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A federal judge on Saturday in the US granted the Massachusetts transit authority's request for an injunction preventing three MIT students from giving a presentation about hacking smartcards used in the Boston subway system.
Details of vulnerabilities in the chipset used in London's Oyster travel smartcard have been released by Dutch researchers, who have said the smartcard's security was "fundamentally broken".
Dutch chipmaker NXP Semiconductors has sued a university in The Netherlands to block publication of research that details security flaws in NXP's Mifare Classic wireless smart cards, a market leading product used in public transport and building entry systems around the world.
The Linux worm that threatened to spread itself by creating a peer-to-peer network of infected machine appears to be wearing itself out.
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Tech analyst Jon Oltsik says a new computing security conundrum presents a problem that's not easy to solve.
Eight months after Microsoft launched a new strategy for better securing its software, network expert Del Smith examines the organisation's progress toward providing a "Trustworthy Computing" environment.
In this special report, ZDNet Australia presents a three-part exclusive video interview with Westpac Bank chief information security officer, David Backley, in addition to tips and reviews for businesses to thwart security attacks.
Technical glitches have prompted Microsoft to stop offering for download a free program it introduced last week that allows Palm handhelds to synchronise with the Macintosh version of Office.
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Microsoft's Hyper-V is a solid virtualisation platform that's compatible with a wide range of modern server hardware.
South Korean government officials are warning consumers that Internet and e-commerce sites in that country may lack full compatibility with Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, which will become available to consumers next week.
Microsoft says that it is halting development of future Macintosh versions of its Internet Explorer browser, citing competition from Apple Computer's Safari browser.
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