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Virtual worlds under siege from cyber crime
News A is for Antivirus M is for Microsoft Virtual worlds are playgrounds not just for people who want some online fantasy role-playing but for cyber criminals who are looking for places to launder money and steal data, according to security firm McAfee. [28 Aug 2008]
Firefox extension to protect from wireless hacks
News A is for Antivirus M is for Microsoft 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. [27 Aug 2008]
OpenID at risk due to DNS flaw, claims researcher
News A is for Antivirus M is for Microsoft Its supporters include major organisations such as Microsoft, Yahoo! Robin Wilton, a corporate architect for federated identity at Sun, described OpenID's reliance on the integrity of the Domain Name System... [14 Aug 2008]
Interference on the radar for FCC "white space"
News A is for Antivirus Several technology companies, including Google, Microsoft and Motorola, have been lobbying the FCC for more than a year to open up these channels, which would provide between 300MHz to 400MHz of unlicensed spectral capacity... [12 Aug 2008]
Stolen ePassports 'worth £20m' on black market
News A is for Antivirus M is for Microsoft The thousands of UK ePassports stolen on Monday are likely to sell for up to £20m on the black market, say privacy experts. A van carrying about 3,000 blank ePassports and visas was hijacked on route to RAF... [29 Jul 2008]
Malware-infected site detected every five seconds
News A is for Antivirus Antivirus firm Sophos found that more than 90 per cent of the web pages capable of spreading Trojan horses and spyware are legitimate websites. M is for Microsoft Websites poisoned with malware capable of infecting visitors... [23 Jul 2008]
First iPhone 2.0 antivirus software released
News Paris-based computer security firm Intego said late last week it had released the first antivirus software for Apple's iPhone handset. The company said the latest version of its Virus Barrier X5 10.5.3 antivirus package for Mac OS X, released last... [21 Jul 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News A is for Antivirus M is for Microsoft Barclays claims to have reduced online fraud to zero among users of its two-factor authentication system, PINsentry. The UK's third-largest bank said this week that it has distributed the card reader, made by... [18 Jul 2008]
Security heading for the cloud
News A is for Antivirus M is for Microsoft Security software will jump off PCs and into 'the cloud', with spending on online security services forecast to triple by 2013. Cloud-based malware and spam detection in email and instant messaging will grow... [17 Jul 2008]
Gov't data retention - how much is too much?
News A is for Antivirus M is for Microsoft Advances in technology could put the UK on the road to a Minority Report-style future, a security expert has warned. The Earl of Erroll, Merlin Hay, has warned against holding increasing amounts of data - such... [10 Jul 2008]
Prison tech: Mobiles blocked and bodies scanned
News A is for Antivirus M is for Microsoft 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 measures were announced by the... [08 Jul 2008]
Microsoft warns of ActiveX attack targetting Access
News A is for Antivirus Microsoft issued a security advisory on Monday warning about targeted attacks that exploit a hole in the ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewer in the Microsoft Access database-management system. [08 Jul 2008]
ID cards: 'Political' move, claim airport workers
News A is for Antivirus M is for Microsoft Representatives of the aviation industry have said they are being used as political pawns to further the government's controversial ID cards programme. The British Air Transport Association (Bata) said aviation... [07 Jul 2008]
Terrorists turning to tech, warns gov't
News A is for Antivirus M is for Microsoft Terrorists are increasingly using technology to achieve their aims, according to the government. In a speech at the Homeland & Border Security Conference 2008 in London on Thursday, Admiral Lord West... [04 Jul 2008]
Viacom vs Google: YouTube privacy fears
News A is for Antivirus M is for Microsoft A US judge's order for Google to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom sparked an outcry on Thursday from privacy advocates in the midst of a legal showdown over video piracy. [04 Jul 2008]
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