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Serious Admins Don't Ignore Security Patches
Talkback Can't blame Microsoft for having naive and trusting users - although it has taken a long time to get M$ to take an interest in their products' security flaws. People don't let strangers through the door, but unexpected emails from strangers are...
[September 19, 2003, 12:55]
ISPs Fear Greater Net Regulation
News Lord Currie, Ofcom chairman, told the forum that it was important to strike a balance between taking action to protect people and trusting them to judge and address dangers themselves. When it blows, frankly, that is too close and then it will be...
[January 27, 2005, 15:35]
Phishing Attacks Up 1,000-fold Since September
Talkback I wonder what they think now that Citi bank's trusting customers are losing money in their on-line banking. Yep I was one too. However, I went to the local FBI office with my complaint. They couldn't do anything for a little peanut like me BUT if...
[April 24, 2004, 1:25]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog My mistake, as usual, was trusting in public service broadcasting. It was too late to vector to another pub, and there was always a chance we'd get across for a 10:59 swiftie. It's the only way around the congestion zone, too, so if they don't fix...
[June 11, 2004, 19:15]
Digital Photo Frames Infected
Blog Comment We already have criminals seeding infected flash drives for way too trusting professionals to then plug into their corporate networks and cause all sorts of trouble. It looks like this was it a simple PC virus lurking in the photo frame hardware...
[January 30, 2008, 22:15]
Napster Clones Spy On P2P Users
News Anytime you're downloading a piece of software, you're basically trusting the company not to do anything too bad. As online file traders stream to Napster alternatives, many are finding their computers saddled with unwanted piggyback software that...
[May 15, 2001, 7:45]
Torvalds: No Picnic To Become Major Linux Coder
News Similarly, for a new developer, it will take time before people start recognising the name and start trusting the developer to do the right things. It seems to be working too. Linux project lead Linus Torvalds has said it is not easy to become a...
[August 18, 2008, 12:45]
Service Pack 2: Patching The Unpatchable
Talkback If you stick to software that you trust, you should never face any problems with spyware, but if you use a 1000 different "freeware" program for various small companies it is like bying a "real Rolex" in China, and trusting the man to be honest.
[July 20, 2004, 11:55]
Hopes Raised For Internet Grooming Ban
News Children are becoming more aware of the risks that they face online, but education will never be enough to stop them from trusting strangers who they befriend online. The government has been accused of acting too slowly on this issue.
[November 13, 2002, 13:23]
Salesforce Hits 500,000-user Milestone
News Salesforce.com suffered a system outage in December last year that continued through to February, causing many people to question the wisdom of trusting vital customer data in their CRM system to an online system.
[August 17, 2006, 13:35]
Mozilla Hits Back At Browser Security Claim
Talkback Every other field of engineering requires peer review, so why do so many people not require peer review for the technology they are trusting their future to? Of course, this requires character from the people in upper management, so I'm not too...
[September 20, 2005, 17:21]
The Sorry State Of Solid State
Leader In this case, although flash memory isn't rocket science, it will be best to adopt Nasa levels of testing before trusting the platform for enterprise-level deployment. Sometimes, it's because they're too slow.
[March 18, 2008, 17:29]
Senator Tackles Spam And RFID
News Bowen has gone so far as to say "trusting Microsoft to protect computer users from spam is like putting telemarketers in charge of the do-not-call list. I think it's too early to tell. I believe we are making this far too complicated.
[September 3, 2003, 15:10]
Hotmail Meltdown: How It Happened
News By implicitly trusting information sent in the above Uniform Resource Locator (URL) data and format, and not requiring any further user password check, Hotmail's security door was left wide open. As Sm@rt Reseller has found after an investigation...
[September 2, 1999, 8:16]
McLaren Shifts IT Security Up A Gear
News McLaren Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen makes a living by trusting his life to technology. Formula One espionage is an old concept - Neale even admits to having his own team of sneaky photographers - but as technology has evolved, the means of...
[December 29, 2004, 13:55]
Surveillance 2: It's All Our Own Fault
News Those details aren't required, but trusting souls who fill them in are unwittingly feeding databases with their personal information. To the horror of privacy advocates, many of those databases are going online too, often with only half-hearted...
[February 24, 2000, 16:04]
China Dictates Purchase Of Local Software
Talkback I may have many passionate feelings about Chinese society and human rights but at least they can get the idea that everybody trusting an US corporation is not a good thing! Too bloody right! Why would somebody want to trust their national security...
[August 19, 2003, 17:22]
Fraud Still Troubling EBay Users
News Although the company downplays fraud as affecting only one one-hundredth of one percent to one-tenth of one percent of all auctions, eBay's business model rests on buyers and sellers trusting each other.
[July 1, 2002, 12:36]
Web Bug Swarm Grows 500 Percent
News An association with Web bugs has the potential to seriously undermine.efforts" to create a trusting relationship with consumers, Panos Anastassiadis, chief executive of Cyveillance, said in a statement.
[August 15, 2001, 10:09]
Bitlocker Key To Safe Disk Disposal, Says Microsoft
Talkback Trusting Microsoft with my documents violates every meaning of privacy, as Microsoft betrayed us before with their secret NSA key in Windows. Open source too, it is easy for governments and the military to verify any claims as to not having a...
[April 26, 2006, 14:59]
