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    The FBI and SANS have released an updated list of the most exploited threats in Linux/Unix systems.

  • The FBI's top 10 online security threats

    The FBI has worked with the SANS Institute to develop a list of the 10 most exploited Windows threats.

  • Top 10 Linux/Unix vulnerabilities

    In cooperation with the FBI, SANS has released its annual update to the most exploited Internet security vulnerabilities. We look at the top 10 Linux/Unix vulnerabilities.

  • Unplugged: FBI CIO Darwin John

    In the twilight of his career, an IT veteran takes on the formidable task of transforming the FBI's antiquated technology infrastructure. What challenges does he face?

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    Easily exploited vulnerabilities are a hackers favourite target. Use this updated SANS/FBI list of the top threats to Windows to find out where the hackers may be lurking.

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    Security expert Bruce Schneier argues that constant vigilance, not technology, is the best defence against computer break-ins.

  • The laptops that come in from the cold

    For those organisation who lose hundreds of thousands dollars worth of laptops to thieves each year, the humiliation of the loss is possibly as infuriating a burden to bare as the financial costs associated with it. However these organisations can assuage some of their distress knowing that their problems are shared by one of the world's most powerful law enforcement agencies. In May, thieves reduced the size of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation's laptop fleet by 182, in one operation. If the FBI can't keep its laptops safe from thieves who can?

  • Cure for Code Red: An Internet border patrol?

    SECURING THE WEB: Making the Internet a better (and safer) place to live means mapping many of the institutions of the real world--defense, taxation, government, law enforcement--over to cyberspace. Here are some of the things that must to happen to bring the Internet into line.

  • One for the road: Seven road warrior notebooks tested

    If the concept of sitting at a desk for a whole day seems foreign to you, these road warrior notebooks are the combination of power and portability you're looking for. Read our Australian review.

  • Windows XP: Six months on

    Is Windows XP meeting your expectations or causing more exasperation than you bargained for?

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