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HSBC may roll out iPhone to 200,000 staff

Global banking giant HSBC is considering ditching the BlackBerry and adopting Apple's iPhone as its standard staff mobile device, a move that could result in an order for some 200,000 iPhones. "We are actually reviewing iPhones from a HSBC Group ...

From LIAM TUNG, ZDNet UK,  14 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  TypePad

McAfee to acquire data-leakage firm

It's widely known that internal staff are the biggest threat to IT security, but what specifically should an employer watch out for? more The information commissioner has criticised further 'inexcusable' data losses in the public and private sectors ...

From LIAM TUNG, ZDNet UK,  1 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Michael Wills,  Bill Gates

RIM patches 'critical' BlackBerry PDF flaw

RIM has released a patch for a security flaw in BlackBerry Enterprise Server that exposed corporate networks to hackers via maliciously crafted PDF documents. The flaw affected the BlackBerry Attachment Service a function within BlackBerry Enterprise ...

From LIAM TUNG, ZDNet UK,  23 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Bill Gates,  Google Inc.,  Microsoft Corporation,  U.S. Congress

RIM patches PDF security hole

RIM has released a patch for a security flaw in BlackBerry Enterprise Server, which exposed corporate networks to hackers via a maliciously crafted PDF document. RIM announced the "highly critical" security advisory two weeks ago, detailing that a booby- ...

From LIAM TUNG, Silicon.com,  23 Jul 2008

Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus'

Linux creator Linus Torvalds has labeled makers of the OpenBSD operating system a "bunch of masturbating monkeys", as part of a wider critique of what he said was self-centered behavior in the IT security industry. In an e-mail to the Linux kernel ...

From LIAM TUNG AND TOM ESPINER, LXer,  18 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Linus Torvalds,  Federal Bureau of Investigation,  Asiah Epperson,  Rube Goldberg

BlackBerry PDF flaw puts business networks at risk

RIM is warning businesses to disable the function that allows a BlackBerry to read PDF files until an update can be issued, after a security flaw was found in the company's software. A 'high' severity flaw affecting how BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) ...

From LIAM TUNG, Silicon.com,  17 Jul 2008

BlackBerry PDF flaw threatens corporate networks

RIM is warning businesses to disable the function which allows a BlackBerry to read PDF files until an update can be issued, after a security flaw was found in the company's software. A 'high' severity flaw affecting how BlackBerry Enterprise Server ...

From LIAM TUNG, ZDNet UK,  16 Jul 2008

First 'stable' Wine puts Windows apps on Linux

The makers of Wine claim that version 1.0 is the first such "stable" release and have said that although compatibility is not perfect, thousands of applications are reported to "work very well." Member and former president of Linux Australia ...

From LIAM TUNG, LXer,  19 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  Google Inc.

Microsoft: Patch now or turn off Bluetooth

Microsoft's June Patch Tuesday release included a critical fix affecting all Windows Vista and XP systems, which could allow attackers to wirelessly steal confidential information from laptops by exploiting a flaw in the Bluetooth stack. The Bluetooth ...

From ROBERT VAMOSI AND LIAM TUNG, ZDNet UK,  11 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  Symantec

Microsoft admits Vista UAC prompts confuse users

Scott Charney, head of trustworthy computing at Microsoft, admitted this week that Windows Vista's User Account Control prompts are not intuitive and confuse users. In a video interview with ZDNet.com.au at the AusCERT2008 conference this week, Charney ...

From MUNIR KOTADIA AND LIAM TUNG, ZDNet UK,  23 May 2008
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation

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