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HMRC cybercrime teams fall behind schedule

...of cybercrime investigators and launch initiatives to counter the increased threat of web attacks on the authority's systems and customers. HM Revenue & Customs has... Read more

17 January, 2012 by Sade Laja
WebShield: Enabling Various Web Defense Techniques Without Client Side Modifications

WebShield: Enabling Various Web Defense Techniques Without Client Side Modifications

Today, web attacks are increasing in frequency, severity and sophistication. Existing solutions are either... Read more

7 December, 2010
Windows 8 Developer Preview

Windows 8 Developer Preview

Windows 8 introduces a new interface, Metro, with an 'immersive' look-and-feel that's designed to scale from smartphones to desktops. It's still pre-beta, but developers now have the tools to start creating applications and services to exploit it. Read more

13 September, 2011 by Simon Bisson

Social networks give fuel to cyberattacks, says Symantec

...it said. Over the year, Symantec charted a 93-percent increase in web attacks, which often take users to sites hosting a variety of malware... Read more

5 April, 2011 by Tom Espiner
Hacking: A Reference Guide 18

Hacking: A Reference Guide 18

...secure Firefox so as to remain impervious to online hackers and various web attacks! -- Learn how to spot and remove malware from your system! -- Learn... Read more

13 March, 2012
ZenOK Free Antivirus Professional 2012

ZenOK Free Antivirus Professional 2012

...your identity against phishing websites and safeguard your system. Version 2012 prevent web attacks that exploit software vulnerabilities. ZenOK Security Toolbar makse your web browsing... Read more

29 March, 2011
Mitigation of Web Based Attacks Using Mobile Agents in Client Side

Mitigation of Web Based Attacks Using Mobile Agents in Client Side

...to measure the identity between two parameter sequences in order to avoid web attacks Read more

1 October, 2010

Web attacks: Are ISPs doing enough

Not according to many broadband customers and security experts Read more

22 February, 2000 by Robert Lemos

...Gumblar' web attacks spreading quickly

Researchers have warned of a series of website compromises whose rapid growth has been aided by administrators' efforts to contain it Read more

19 May, 2009 by Matthew Broersma

Teenager jailed for Web attacks

The US is taking a tough line on those responsible for DoS attacks, sentencing one teenager to five years behind bars Read more

17 August, 2005 by Graeme Wearden

Fur protesters launch Web attacks

Animal rights protesters are conducting denial-of-service attacks against seven companies in the fur trade Read more

14 February, 2005 by Dan Ilet

Web attacks: Cure worse than disease

The difference between checking for security holes and exploiting them is purely one of intent, as anti-virus maker Trend Micro Inc. has discovered. Read more

9 March, 2000 by Steven J.Vaughan Nichols

Experts: Web attacks not over yet

While Web sites pick up the pieces after the latest mayhem, security experts worry that these cyber disruptions are becoming impossible to prevent Read more

10 February, 2000 by Robert Lemos
Protecting Your Network Against the Growing Danger of <endeca_term>Web Attacks</endeca_term>

Protecting Your Network Against the Growing Danger of Web Attacks

After email, the World Wide Web is among the most important tools available to people who use a computer as they perform... Read more

14 April, 2009
Protecting Your Network Against the Growing Danger of <endeca_term>Web Attacks</endeca_term>

Protecting Your Network Against the Growing Danger of Web Attacks

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6 April, 2009

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

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JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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Iain Sutherland

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If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

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Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

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pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

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Jake Rayson

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archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

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unlockworldwide

May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

15 hours ago by unlockworldwide on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
NarayanaIyyappan

It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

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DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

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Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

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Sungwoo

do You know that? it can install 4G Ram. So i buy 4g and install It work! I can run call of duty 4,6,7 [Modern war... 1,2,3] Call of duty 1 was...

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itsajob

2. Bad idea. Making up patch cables loses you your commission from the cable supplier. 3. If you tidy up, other people can understand where the...

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Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

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UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

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Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

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Jason Burchell

seriously now. I've only bothered to read a small bit of the comments. do me and the rest of the world a favour. stop saying it does not work or...

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Philip Charles Cohen

Read about it and weep, John Donahoe ... In addition to Visa’s V.me, there is now MasterCard’s PayPass digital wallet soon to arrive; another...

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apexwm

Leslie Satenstein : Where have you ever seen Mozilla even mention this? Firefox is the most popular browser in the GNU/Linux OS, so I don't see...

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