Greedy Apple users will trust anyone
A "jailbreak" Web site created earlier this week is already attracting hordes of iPhone and iPod Touch users who want to free their devices from the digital shackles attached by Jobs and co.
Securify This!
Michael Lee
A Sydney, Australia-based journalist, Michael Lee covers a gamut of news in the technology space including information security, state Government initiatives, and local startups.
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Microsoft recruiting software pirates to fight Firefox?
Microsoft is going to let everyone -- even people with an illegal pirate copy of Windows XP -- download IE7 because the software giant really cares about the safety and security of all Internet users. (But don't mention Firefox ...)
Don't you dare Touch my new iPod
Is Apple keeping the iPod Touch and iPhone platform closed to third party developers to protect its impressive record on security?
Admins stuck between a hack and a zero-day
The world of IT security is in chaos, with CSOs seemingly on the front lines of a full scale global cyberwar being fought out by government hackers, botnet-controlling criminal gangs and compromised Web sites. Can we ever hope to keep networks safe in such an environment?
APEC and OOXML - both pointless and annoying
The eyes of the world were on Australia this week as the APEC summit got underway in Sydney, and what they've seen is a city being held under virtual martial law — major roads blocked off, police cars outnumbering taxis and snipers openly hanging out on roof tops.
Sony compromises user security -- again
Sony has once again been outed for putting its customers at risk from attack by creating software that could help criminals hide malware on a PC.
Kill GPRS to make Virgin Broadband fly
After struggling with Virgin Mobile's 3G wireless broadband for a couple of weeks, I discovered a modem tweak that has completely changed my Internet experience.
The perfect attack against your security?
A socially engineered e-mail, which contains a Trojan file that exploits a zero-day vulnerability and then hides behind a rootkit, might be the perfect attack and impossible to defend against.
Have rootkits defeated the security industry?
Rootkits, which alter the kernel of an operating system and allow malicious code to hide from security software, seem to have stumped the security industry.
CA's Apple Mac lives with 100,000+ viruses
Software vendor CA recently took me for a tour around their AV research centre in Melbourne, where I got to see their "live virus" room, which was the only place in the building I saw a Mac.