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  • Is World War 3 being fought in cyberspace?

    Governments from all around the globe are engaged in a virtual war where the weapons are hackers and trojans and the prizes for winning a battle include corporate secrets and disruption of the enemies IT infrastructure.

  • Australians want what's bad for them: Biometrics

    Australians would prefer to use voice biometrics rather than PIN and password verification to prove their identity but security experts warn biometrics exposes consumers to even greater risk.

  • McAfee and Microsoft tangle over Vista security

    The debate surrounding Windows Security Center and PatchGuard has turned vicious, with McAfee and Microsoft both claiming that the other is motivated by commercial factors rather than security concerns.

  • IBM: Public vulnerabilities are tip of the iceberg

    IBM's Internet Security Systems division has warned that there is a "colossal difference" between the number of publicly disclosed security vulnerabilities and the number of flaws that are discovered but not publicly disclosed.

  • Microsoft partner: Vista less secure than XP

    Security company Kaspersky claimed that Vista's User Account Control (UAC), the system of user privileges that can be used to restrict users' administrative rights, will be so annoying that users will disable it.

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  • Do-gooder Trojan has nasty bite

    Symantec is warning Internet users of a Trojan horse that removes spyware but alters the security settings in computers.

  • Security showdown: iPhone vs Google Android

    Google's recent announcement of Android has sparked a debate over whether the mobile Linux platform will prove more secure than Apple's proprietary iPhone.

  • Battle of the bots

    You can't hear them and you can't see them, but be warned, bots are all around us and they do have a search-and-destroy attitude that could be the death of your business.

  • Keeping the door open...and shut

    A Web server opens up your business to the outside world, so how do you keep out those parts of the world you don't like?

  • Managing security: Building a defence

    Reducing the threat of viruses to a corporate network is no longer a simple task. But how do you manage the multiple layers necessary, and keep them up to date?

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