Hackers and virus creators have finally infected the Apple iPod - albeit very marginally since it affects only iPods with the Linux operating system  (about 0.01% of all iPods). Kasperksy Lab calls it the 'Podloso' while security major F-secure has named the virus 'Oslo.zip'. According to a report by Kaspersky Lab, ...

Job cuts expected after Websense bid. Websense has made a $400m offer to buy UK security vendor SurfControl, and said there will be job cuts when the deal closes. Read more at ivanr

PC security specialist BeCrypt is set to launch its answer to the problem of laptop security - a whole thin-client operating system that fits on a standard USB stick and can be carried around in place of a PC. Trusted Client’, as it’s called, will be aimed at companies who have ...

Holiday season shopping is at the peak and identity theft is also at its height. A police report that provides specific details of the identity theft is considered an Identity Theft Report, which entitles you to certain legal rights when it is provided to the three major credit reporting agencies ...

Last month i bought a new computer. I installed an operating system on it and no any antivirus was installed on it. Firewall was also inactive. I just started using ...

To accommodate systems management products that want to extend the basic capabilities provided by EWLM, the ARM 4.0 library routine delivered for each operating system provides an ARM adapter layer by which ARM API extensions to the systems management product might be called. When a systems management product uses ...

The FBI operates the Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC). I think a better mnemonic for IFCC is "I fink on crooks and criminals." <grin> The U.S. Department of Justice operates www.cybercrime.gov, which is concerned with computer crime and intellectual property violations. The U.S. Government Department of Homeland Security has a ...

your name, anyone's first name (especially bad are your spouse's first name, your child's first name, your dog's or cat's name) your nickname (e.g., "Flash" or "Buzz"), your home telephone number, your date of birth, your astrological sign, your mother's maiden name, your wife's maiden name, license plate number ...