There’s lots of innovation going on in security - we’re inundated with a steady stream of new stuff and it all sounds like it works just great. Every couple of months I’m invited to a new computer security conference, or I’m asked to write a foreword for a new computer security book. And, thanks to the fact that it’s a topic of public concern and a “safe issue” for politicians, we can expect a flood of computer security-related legislation from lawmakers. So: computer security is definitely still a “hot topic.” But why are we spending all this time and money and still having problems?

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According to the results of the Kaspersky Lab Wireless Internet Access Survey, while 57% of U.K. homes are wirelessly enabled, only 35% of the people they surveyed have taken reasonable precautions to lock down their router.

Read the rest of his article that talks about security your Wireless Internet Connection, which everybody should be doing in the first place.

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As Bill Gates finally bows out of Microsoft to pursue his charity interests, we look at some of the hits and misses of the software company he founded. Read the rest of this entry »

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Recent e-mail messages stating that the United States has already attacked Iran and, in some cases, also offering links to a video purportedly from a soldier, are not to be believed, according to Websense.

The security vendor said in an advisory Wednesday that it has linked the provocative e-mail messages to the Storm worm.

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Out of the box, a Linux desktop is far more secure than most others.

However, this level of security is not necessarily attained through typical security-focused software or techniques. Sometimes, the easiest means to security are those that are the easiest to forget.

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Online scammers are expected to latch on to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, opening in a month’s time, in a bid to lure unsuspecting victims, a new security report has revealed.

Symantec’s latest State of Spam monthly report (PDF) highlighted a series of messages that purport to be from the “Beijing Olympic Committee”. The official title of the body tasked to oversee the upcoming Olympics is the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad or BOCOG.

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Linux is a hacker’s dream computer operating system. It supports tons of tools and utilities for cracking passwords, scanning network vulnerabilities, and detecting possible intrusions. I have here a collection of 10 of the best hacking and security software tools for Linux. Please always keep in mind that these tools are not meant to harm, but to protect.

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I use some of the applications listed in this article to my daily administration needs.

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Fleeing employees and irate shareholders aren’t the only things that Yahoo is worrying about these days.

The embattled search portal is also fighting the good fight against security vulnerabilities.

Yahoo has admitted that its Yahoo Mail online e-mail service was at risk from a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

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Good thing they fixed the flaw immediately, this will hurt their business if they haven’t acted fast.

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