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• Spam report: volumes rising again

  Spammers knocked offline two weeks ago when their hosting company, McColo, was shut down are finally coming back online, security researchers said this week.

• Push for Intel case to be public

  News outlets and advocacy groups are seeking access to sealed court records in AMD's antitrust case against Intel.

• Apple security talk cancelled

  Just days before the annual Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, a talk on Apple's FileVault encryption system has been abruptly cancelled by its presenter.

• iPhone: Google Talk, new security threats

  Google is making its Google Talk instant-messaging application available for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch, however these new applications come in light of new security scares.

• Lithuanian websites hacked by Russians?

  Last weekend, several hundred Lithuanian websites were defaced with pro-Soviet and anti-Lithuanian slogans, according to The New York Times.

Blogs (1)

• 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.

Features and Case Studies (5)

• Why Twitter will renew journalism

  Twitter is not the great evil for journalists and media. In fact, it is helping to renew the media and bring that great lady called "journalism" back to her rightful throne.

• Spying on spyware makers

  This researcher has spent years analysing how spyware programs work. His findings have been published and has resulted in red faces and, occasionally, lawsuit threats.

• Is privacy a privilege?

  Would you mind if the government took a peek at your personal data? Do you trust the government to keep that data safe?

• Windows patches may become automatic

  As the MSBlast worm makes it clear that something must be done about insecure PCs, Microsoft has said this may be the time to take more control of the Windows update mechanism.

• Encrypt your database? You bet

  No matter how good your security policies, you will still need to encrypt the data on your most private servers.

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• Learning the hard way

  Hard drive failure can happen any time, but is your back (up) covered to minimise the loss?

• NewsGator

  NewsGator is a worthwhile RSS newsreader for anyone who lives inside Outlook, but the rest of us should look elsewhere.

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