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• Massive fraud server exposed

  A server discovered in June contained 50GB of stolen user account and financial details, including 9,000 bank and credit-card account credentials and 463,582 user account passwords, according to a report published at the Black Hat conference last week.

• Printers a weak link in network security

  The multifunction printers found in many offices are not dumb devices, but are computers that can be hacked, a security expert has warned.

• Microsoft IE8 released

  Microsoft has released Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 for download this morning.

• Cisco warns customers of site breach

  Cisco Systems' customers received e-mails on Wednesday from the networking company advising them of a security breach of its Web site.

• Black Hat with a Vista twist

  Black Hat is not just about breaking and entering this year as Windows Vista and IE7 come under the spotlight.

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• Securing Microsoft 2: hackers invited to Redmond

  In part two of 'Securing Microsoft', we learn how the company slowly became more intimate with the security community. Microsoft's slow shift to focus more on security came to a head with Vista, with more money spent in securing Vista than anybody has ever been invested into securing any piece of software before.

• Companies patching security holes faster

  Driven by fast-appearing threats, network administrators are fixing the most prevalent flaws more quickly, according to a new survey.

• Hacker code could unleash Windows worm

  A hacker group releases code designed to exploit a widespread Windows flaw, paving the way for a major worm attack as soon as this weekend, security researchers warn.

• The eye of Oracle's security storm

  David Litchfield, the UK security expert at the centre of the current Oracle security scare, sets the record straight.

• Kevin Mitnick on hacking's evolution

  To many, the name Kevin Mitnick is synonymous with "notorious hacker." We talk to him about software security, the evolution of hacking and social engineering, and law enforcement's action against hacking.

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• Antenna to boost wireless security

  An optical antenna that uses a geometrically shaped lens promises to bring greater security to wireless networks for businesses, according to British scientists.

• Sony wields high-capacity Sticks

  The consumer-electronics giant is boosting the capacity of its Memory Stick removable flash memory cards and developing a new faster-recording card format.

• Microsoft wants to lead technology march

  Commentary: Bill Gates is beating the drum for tablets, Smart Display, and Web services - purchased with his US$5bn research budget. The question is: do we want to follow, and can we afford to?

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