Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Everyone knows that some people get more spam than others, but new research shows that it may have something to do with the first letter of your email address.
Richard Clayton, a security researcher at the University of Cambridge in the U.K., says he found evidence that the more common the ...
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
A pair of security researchers recently demonstrated that a theoretical attack possible against the internet’s most embedded infrastructure can, in fact, be very real.
The attack exploits normal behavior in the internet routing protocol BGP, which ISPs use to determine how best to route traffic destined for other parts of the ...
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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
The rumors were right: Internet Explorer 8 will have new privacy features akin to those in Apple Safari. What role should they play in the enterprise?
InPrivate Browsing ("Private Browsing" was already taken by Apple) lets the user control whether or not IE saves potentially privacy-related data, including cookies (all cookies ...
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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
You're a smart, safety conscious iPhone user, right? You keep the phone set to require a 4-digit passcode every time it wakes up, so if you ever lose your baby, all your personal information is safe. But if you are running v2.0.2 of the iPhone operating system, you might as ...
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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Do-it-all suites are the name of the security game these days. Sure, you can gather free programs that cover the bases much as a suite would, but who wants to bother with finding out which apps work together and which ones might leave you pulling your hair out?We do. And ...
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