Asavin Wattanajantra
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Microsoft to issue five patches, Apple sorts out Java
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News More patches headed towards Microsoft and Apple OS users.
£1 million cost for council after Conficker infection
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News A shutdown of Ealing Council’s network was likely to have been the work of an infected memory stick - and forces a network-wide OS upgrade - to Windows XP.
Telco bosses rail against anti-piracy proposals
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Will innocent broadband users be hit by ‘kangaroo courts’?
Funny Facebook pics could lose you that dream job
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Beware of that picture or status update you drunkenly posted on Facebook – it could come back to haunt you.
Kids want advice on online privacy
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Many young people aren’t getting enough support when it comes to online security and privacy.
Portsmouth Uni students switch to Google
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News University students move on to Google Apps.
‘One password’ Brits at risk of internet fraud
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News The easiest target appears to be the computer user, as many use the same password for a bank account as they do for their social networks.
Facebook banned at Portsmouth City Council
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Is five minutes a month too much time for an employee to be spending on Facebook?
UPDATED: O2 to fix wireless broadband router flaw
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Attackers could break into wireless broadband boxes, but O2 will fix the problem.
Windows Messenger upgrades to fix security flaw
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Microsoft forces instant messaging users to upgrade to a new version of Windows Messenger, due to a security issue.
A third of Brit surfers don't update security
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Men also appear lazier than women when it comes to security, with nearly half of UK blokes using the same passwords to access different sites.
Marks & Spencer tackles checkout fraud
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Marks & Spencer wants to tackle fraud at its tills by better analysing PoS data.
UPDATED: Hackers could take control of Microsoft's IIS
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News A flaw in IIS could allow the bad guys to come in and take control.
The Conficker worm makes a comeback
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News One security company says that the most high profile malware threat of 2009, Conficker, is re-emerging.
Firefox add-on spies on Google search results
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Using a browser other than Internet Explorer and think you’re safe? Not any more it seems.
Apache web server hit by hack attack
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News The website of the popular open source web server has been hit by hackers.
Trojan taps and records Skype conversations
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Symantec warns Skype users of a threat that could potentially listen in to their conversations.
Cisco warns of flaws that could disrupt voice calls
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Problems in its unified communications software could allow a denial of service attack.
Google now translates documents in 42 languages
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Google Doc users can now translate documents straight from its word processor.
Twitter XSS flaw could allow hackers to take over
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News A bug found in Twitter’s API still hasn’t been fixed yet.
PDF vulnerabilities hit all time high
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Attackers are increasingly using maliciously-created documents to take advantage of flawed reading software.
Fake Snow Leopard sites leading to trojan infections
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Hackers are trying to take advantage of users looking for free versions of the Snow Leopard software.
Cisco’s wireless LANs could be open to a ‘SkyJack’
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Attackers have the potential to cause enterprise disruption through denial of service.
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