In a new report released by European information technology analysis group, Quocirca, organisations that admitted to being frequently hacked, all outsource at least some of their coding practice, with 90 per cent outsourcing more than 40 per cent!
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For the third year in a row, COSAC feedback ratings in 2007 exceeded even COSAC's highest standards with more than 9 out of 10 participants rating
every session at the entire event as
exceptional. Registration for the 2008 event is now open.
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Windows Vista contains so many quirks, unaccountable behaviors, and confounding features that it almost seems to have been designed to vex its users. Unfortunately, as most Vista users are already dealing with job demands, impending deadlines, and assorted miscellaneous interruptions, they have little patience left for operating system foibles. The situation tends to make them annoyed.
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IT security and control firm Sophos has reported the most prevalent malware threats and countries causing problems for computer users around the world during December 2007.
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Kaspersky Lab has reported that the Trojan.Win33.Dialer.qn has been replaced at the top of the Online Scanner chart by yet another Trojan dialer. The Trojan.Win32.Dialer.yz now tops the chart.
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O'Reilly has published a new edition of Kyle Rankin's book about using the Linux live CD to hack, repair, and enjoy your PC.
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Swedish company has developed plastic cards with integrated fingerprint recognition and a swipeable magnetic stripe which can be "switched on and off" under the control of a computer integrated in the card.
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The 2nd International CARO Workshop will be held on 1 and 2 May 2008 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Hoofddorp in The Netherlands.
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SoftScan has found that with spam levels reaching 97 per cent and viruses accounting for around 0.1 per cent, less than 3 per cent of all email scanned in December was legitimate. Despite several high profile arrests and successful court cases throughout the year, it seems as if the spammers still have the upper-hand over law enforcement at least.
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According to a document issues by the Federal Aviation Authority the on-board computer system of the new Boing 787 Dreamliner passenger airplane may be susceptible to hacking from laptops used in flight.
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Arbor Networks think that the iPhone will be a major target for cybercriminals in 2008. The forecast also highlights Chinese specific crime as a major issue for the New Year.
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Websense, Inc. has issued its annual security predictions for 2008 - with content-based threats topping the list.
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Despite an initial freeze by the German government on plans to use stealth Trojan technology - which were revealed in the media in late August 2007 the German government has started hiring programmers to develop "white hat" malware capable of stealth hacking terrorist's PCs.
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MessageLabs have stuck out their necks with security predictions for 2008, forecasting a year of increased intelligence, outreach and attacks. As always, ISB is happy to provide free rope...
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