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    Microsoft Australia's managers have nominated 40 of the company's large clients as being potentially "at risk" of information technology security breaches, the software heavyweight's security team leader revealed today.

  • Preying on human frailty

    The proverbial maxim of "once bitten, twice shy" applies to many aspects in life but eludes most users in their recurring struggle to deal with computer viruses.

  • The hacker challenge

    Security systems continue to get more sophisticated--and so do the hackers who are seeking to break through them. How can you best combine your defences to protect your company networks?

  • Sony to patch copy-protected CD

    Sony BMG Music Entertainment and a technology partner are working with antivirus companies on a fix for a potential security problem in some copy-protected CDs.

  • Spying worms likely to proliferate

    Security experts have warned that vulnerability assessment worms, which assess computers for security flaws and relay the information back to the author, are likely to become more of a threat.

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  • Patch me happy

    Security patches are a big worry: they come out at odd times, they suck up your bandwidth, and just occasionally they break things. We look at patch management packages to ease the burden.

  • Microsoft Australia tackles "at-risk" clients

    Microsoft Australia's managers have nominated 40 of the company's large clients as being potentially "at risk" of information technology security breaches, the software heavyweight's security team leader revealed today.

  • The hacker challenge

    Security systems continue to get more sophisticated--and so do the hackers who are seeking to break through them. How can you best combine your defences to protect your company networks?

  • There will always be patches - Microsoft

    After a 'painful year', Microsoft is slowly making progress on the security front, according to one of its senior European executives.

  • Managing enterprise-level security threats

    This guide on threat management is aimed at showing companies how to heighten their security awareness and strengthen their perimeter.

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  • Patch management: 4 packages tested

    Security patches are a big worry: they come out at odd times, they suck up your bandwidth, and just occasionally they break things. We look at patch management packages to ease the burden.

  • How to stop your PC from spying on you

    Viruses may be on the decline this year, but other threats--like Trojan horses and spyware--are on the rise. We tell you how these pests work--and how to protect your system from harm.

  • This Adobe Acrobat worm is a real peach

    A proof-of-concept worm proves that Adobe Acrobat files can be infected with viruses.

  • Microsoft's security chief gets serious

    Scott Charney's carreer has taken him from prosecutor in Bronx County to vice chairman of the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board. Now he's literally looking for trouble as Microsoft's chief security strategist.

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