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• What is the future of e-mail?

  The use of e-mail continues to grow, but there are suggestions across the industry that its popularity will begin to decline quickly if measures aren't put in place to guarantee access, availability and security.

• Virus writers claim Tony Blair's e-mail account was hacked

  Cybercriminals claimed on Friday that the UK Prime Minister's e-mail account has been hacked, in the latest attempt to attack PCs with malware.

• British parliament 'attacked' using WMF exploit

  The British Parliament was "attacked" late last year by hackers who tried to exploit a recent serious Microsoft Windows flaw, security experts confirmed on Friday.

• Hack turns iPhone into spy-phone

  US security consultant, Rick Farrow, has used H D Moore's security testing tool, Metasploit, to crack the iPhone, which allows a hacker to do anything the iPhone user can, but remotely.

• Symantec warns of "parasitic storage"

  Security specialist Symantec has warned businesses over an increasing trend for criminals to use "parasitic storage" on networks of compromised systems

Features and Case Studies (19)

• Hackers use Google to access photocopiers

  Hackers are using search engines to watch what people photocopy.

• Linux hacker: The battle for the desktop

  Part II: Linux Kernel hacker Alan Cox explains why the world needs open source software on the desktop and why Linux was perfect for Iceland.

• Computer forensics tips

  Cybercrime is becoming a huge concern and computer forensics a growing science. IT managers should understand what their roles might be in a computer investigation.

• Change of tactics in war on viruses

  Could quarantining e-mails be a better way of dealing with viruses than the traditional approach used by most antivirus companies?

• Xombe Trojan poses as Microsoft warning

  An e-mail pretending to be a Windows XP security update harbours a malicious Trojan horse that could let hackers build an "army of zombie computers."

Reviews (3)

• Time to ditch Outlook? 9 e-mail clients tested

  Outlook has been copping some heat lately, largely for attracting virus writers, while Thunderbird has been getting all of the good press. We examine the two products, and other e-mail clients available today, so you can see if replacing Outlook really is an option.

• Patch management: 4 packages tested

  Security patches are a big worry: they come out at odd times, they suck up your bandwidth, and just occasionally they break things. We look at patch management packages to ease the burden.

• Keeping it virtually private: 5 Firewall/VPN cards tested

  Want to put a VPN or firewall on your network card? A new class of product handles all the processing, keeping your server free to do the hard work.

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