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  • Net vigilance

    The days when you might have left your virtual front door unlocked are long gone. More and more organisations are experiencing unauthorised use of computer systems. And, if experts are right, it's only going to get worse! Read ZDNet's comprehensive guide on Net security, and start protecting yourself.

  • Dr. Damn cleans up file-swapping

    An anonymous college student is one of a handful of programmers who have been releasing versions of popular file-swapping programs with the 'adware' and 'spyware' stripped out.

  • Uncle Sam reinstates big brother

    If the US Federal attorney general gets his way big brother will have still more power to snoop on the Net, listen in on private conversations and install secret gear.

  • 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.

  • Security firms seek common tongue

    A standards body plans to build a universal format for communicating the risk associated with network security problems.

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  • Part I: Most popular security issues

    Executives under arrest, charging for e-mail, rogue staff, e-mail spoofing, spyware: it's all here in your first raft of questions to our panel of experts. Additional reading: Beat malware with Firefox, others

  • Terrorism threat to Net overblown

    Security expert Bruce Schneier says the danger from cyberterrorism is "overblown."

  • 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.

  • Security firms seek common tongue

    A standards body plans to build a universal format for communicating the risk associated with network security problems.

  • In the trenches of techno-rebellion

    Activist programmers are developing protection against intrusive ads, tracking software, and other mechanisms that piggyback on free software and quietly co-opt consumers' computers.

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