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Why has Apple not fixed well known iPhone security problems?
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-10-03 05:01:01
Nearly three months ago a security researcher did the right thing and informed Apple that he had found some serious vulnerabilities that impacted upon the security of the iPhone. Isn't it about time that Apple responded in kind by releasing a fix already?
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-10-03 05:01:01
Nearly three months ago a security researcher did the right thing and informed Apple that he had found some serious vulnerabilities that impacted upon the security of the iPhone. Isn't it about time that Apple responded in kind by releasing a fix already?
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Lotus brings Notes to iPhone with free iNotes ultralight
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-10-01 02:56:48
IBM has delivered on its promise of Lotus iNotes software for Apple's iPhone, so we iApologise for previous suggestions that there could be some iSlippage.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-10-01 02:56:48
IBM has delivered on its promise of Lotus iNotes software for Apple's iPhone, so we iApologise for previous suggestions that there could be some iSlippage.
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Paris Hilton, Damien Hirst, Sophie Monk, Internet TV and porn
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-09-27 07:25:45
You can never see enough of Paris Hilton. That seems to be the message that the Internet is telling us this week as the IT girl and occasional porn star keeps the web buzzing this week.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-09-27 07:25:45
You can never see enough of Paris Hilton. That seems to be the message that the Internet is telling us this week as the IT girl and occasional porn star keeps the web buzzing this week.
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Most spammed town in UK revealed
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-09-25 07:39:35
Ever wondered why the spammers seem to target you? Does it make you think you might need some help in the bedroom after all, or perhaps a fake Rolex would look good on your wrist? Relax, you could just be living in the wrong town...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-09-25 07:39:35
Ever wondered why the spammers seem to target you? Does it make you think you might need some help in the bedroom after all, or perhaps a fake Rolex would look good on your wrist? Relax, you could just be living in the wrong town...
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Panic as Apple iPhone users are attacked by Windows penguins
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-09-18 07:45:07
What do you get if you mix Windows users with an Apple iPhone, stir well using some panicking penguins and decorate with a chunk of spam? The blindingly obvious answer is the latest Trojan attack, of course...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-09-18 07:45:07
What do you get if you mix Windows users with an Apple iPhone, stir well using some panicking penguins and decorate with a chunk of spam? The blindingly obvious answer is the latest Trojan attack, of course...
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Bank robbing porn star Barack Obama joins Paris Hilton in online hall of shame
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-09-10 21:20:38
As if US Presidential hopeful Barack Obama didn't have enough to worry about, what with the lipstick on a pig debate and all, it now seems he has to contend with being labelled as a wannabe porn star and lined up alongside a naked Paris Hilton for good measure...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-09-10 21:20:38
As if US Presidential hopeful Barack Obama didn't have enough to worry about, what with the lipstick on a pig debate and all, it now seems he has to contend with being labelled as a wannabe porn star and lined up alongside a naked Paris Hilton for good measure...
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Spam Eating Surrender Monkeys
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-09-03 10:09:06
The French are best known for their love of romance, wine and fine dining. Now they have another claim to fame, as a spam magnet...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-09-03 10:09:06
The French are best known for their love of romance, wine and fine dining. Now they have another claim to fame, as a spam magnet...
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Some email names attract more spam: researcher
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-09-02 22:09:47
A researcher at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory asked the question "Do Zebras get more Spam than Aardvarks?" The answer may surprise you.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-09-02 22:09:47
A researcher at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory asked the question "Do Zebras get more Spam than Aardvarks?" The answer may surprise you.
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Norton Internet Security 2009 – the “whoa!” rewrite
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-09-01 02:38:51
Pilloried over the past few years for being “Norton Internet Bloatware”, the developers at Symantec have listened, completely re-engineering its venerable Internet Security software, transforming it into a lean, mean malware fightin’ machine. It’s seriously impressive!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-09-01 02:38:51
Pilloried over the past few years for being “Norton Internet Bloatware”, the developers at Symantec have listened, completely re-engineering its venerable Internet Security software, transforming it into a lean, mean malware fightin’ machine. It’s seriously impressive!
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Is Apple the fashionable whipping boy?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-08-25 03:44:35
Taking potshots at Apple - especially over security issues - seems to be the flavour of the month. But while such criticisms are sometimes deserved, are they often simply cheap shots?
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-08-25 03:44:35
Taking potshots at Apple - especially over security issues - seems to be the flavour of the month. But while such criticisms are sometimes deserved, are they often simply cheap shots?
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An Inconvenient Truth: Spam Sells Lots of Sex and Drugs
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-08-19 13:24:12
It is the question that everyone who stops to think about the amount of spam they get asks at least once: does anyone actually buy this stuff? The answer, it seems, is that 29 percent of us do and we are buying sex and drugs...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-08-19 13:24:12
It is the question that everyone who stops to think about the amount of spam they get asks at least once: does anyone actually buy this stuff? The answer, it seems, is that 29 percent of us do and we are buying sex and drugs...
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5 million fake news spams per hour
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-08-17 18:24:30
There's a good chance that you've seen at least one of the spoofed CNN or MSNBC spam messages that are doing the rounds - as many as 5 million of them are being sent per hour.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-08-17 18:24:30
There's a good chance that you've seen at least one of the spoofed CNN or MSNBC spam messages that are doing the rounds - as many as 5 million of them are being sent per hour.
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What is the speed of spam? 7.8 billion messages per hour!
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-08-12 08:40:26
The key findings of the latest Marshal Threat Research and Content Engineering (TRACE) report for the first half of 2008 have just been published. Unsurprisingly, they make for some pretty ugly reading...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-08-12 08:40:26
The key findings of the latest Marshal Threat Research and Content Engineering (TRACE) report for the first half of 2008 have just been published. Unsurprisingly, they make for some pretty ugly reading...
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Rustock takes spambot gold with Olympic surge
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-08-08 05:59:43
When it comes to endurance races, the Srizbi spambot takes some beating as far as distributing the most malicious spam across the planet is concerned. Thanks to an Olympic surge from new kid on the bot race blocks, Rustock, has sprinted past the old man of spam to take a dubious gold...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-08-08 05:59:43
When it comes to endurance races, the Srizbi spambot takes some beating as far as distributing the most malicious spam across the planet is concerned. Thanks to an Olympic surge from new kid on the bot race blocks, Rustock, has sprinted past the old man of spam to take a dubious gold...
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Google Sites sending spam as CAPTCHA gets pwned
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-08-05 07:47:03
According to the latest MessageLabs Intelligence Report, the Google Sites CAPTCHA spambot defences have been compromised by spammers...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-08-05 07:47:03
According to the latest MessageLabs Intelligence Report, the Google Sites CAPTCHA spambot defences have been compromised by spammers...
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Paris Hilton Tosses Dwarf On The Street as Koobface worms its way into Facebook and MySpace
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-08-01 05:24:32
Kaspersky Lab is warning of a new worm, which like its slimy equivalent has been chopped in two and continues to move around. In the case of Koobface one half is heading for Facebook while the other attacks MySpace...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-08-01 05:24:32
Kaspersky Lab is warning of a new worm, which like its slimy equivalent has been chopped in two and continues to move around. In the case of Koobface one half is heading for Facebook while the other attacks MySpace...
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F****** Microsoft and that W***** George Bush help boost spam traffic
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-07-28 09:15:50
The cybercriminal gangs that control the Rustock Botnet have enlisted the help of George Bush, Microsoft, Paris Hilton, Spongebob and some choice expletives in order to push its share of global spam traffic up by 21.5 percent in the last month. So why am I trying to suppress a giggle?
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-07-28 09:15:50
The cybercriminal gangs that control the Rustock Botnet have enlisted the help of George Bush, Microsoft, Paris Hilton, Spongebob and some choice expletives in order to push its share of global spam traffic up by 21.5 percent in the last month. So why am I trying to suppress a giggle?
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10 million zombies go after Google and Microsoft users brains
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-07-28 04:55:24
No longer the stuff of low-budget movies, zombies are invading the Internet: around 10 million of them in the last three months alone. The horror is revealed in a new report which shows that Google Adwords and Microsoft users brains are amongst the most sought after zombie food...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-07-28 04:55:24
No longer the stuff of low-budget movies, zombies are invading the Internet: around 10 million of them in the last three months alone. The horror is revealed in a new report which shows that Google Adwords and Microsoft users brains are amongst the most sought after zombie food...
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iPhone Mail and Safari bug helps phishing attacks
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-07-24 16:51:39
An unpatched vulnerability in the iPhone's Mail and Safari applications helps conceal phishing attacks, according to a high profile security researcher who specialises in finding flaws in widely used software. Aviv Raff has previously identified security flaws in software from Apple, Microsoft, Google and other vendors.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-07-24 16:51:39
An unpatched vulnerability in the iPhone's Mail and Safari applications helps conceal phishing attacks, according to a high profile security researcher who specialises in finding flaws in widely used software. Aviv Raff has previously identified security flaws in software from Apple, Microsoft, Google and other vendors.
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2012 Internet spam spreading malware
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-07-13 22:14:10
Is there an email sitting in your inbox with a subject line predicting the death of the Internet in 2012? If so, beware: the file attached to it probably contains malware.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-07-13 22:14:10
Is there an email sitting in your inbox with a subject line predicting the death of the Internet in 2012? If so, beware: the file attached to it probably contains malware.
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