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• E-voting critic calls on hackers to expose flaws

  Electronic voting systems have major security problems and hackers should make it their mission to find the flaws, an e-voting critic told security researchers on Thursday.

• Linux servers at risk from trifecta of flaws

  Three separate security flaws could be used by an ordinary user to gain total control of a Linux server or workstation, security researchers have warned.

• Group seeks curbs on security reports

  Eleven software makers and security firms have announced the formation of a group that intends to set down rules regarding how the security community should responsibly release information on software flaws.

• GreyMagic discloses nine new IE flaws

  GreyMagic is at it again. Following its discovery of the D-Day flaw in Internet Explorer last month, the security company has delved further into IE and come up with nine new flaws that could expose important data to hackers.

• IBM chides security researchers

  Technology giant IBM has taken independent security researchers to task for their role in making information about unpublished computer attacks available in an undisciplined manner.

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• Confessions of a naked Mac user

  I caved in. I had all intentions of pre-emptively spending my $900 government handout on a $700 HP netbook this weekend. But I was pwned by a shiny little MacBook in about the time it took white hat Charlie Miller to hack its upscale brother, the MacBook Air.

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  Kevin Rudd is a cyber agent of KAOS

  This week the Australian online banking system was tested by an agent of KAOS Kevin Rudd and his $10 billion dollar fiscal package that, as Agent 86 would say, "missed it by that much" on knocking out the banking system.

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  Greedy Apple users will trust anyone

  A "jailbreak" Web site created earlier this week is already attracting hordes of iPhone and iPod Touch users who want to free their devices from the digital shackles attached by Jobs and co.

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  Time for the BlackBerry Bush ban?

  As the iconic BlackBerry goes from strength to strength in subscriber numbers, so do the threats to the device and the business model.

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  Symantec quits beating the 'OS X malware' drum

  The latest Internet Threat Survey from Symantec is a whopping 120 pages and unlike in its previous reports, the company has avoided any mention of malware for Apple's OS X.

Features and Case Studies (109)

• GreyMagic discloses nine new IE flaws

  GreyMagic is at it again. Following its discovery of the D-Day flaw in Internet Explorer last month, the security company has delved further into IE and come up with nine new flaws that could expose important data to hackers.

• Photos: Running Apple's Safari securely

  Despite Apple's public claim that its engineers "designed Safari to be secure from day one," researchers have already found several dangerous flaws. Here are several steps you can take to disable various features in Safari to reduce the risk of hacker attacks.

• Oracle plans to patch pack of flaws

  Database software maker Oracle promised on Tuesday in the US to quickly make patches available for the more than 30 flaws found by a British security researcher.

• Basic network flaw could disrupt Net

  Software flaws in a fundamental language of the Internet could leave the Net's basic infrastructure in danger of disruption if the holes are left unpatched, an Internet security watchdog has warned.

• Office users at risk from 'critical' flaw

  Microsoft issues another herd of vulnerability reports, including a "critical" security hole in numerous Office applications that could let a hacker take control of a PC.

Reviews (23)

• Microsoft moves beyond patches

  Conceding that its strategy of patching Windows holes as they emerge has not worked, Microsoft plans next week to outline a new security effort focused on what the company calls "securing the perimeter," a company executive said.

• Is IE emptying your bank account?

  Internet Explorer is broken, and the bad guys know it. As you type, criminal hackers could be recording your bank login and password information. Robert offers some tips for staying safe online.

• Microsoft moves on 'critical' Windows flaw

  Microsoft on Wednesday warned of three new security gaps in its software, including one "critical" Windows flaw that could allow a hacker to run unauthorised code on victims' PCs.

• First Take: Internet Explorer 7 for XP SP2 Beta 2

  Microsoft has changed the look and feel of its venerable browser, while adding some much-needed security features.

• Windows Server 2003 gets first patch

  Less than two months after launching its Windows Server 2003 operating system, Microsoft has released a security patch to fix a vulnerability that could let malicious sites run damaging code on the server.

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