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  • Kevin Mitnick on hacking's evolution

    To many, the name Kevin Mitnick is synonymous with "notorious hacker." We talk to him about software security, the evolution of hacking and social engineering, and law enforcement's action against hacking.

  • Mobility madness: Managing mobile devices

    Today's smart phones are less about ring tones and more about extending your corporate applications well and truly into the field. Say goodbye to the deskbound worker -- and hello to a potential data and security nightmare, warns David Braue.

  • Week in review: Browser mania

    The battle of the browsers heated up this week as Netscape unleashed its latest version and Internet Explorer embraced tabbed browsing.

  • German hate-spam spread by Sober virus

    Another variant of the Sober virus, which spreads hate messages in German and English, appeared over the weekend. Security firms are warning that they have received hundreds of thousands of e-mails generated by Sober.Q in its first 24 hours.

  • Expert: Mobile phone virus threat is overblown

    Instances of infected smart phones are almost nonexistent, according to a mobile phone support exec.

  • Spying on spyware makers

    This researcher has spent years analysing how spyware programs work. His findings have been published and has resulted in red faces and, occasionally, lawsuit threats.

  • Time to ditch Outlook? Eight alternatives tested

    Outlook has been copping some heat lately, largely for attracting virus writers, while Thunderbird has been getting all of the good press. Is it time to dump Outlook? We review the options.

  • He's got the virus-writing bug

    For five years Marek Strihavka programmed computer viruses, and now he's the main developer of an antivirus system. In an interview, he explains why virus writers are crucial to online security.

  • Russia's cybercrime-fighting Bond villain

    Antivirus guru Eugene Kaspersky says the lure of fame and fortune have resulted in a higher number of criminal activity on the Internet.

  • Tech execs: Wake up and smell the spam

    It is vital that the tech industry raises awareness of the scale of the problem of junk e-mail, industry experts said.

  • Virus writers exploit Microsoft's monthly patch cycle

    The creators of the Bofra worm, which exploits a recently discovered iFrame vulnerability in Internet Explorer, may have timed the release of their worm to throw Microsoft's monthly patch cycle into disarray, say security experts.

  • Virus writers elude Microsoft's bounty hunt

    A year on, and the company's US$1 million tip-off program has nabbed just one (alleged) virus writer. Is it a bust?

  • Post-election Bin Laden video spreads a worm for the Hobbit

    Security experts are warning that an email claiming to contain a video of Osama Bin Laden's reaction to the US election result contains a worm. The email is signed by The Hobbit.

  • Check Point's optimistic pessimist

    Gil Shwed, Check Point Software CEO, weighs in on who's winning the war of attrition between virus writers and security companies.

  • Leaving the backdoor open

    Have we been lulled into a false sense of security by some anti-virus firms?

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