Monday | 7 July, 2008
Stories by: Robert McMillan
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Microsoft's Silverlight draws patent suit 07/07/2008 08:37:31
Video software developer Gotuit Media has sued Microsoft, claiming that its Silverlight multimedia software infringes several of the company's patents. - +
Trojan lurks, waiting to steal admin passwords 02/07/2008 09:33:11
Writers of a password-stealing Trojan horse program have found that a little patience can lead to a lot of infections. - +
Group says Google a top source of badware 25/06/2008 08:52:23
Internet consumer advocacy group Stopbadware.org released data on "badware" Web sites on Tuesday, saying that Google was one of the top five networks responsible for hosting these dangerous Web sites. - +
Proofpoint acquires Fortiva 25/06/2008 08:44:24
Proofpoint has acquired Fortiva, a seller of e-mail archiving services designed to speed up the process of responding to legal discovery requests. - +
CNET employees notified after data breach 24/06/2008 10:07:05
More than 6,500 CNET Networks employees and relatives are being notified of a possible data breach after burglars stole computer systems from the offices of the company that administers the Internet publisher's benefit plans. - +
Microsoft security fix clobbers 2 million password stealers 23/06/2008 08:36:42
Microsoft's June security updates were bad news for online criminals who make their living stealing password information from online gamers. - +
Fortinet buys assets of security vendor IPLocks 18/06/2008 08:24:18
Fortinet has acquired the software sold by IPLocks, a San Jose, California, vendor of database security software. - +
Former 'spam king' must pay MySpace $6 million 17/06/2008 12:05:14
A Colorado man has been ordered to pay US$6 million in damages and legal fees for spamming thousands of MySpace.com users. - +
Safari 'carpet bomb' attack code released 11/06/2008 08:50:52
A hacker has posted attack code that exploits critical flaws in the Safari and Internet Explorer Web browsers. - +
Hacker pleads guilty to attacking anti-phishing group 11/06/2008 11:41:51
A Fairfield, California, hacker has pleaded guilty to launching a Valentine's Day 2007 computer attack that nearly knocked an anti-phishing Web site offline. - +
Microsoft hires anti-phishing crusader 11/06/2008 11:55:43
Microsoft has hired Paul Laudanski, the man behind the anti-phishing Castlecops.com Web site, to help with the software company's phishing and spam investigations.
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Computerworld Live Podcast #96: Security at the Edge 11/06/2008 09:22:22
CW Live speaks with Amol Mitra, HP ProCurve Director of Marketing for Asia Pacific and Japan. Today's topic: how enterprises are starting to shift away from simply controlling security via server logins, firewalls and moving to more adaptive security frameworks. - +
Data Management Edition #10: Multi-Petascale Systems 02/05/2008 09:12:33
This week we look at sustainability and the development of multicore technologies to build multi-petascale systems. - +
IT Security Edition #11: How to poison the Storm botnet 01/05/2008 08:51:55
This week CW Live presents a case study on how to poison the notorious Storm botnet . Plus we take a look at Cisco's plans for Ironport. - +
IT Security Edition #10: Cyber-battles fought and won 24/04/2008 11:09:47
Vendors bow to end user pressure to improve product security, and we take a look at the latest concepts shaping the cyber-battlefield of the future. - +
Data Management Edition #9: Data centre makeover 24/04/2008 07:43:06
This week CW Live looks at the death of the old style data centre which is undergoing its first makeover in more than 30 years.
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Logica Launches HotScan Plus to Address Risk of Terrorist Fund Transfer 2008-07-07 09:43:00+10
Rittal Launches Computer Room Air Conditioning System for Low and Medium Density Envrionments 2008-07-07 08:50:00+10
Ballarat Grammar Improves Student Access to Computer Based Learning with HP ProCurve 2008-07-04 16:49:00+10
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