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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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
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.
The software, dubbed "Perspectives," is available for download for free.
Perspectives also protects against attacks that exploit a recently exposed flaw in the DNS system, which translates Web addresses into ...
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
Criticize the people behind the Asprox botnet, and they take it personal—so much so that they will bombard you with malware, according to a report by SecureWorks.
The botnet, now at least 50,000-strong with bots, is sending out phishing e-mails posing as messages from banks in the United States and United ...
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