Kamis, 10 Februari 2011

iPhone passwords succumb to researchers' attack

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February 10, 2011
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redarrow iPhone passwords succumb to researchers' attack
redarrow Data-theft attacks besiege oil industry, McAfee says
redarrow Cloud governance is about more than security
redarrow Sandboxing to come in Avast 6
redarrow Microsoft patches Windows, IE

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany find a way to access passwords on the iPhone within six minutes, though doing so requires jailbreaking the device.

Industrial espionage appears to be the motivation for successful, long-running attempts to obtain confidential data from oil and energy companies, the security firm says.

Legal and regulatory procedures, transparency, service levels, indemnification, and more are all part of a broader governance landscape that requires IT to work closely with business users.

The ability to run programs while blocking them from potentially damaging your computer will be made available to all 130 million Avast users when the program upgrades to version 6 soon. Check out editor Seth Rosenblatt's take on the Avast 6 beta after using it for a week.
Microsoft says it is addressing 22 vulnerabilities with February's Patch Tuesday updates, most of them Windows flaws.

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