-fighting agency has said.

  • Flaw found in Nortel's VPN client

    Networks company Nortel is returning to the drawing board today after a security researcher claimed to have found a vulnerability in its virtual private network (VPN) software.

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  • Gates: Passwords passe

    Passwords will soon be a thing of the past, replaced by biometric and smart-card technology, Bill Gates reiterated on Tuesday.

  • Flaw found in Nortel's VPN client

    Networks company Nortel is returning to the drawing board today after a security researcher claimed to have found a vulnerability in its virtual private network (VPN) software.

  • Are firewalls pointless?

    Improving IT security is all about tearing down walls rather than building them up, says Paul Simmonds, Jericho Forum founder and chemical giant ICI's global information security director.

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