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RSS os xUK crime fighters grapple with iPhone wipe threat
News X is for OS X The head of the Serious Fraud Office digital forensics unit Keith Foggon cautioned that the ability to remotely wipe the iPhone and other smart phones used by enterprises... [02 Sep 2008]
Virtual worlds under siege from cyber crime
News X is for OS X The in-game economies of virtual worlds are being hijacked by criminals who attempt to hide their profits through the exchange of virtual currencies, Dr Igor Muttik, a... [28 Aug 2008]
Firefox extension to protect from wireless hacks
News X is for OS X Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have released an extension for Firefox 3 that can protect wireless network users from so-called "man-in-the-middle" attacks. The... [27 Aug 2008]
OpenID at risk due to DNS flaw, claims researcher
News X is for OS X Robin Wilton, a corporate architect for federated identity at Sun, described OpenID's reliance on the integrity of the Domain Name System (DNS) as a "multi-factor problem"... [14 Aug 2008]
SANbox 9000 Directs an Ensemble Cast of Postproduction Systems
White Paper DFT deployed QLogic SANbox 9000 Fibre Channel switch which manages a 40TB SAN, which includes 14 Apple PowerMacs running OS X, six PCs running both Linux and Microsoft Windows, and three SGI Irix-based... [04 Aug 2008]
Apple releases patch for critical flaw
News Apple recommends Security update 2008-005 for all systems running Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X Server v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5.4, Mac... [01 Aug 2008]
Stolen ePassports 'worth £20m' on black market
News X is for OS X A van carrying about 3,000 blank ePassports and visas was hijacked on route to RAF Northolt, near London. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. A... [29 Jul 2008]
Malware-infected site detected every five seconds
News X is for OS X Websites poisoned with malware capable of infecting visitors' machines are being discovered at a rate of 16,173 per day - three times faster than in 2007. Security from A... [23 Jul 2008]
First iPhone 2.0 antivirus software released
News X is for OS X The company said the latest version of its Virus Barrier X5 10.5.3 antivirus package for Mac OS X, released last week, was also able to... [21 Jul 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News X is for OS X The UK's third-largest bank said this week that it has distributed the card reader, made by Amsterdam-based Gemalto, to more than one million customers, and that none have... [18 Jul 2008]
Security heading for the cloud
News X is for OS X Cloud-based malware and spam detection in email and instant messaging will grow from 20 per cent of messaging security revenue to 60 per cent over the next five years,... [17 Jul 2008]
Coming soon - malware threats to iPhone 2.0?
News Earlier this month, a Mac OS X researcher also claimed that the iPhone operating system, which is a stripped-down version of Mac OS 10.5, does not have the patch updates that the desktop... [14 Jul 2008]
Gov't data retention - how much is too much?
News X is for OS X The Earl of Erroll, Merlin Hay, has warned against holding increasing amounts of data - such as proposals to retain internet, email and phone records under the draft... [10 Jul 2008]
Prison tech: Mobiles blocked and bodies scanned
News X is for OS X Mobile phone use will be blocked and Bodily Orifice Security Scanner (Boss) chairs will be fitted throughout non-high security prisons from March 2009. The technological... [08 Jul 2008]
Microsoft warns of ActiveX attack targetting Access
News X is for OS X An attacker would have to lure a victim, via a link in an email for example, to a specially crafted web page that could exploit the security hole to allow remote code... [08 Jul 2008]
