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Advisory warns no Vista in schools

News In a surprise criticism of Microsoft, the government's schools computer agency has warned that deploying Vista carries too much risk and that its benefits are unclear. And in a further dig at Microsoft, Becta argues there are no "must-have...

12 January 2007, 9:29

Consumers and retailers grapple with data theft

News Consumers are being left in the dark as the credit card industry cleans up after a digital break-in that put millions of accounts at risk. If we find fraud or believe our customers are at high risk of fraud, we will contact them as soon as possible.

23 June 2005, 8:39

Widget security worries stalk Apple

News Although Apple Computer updated its latest OS this week to solve a security problem with widgets, worries persist that the small applications still pose a potentially serious risk. While the patch mitigates the risk, security issues remain with...

23 May 2005, 9:18

Microsoft announces critical Windows patch

News Seven security bulletins and fixes apply to the Windows operating system, and at least one of those is deemed 'critical', Microsoft's highest risk rating, the company said in a notice posted to its Web site on Thursday.

10 June 2005, 8:39

Tough choices ahead for Sony

News As part of a three-year restructuring announced on Thursday, the Tokyo-based electronics giant has identified 15 business categories that are at risk of being downsized, partnered or sold off altogether.

23 September 2005, 9:13

Security contractors urged to take out personal indemnity insurance

News As the number of attacks increases, there is an increasing risk that consultants will be blamed for disrupted services and lost data. David Woods, an IT litigation specialist at law firm Masons, agreed that security consultants should take out...

2 June 2004, 14:30

Sony Ericsson phones contain Bluetooth flaw

News Danish security firm Secunia reported the same flaw, and both companies have rated the potential security risk as low. This makes the phone invisible to others and thereby minimises the risk of being accessed.

10 February 2006, 9:38

Microsoft investigates potential new IE flaw

News The availability of exploit code typically raises the risk to users because it could aid miscreants in setting up attacks. It is not clear which users may be at risk. Microsoft is investigating a report of a new, unpatched flaw in Internet Explorer...

18 August 2005, 8:32

MasterCard fights back against phishing

News The initiative was launched at MasterCard's Global Risk Management Symposium. The key to this initiative is our ability to communicate very quickly with all of the 21,000 financial institutions that we do business with worldwide," said Sergio Pinon...

22 June 2004, 15:35

Mobile use 'worse than asbestos and smoking'

News The risk may be as great as a two- to four-fold increase of developing a tumour on the same side of the head as the 'preferred side' for mobile phone use, the report warns. Australasian College of Surgeons, points out that previous studies which...

Tags: mobile phones, research, study, body

1 April 2008, 9:08

Mozilla rebuts Firefox 2 bug claims

News The two issues don't present any real risk to Firefox users, she said. Once they are identified, we're able to fix them and we fix them quickly and that means customers are less at risk. A day after shipping Firefox 2.0, Mozilla on Wednesday...

26 October 2006, 8:59

New patches close 20 holes in Windows

News Microsoft wouldn't comment on the level of risk the flaws present, instead maintaining that companies that apply the fixes won't be in danger. If you are running a personal firewall, you are at reduced risk from a lot of these vulnerabilities...

14 April 2004, 7:30

Smart clothing set to rocket

News Hwang Kyu-yearn, an official at the South Korean Commerce and Industry Ministry said this week: "The research and development of smart clothing can't be left up to the market only, because of its high risk.

21 August 2006, 9:14

Cisco: Patch now, attack on the way

News Biere was keen to point out that if customers have the latest software on their Cisco products, they are not at risk: "If people have patched their systems and have the latest software version there should not be an issue.

29 March 2004, 17:05

Symantec patches four critical firewall flaws

News Philippe Alcoy, senior security consultant at eEye, said the people most at risk are those not protected by a perimeter firewall. Most corporate environments have perimeter firewalls so users behind that are only vulnerable to an internal attack...

13 May 2004, 12:20