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IE patch shuts users out from password-protected sites
News Microsoft's latest IE update, which was released outside the monthly patching cycle, stops the company's browser from being used to transfer malicious code to a user's PC and fixes the URL spoofing flaw, but it also stops URLs from being... [04 Feb 2004]
Antivirus vendors unzip encrypted email viruses
News Recent versions of the Bagle worm have bypassed corporate gateway security because they are distributed in password-protected Zip files, which are next to impossible for antivirus programs to scan.... [05 Mar 2004]
Office has "kindergarten crypto mistake"
News The data protection feature in Microsoft Word and Excel documents has a major flaw that could allow snoopers to decode password-protected files, a security researcher has warned. The attacker would need... [21 Jan 2005]
Screensavers more secure than network passwords
News Activating a password-protected screensaver on users' desktops can provide more protection from unauthorised access than strong network login passwords, according to security firm TruSecure.... [03 Oct 2003]
High-tech cops bust internet drugs ring
News Police have busted an internet drugs operation estimated to have made around half a million pounds using password-protected websites for selling cannabis. They are suspected of running... [22 Dec 2003]
MoD fights data losses with encryption
News Machines used by the army, navy and RAF will be given password-protected encryption using BeCrypt Disk Protect Baseline solution. Disk Protect Baseline allows a hard disk to be encrypted and... [08 May 2008]
Apple nails down AirPort problems
News The update also fixes a security flaw that exposes file names on a password-protected disk attached to the device, it said. It added: "An issue in the AirPort Disk feature allows users on the local... [10 Apr 2007]
Carphone Warehouse to sell top-ups by text
News Price said the system is password protected to prevent unauthorised transactions. He said: "With all password-protected systems, the consumer needs to be sensible.... [13 Mar 2006]
Loan company loses data on 1.3 million students
News The data was encrypted and password-protected but subsequently decrypted and stored on the now-lost hardware by the Hummingbird employee, TGSL said. However, the lost hardware does require a... [02 Jun 2006]
iPhone hacker claims device captures all
News The screenshots are presumably deleted after the application is closed but they can be recovered with forensics techniques, just like data deleted from any storage device can be reconstructed for police purposes, he said in a webcast on... [12 Sep 2008]
Word hole exposed with no fix on the way
News We would probably end up in court and an expert would probably look at the original document and say, 'this document is protected by a password that the customer could not have known. Microsoft Word... [07 Jan 2004]
Secure Client-Managed Authentication: A Passport-Free Solution
White Paper As the number of these authentication credentials (i.e.userid and password) increases, maintaining and recalling them on demand becomes a challenge. Studies show that users typically choose the same easy-to-guess... [11 Apr 2005]
Best of Reader Comments: Passwords
News The database is password protected, as is the PDA, with a different password. It is password protected, programmed to yield only through one of 300+... [13 Dec 2002]
Timeline: HM Revenue & Customs data blunder
News Each file is protected by a low-level seven-digit alphanumeric password. It then emerges the data on the replacement discs to be sent out is not password protected. A... [26 Jun 2008]
Leader: Why security threats don't have to be taxing
Leader When the laptop was stolen it was, according to an HMRC spokesman, protected by "both a complex password and powerful encryption software". So that the HMRC - even with an encrypted and... [09 Oct 2007]
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