More Asian companies want code tested
More businesses that outsource application development want security features built into their apps, rope in in-house audit teams and contemplate automation.
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More S'poreans opt for online banking
Banks report increase in online users and transactions; some are sticking to their chosen modes of second-factor authentication, for now.
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MySpace wins US$230M in spam suit
U.S. judge awards what is believed to be the largest antispam payout in MySpace's "Spam King" case.
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Microsoft fixes critical holes in Windows, Word, Publisher
Company's Patch Tuesday release includes fixes for six vulnerabilities, including some critical ones.
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Upgraders to XP SP3 warned over IE downgrades
Microsoft says XP users who install Service Pack 3 will not be able to roll back their versions of Internet Explorer.
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HSBC loses server with info on 159K accounts
Bank admits a server containing customer account names and numbers, as well as transaction types and amounts, has gone missing at a Hong Kong branch.
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Firefox downloads infected by ad virus
Mozilla has stopped distributing a language pack for Firefox after discovering it had been infected by malicious code for over two months.
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What is your stolen data worth?
McAfee Avert Labs finds price list for stolen bank account and credit card data.
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Attack on epilepsy site prompts near seizures
Hacker apparently tries to trigger seizures in visitors to Epilepsy Foundation Web site by posting hundreds of flashing images.
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Online security growing concern for Indian banks
Survey reveals 30 percent of India's top 40 banks were victims of phishing attacks in the past year. Only 57 percent have formal plan to drive user awareness about fraud.
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Microsoft resumes XP, Vista updates
Company had delayed release of latest Windows XP service pack and stopped automatic updates of Vista Service Pack 1 because of compatibility problem.
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Defend against patch-based exploits, warns Sans
Automatically generated exploit code from reverse-engineered patches can be countered with centralized configuration management, says the Sans Institute.
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Antivirus holes, browser spies are highlights at Microsoft's BlueHat hacker sessions
Microsoft developers hear from top security researchers about problems with Windows, browsers and antivirus software at two-day BlueHat confab at Microsoft’s campus.
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UTM heads for larger market in Asia
Unified threat management devices are increasingly crossing the small and midsize business threshold to gain traction by larger businesses, say security vendors.
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Symantec 'under pressure' despite strong results
The security giant has posted strong end-of-year results but faces competition from high-performing rivals, says analyst firm Canalys.
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Over 600 HMRC staff disciplined for data infractions
HM Customs & Revenue has reprimanded over 600 staff since 2005 for data-protection breaches, including 11 'major' incidents.
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Government data breaches have eroded public trust
The British Computer Society has lashed out at the government, saying its poor data-control practices have harmed people's trust in information sharing.
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ISC shutters services of more than 4300 Chinese open e-mail relays
Internet Society of China proposes two measures, one is spam e-mail reporting and the other a white list e-mail servers, in an attempt to stop spammers with the close-down of over 4,300 e-mail relays.
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Signature-based antivirus is dead: get over it
The effectiveness of signature-based antivirus is much debated. It all comes down to a challenge issued to antivirus companies in a Race to Zero competition at the Defcon security conference.
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Multiple flaws found in HP Software Update tool
The flaws, which the company says affect products including scanners, printers, cameras and PCs that use HP Software Update, could lead to remote code execution or the leakage of sensitive information.
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