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Second iPhone worm behaves like botnet
News update As with first malware, new worm affects SSH protocol in jailbroken iPhones but is "much more serious" as it may attempt to steal data, F-Secure warns.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Security, Phone, Smart Phone, F-Secure Corp., Worm, SSH, Password, virus, security company
More redundancy needed for global links
News Ongoing and planned network upgrades between Asia and U.S. sufficient for bandwidth demands, but ISPs need redundancy to better manage outages.
Tags: Bandwidth, Ethernet, Pacnet Ltd., BGP, Asia, network, Broadband, Cable, Internet Service Provider, network provider
BuzzCity taps 'unwired' to retain buzz
Insight newsmaker Co-founder Lai Kok Fung views rising mobile Internet use in previously ignored markets such as Indonesia, as key to Singapore company's growth.
Tags: Internet advertising, Mobile advertising, advertising network, BuzzCity, Small And Medium Enterprise, TV, cell phone, advertisement, mobile, Singapore
Hosts file pharming and other botnet recruitment methods
Techguide Fighting spam and other botnet recruitment efforts requires constant vigilance. The bad guys may not be eliminated, but we can make it harder for them to use our networks for financial gain.
Tags: Business security, Network security, Data security, PC security, Security Management, Security, Spam, Bot, Pharming, IP Address
Google Gadgets for Linux appears
News Previously only available for Windows and Mac platforms, Google Gadgets can now be used with, and developed for, Linux platforms.
Tags: Linux, Search, Personal applications, Google Inc., Open Source, Apple Macintosh, software, 64-bit, desktop, software engineering
Perspectives provides out-of-band verification for SSH
Techguide There is more to Perspectives than the Firefox extension for TLS/SSL validation.
Tags: Network security, PC security, Data security, Security, SSL, Perspectives, SSH Protocol, network, OpenSSH, SSH
New scam adds live chat to phishing attack
News RSA researchers say new attack targets one bank with fake site that pops up a live chat window where victims are tricked into revealing personal information.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Phishing, Scammer, Attack, Tool, Phishing Web Site, Online Scam, instant messenger, RSA Security Inc., window
SAP sets pace on 'flexible' software pricing
News German software maker blazing new trails by letting customers pay for licenses over longer stretches. Microsoft, Oracle and Adobe aren't far behind.
Tags: Business applications, Software licensing, Subscription Deal, SAP AG, software, Information Technology, revenue, Business applications, software company, Sales
Sun introduces 2TB flash storage array
News F5100 Flash Array will deliver a low-power performance boost to transaction-heavy database operations, while cutting power usage, says Sun Microsystems.
Tags: Components, Memory, Intel Corp., F5100, Archiving, Storage, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., performance, I/O
Microsoft founds and funds open source forum
News Software company has created a not-for-profit foundation to address integration and cultural issues between open source and proprietary software.
Tags: Open source, software company, Open-source Community, Jeremy Allison, Linux, Samba, Chicago, Open source
Use SCP for quick, secure file transfers
Techguide When you need to securely transfer a single file, SCP may be the ideal tool.
Tags: Data security, Security applications/tools, Security Management, Directory, SCP, User@, Computer, network, File, OpenSSH
Manage multiple systems with Parallel SSH
Techguide For a user caring for multiple systems, OpenSSH is extremely useful, but being able to execute OpenSSH commands in parallel is even more so.
Tags: Open source, Remote management, Command, Host, OpenSSH, SSH, Database, Tool, database backup, Pssh
Flash cookies: What's new with online privacy
Techguide If you thought refusing HTTP cookies prevented tracking, think again. Web site developers have found a way.
Tags: Web sites, Privacy, Cookie, Online Privacy, Web Browser, behavioral targeting, Michael Kassner, Mozilla Firefox, researcher, Web Site
Microsoft's Windows phones hit the market
News Software maker, looking to get back into the cell phone conversation, is launching a big marketing push Tuesday touting the arrival of phones powered by Windows Mobile 6.5.
Tags: Smart phones, Apple Inc., iSuppli Corp., Phone, Operating System, Smart Phone, Microsoft Corp., mobile, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Windows
Language translator offers telcos new opportunity?
News Pan-Asian consortium unveils real-time speech translation program with potential for use on mobile phones and portable devices.
Tags: Business applications, Language, Cell Phone, Singapore, Japan, consortium, Server, phone, network, telecommunications company
