Asavin Wattanajantra
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'Apple-style' mobile tills could revolutionise retail
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Fed up of the queues at the till during Christmas? Imagine if staff simply came up to you to let you pay.
Windows 7 zero-day flaw reported by researcher
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Windows 7 escaped unscathed from November's patch day, but it looks like a zero-day vulnerability has already been found.
Windows 7 users have the same old security problems
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Microsoft's new operating system will make little, if any, impact on the security of computer users.
SAP shows off enterprise ‘augmented reality’
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News In the future employees could be 'wearing' devices that display the information they need while they work.
Safari flaws hit Windows as well as Macs
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Issues with the Safari browser are creating security holes in Microsoft systems, including Windows 7.
No Rick as second worm targets iPhones
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Pandora’s box has been opened as another iPhone worm is released into the wild, but this one looks much more of a problem as it doesn’t reveal itself to users.
Burglaries and theft account for third of data breaches
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News It’s not just misplaced USB sticks – other devices are getting stolen too, meaning the criminal underworld can access confidential business data.
Slight relief for IT admins with ‘lighter’ Patch Tuesday
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News After the mega patch in October, this month sees less problems for Microsoft to fix.
Johnson ‘legally powerless’ over McKinnon extradition
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News The Home Secretary is able to stop the clock on Gary McKinnon's case, but he can't rule against the extradition treaty Britain has with the US.
Was the release of an iPhone worm justified?
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News The Rick Astley wallpaper-spreading ikee iPhone worm only targeted jailbroken phones, so did the users deserve what they got?
Koobface targets and takes over Google Reader
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Anything dealing with shared content can fall victim to Koobface, as Google has just found out.
Play.com suffers data leaks
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Major UK online retailer Play.com apologises for an apparent error with its IT systems.
Rick Astley iPhone worm spreads into the wild
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News The iPhone suffers its first ever worm attack, and Rick Astley's involved.
Web surfers drowning in a deluge of passwords
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Internet users think that passwords are a pain to remember, but what are companies doing about it?
Major SSL encryption flaw hits the web
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Tech companies using SSL have some serious work to do to fix a big hole that could leave internet users at risk.
‘Festi’ growing to become spambot heavyweight
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News A new botnet on the scene is already spewing out billions of spam mails each day.
Botnets want money, not to bring down the web
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News But it doesn't stop the possibility of groups with more anarchic plans from taking over bots for themselves.
Google: Search vital for online shopping
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News As the Christmas season approaches, Google has offered online retailers new search technology to enhance the customer shopping experience.
Big retailers turn to full e-commerce platforms
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News The bigger retailers are looking towards purchasing 'complete' e-commerce platforms so they can spend less time working on basic functionality.
Timeline: A year of the Conficker worm
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News The Conficker worm is one year old, according to Trend Micro.
Adobe fixes five critical Shockwave flaws
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Adobe's multimedia web player is patched up for vulnerabilities a hacker could have exploited.
Banking customers offered free online fraud protection
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Businesses are offered a free security tool for their customers, which its makers claim offers protection against banking-targeted trojans.
New Mac trojan disguises itself like Space Invaders
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Video games, malware and Macs clash head on with a new trojan that runs a game which deletes files by killing aliens.
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