Stories by John E. Dunn

Mastercard battles phishing fraud

MasterCard has shut down 1,400 phishing websites in the last eleven months alone, the company has revealed at its annual Global Risk Management Symposium.

Top 20 security holes listed

The respected SANS Institute has published its latest list "top 20" list of critical Internet security vulnerabilities, which it says companies should patch immediately.

Symbian games plagued by hidden Trojans

The number of Trojans targeting smart phones with the Symbian platform is double the number previously discovered, mobile antivirus vendor SimWorks has warned.

Apple web hole still open

Apple Computer has still not properly fixed the HFS+ filesystem named fork vulnerability discovered last week, according to the company that first noticed it, NetSec.

New Firefox patches in nick of time

In the very week Mozilla Firefox version 1.0 was launched, a series of potentially nasty security holes have been uncovered in older versions of the browser.

Axis 206W wireless network camera

If you're the paranoid sort - and who isn't these days - the idea of network-attached video surveillance will appeal. You can keep an eye on your hardware closet, rack, IT nerve centre, what have you, in an informal way that doesn't require the sort of heavy-duty video and recording systems used in CCTV setups.

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