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Trend Micro rails against standalone antivirus apps

Standalone antivirus applications are dangerous because they cannot adequately protect users and so create a false sense of security, according to the top malware expert at Trend Micro. However, the company continues to sell its standalone antivirus ...

From MUNIR KOTADIA AND ALEX SERPO, ZDNet UK,  24 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Trend Micro,  James Turner,  Symantec,  Microsoft Corporation

Whitelisting: The new blacklisting?

Create a new alert from the list below: A leading publishing house is searching for a Malware Security Test Engineer to assist with the ever increasing workload and expanding business. ... You will need knowledge of PC hardware configuration and ...

From MUNIR KOTADIA AND BRETT WINTERFORD, ZDNet UK,  28 May 2008
Related Topics: Bill Gates

Security experts look to 'whitelisting' future

The IT security industry has come to a frank realisation that the current approach to preventing malware is simply not working. Is whitelisting, which is the reverse of our current approach, the answer? Whitelisting is the process by which only ...

From MUNIR KOTADIA AND BRETT WINTERFORD, ZDNet UK,  28 May 2008
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  Cisco Systems, Inc.

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

RSA: Security as an afterthought hobbles business

IT security is like the brakes on a car, according to the head of RSA. It can allow business to go faster, but not if it's an afterthought. Unlike the car industry which builds in security features, like brakes, from the outset business often treats ...

From MUNIR KOTADIA AND LIAM TUNG, ZDNet UK,  8 May 2008

Schmidt: Google may share user info with US gov't

Google chief executive Eric Schmidt has revealed that the US government has made "requests" for the search giant to share information about its users, and that Google would comply if the requests were legal. During his flying visit to Sydney, ZDNet.com. ...

From MUNIR KOTADIA, ZDNet UK,  19 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Google Inc.

Ubuntu tops desktop, server Linux enthusiast poll

Ubuntu is the favourite distribution of Linux for use on both desktops and servers, according to a poll of Australian open source enthusiasts. In order to watch video content you need to enable javascript and install Flash player version 8 or ...

From MUNIR KOTADIA AND CHRIS DUCKETT, LXer,  3 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Red Hat, Inc.,  IBM,  Fujitsu

Schneier: Perceptions of security are flawed

While the media bombards consumers with frightening stories, discussions about security are thwarted by the failure of language to separate the "feeling" and "reality" of security, according to Bruce Schneier. Schneier, author of Applied Cryptography ...

From MUNIR KOTADIA, CHRIS DUCKETT AND LIAM TUNG, ZDNet UK,  18 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Bruce Schneier

Torvalds: Stick to C for kernel coding

"We have certain rules for what we expect [from] our programmers," Torvalds told ZDNet.com.au. "The kernel is about low-level stuff, and C, for the kernel, is the right language." Torvalds noted that, while C++ has other more appropriate uses,it is not ...

From MUNIR KOTADIA AND CHRIS DUCKETT, ZDNet UK,  13 Feb 2008

Torvalds: Linux kernel release timing was mistake

Linus Torvalds has admitted that the timing of the Linux 2.6.24 kernel was a mistake. Asked whether the release schedule would be pushed back to accommodate his attendance at the linux.conf.au conference, Torvalds said he normally would not have made ...

From MUNIR KOTADIA AND CHRIS DUCKETT, ZDNet UK,  12 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Linus Torvalds

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