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Trojan-ridden warning system implicated in Spanair crash
Malware may have been a contributory cause of a fatal Spanair crash that killed 154 people two years ago.…
Intel's embedded security strategy faces tech obstacles
Security vendors have welcomed Intel's $7.7bn acquisition of McAfee as confirmation of the importance of security in the future of computing but warned plans to embed security in chips will pose difficult technical challenges and may upset existing partners.…
Scareware tries to trick marks into dropping defences
Virus authors have developed a strain of malware that attempts to con users into uninstalling legitimate security packages.…
Scareware tries to trick marks into dropping defences
Virus authors have developed a strain of malware that attempts to con users into uninstalling legitimate security packages.…
Scareware tries to trick marks into dropping defences
Virus authors have developed a strain of malware that attempts to con users into uninstalling legitimate security packages.…
Intel needs to rethink security to profit from McAfee buy
Analysis Intel's surprise $7.76bn acquisition of McAfee is not only the biggest pure-play security deal in history, but the most significant statement of intent by an IT superpower since Microsoft launched its Trustworthy Computing initiative back in 2002.…
Online sales hit £5bn a month
Online retail sales hit £5bn in the month of July thanks mainly to rubbish UK weather pushing people onto the internet to book last-minute holidays.…
Researcher: Code-execution bug affects 200 Windows apps
About 200 Windows applications are vulnerable to remote code-execution attacks that exploit a bug in the way the programs load binary files for the Microsoft operating system, a security researcher said Thursday.…
Researcher: Code-execution bug affects 200 Windows apps
About 200 Windows applications are vulnerable to remote code-execution attacks that exploit a bug in the way the programs load binary files for the Microsoft operating system, a security researcher said Thursday.…
Researcher: Code-execution bug affects 200 Windows apps
About 200 Windows applications are vulnerable to remote code-execution attacks that exploit a bug in the way the programs load binary files for the Microsoft operating system, a security researcher said Thursday.…
Fear as motivator: why Intel acquired McAfee
Analysis Intel and McAfee made a surprise announcement early Thursday that the chip megamaker plans to acquire the security-software giant in a $7.68bn all-cash deal, and across the technical and financial communities, the response was a nearly unanimous "WTF?"…
Unhackable PS3 finally jailbroken, video claims
An Australian seller of videogame modchips claims Sony's PlayStation 3 console has been jailbroken by a hack that allows users to run backup and home-brewed copies of games — not to mention titles that have been pirated.…
Linux kernel purged of five-year-old root access bug
The Linux kernel has finally been purged of a privilege-escalation vulnerability that for at least half a decade allowed untrusted local users to gain unfettered rights to the operating system's most secure locations.…
ECJ ruling puts VAT on salary sacrifice schemes
Drugs giant Astra Zeneca should pay VAT on retail vouchers given to staff that form part of a salary sacrifice scheme, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has said. The ruling could derail some similar schemes.…
Intel snaps up McAfee in $7.68bn deal
Intel has bought information security specialist McAfee in a surprise deal valued at $7.68bn.…
Exiting workers more likely to steal data than stationery
Many workers have confessed they would be prepared to swipe data from their ex-employers when they changed jobs.…
Iranian activists deface UK genetics website
The UK's Human Genetics Commission website was hit by politically-motivated hackers on Tuesday, who defaced the site with a protest marking a Western plot to overthrow a post-WWII democratically elected leader in Iran.…
New code-execution bug found in Windows and 40 apps
Microsoft Windows and about 40 applications that run on it are vulnerable to remote-code execution attacks that are "trivial" to carry out, a noted security researcher warned Wednesday.…
New code-execution bug found in Windows and 40 apps
Microsoft Windows and about 40 applications that run on it are vulnerable to remote-code execution attacks that are "trivial" to carry out, a noted security researcher warned Wednesday.…
New code-execution bug found in Windows and 40 apps
Microsoft Windows and about 40 applications that run on it are vulnerable to remote-code execution attacks that are "trivial" to carry out, a noted security researcher warned Wednesday.…