McAfee Total Protection wins 5 star rating
SC Magazine has given McAfee Total Protection five stars in its Risk Management group test. “By combining McAfee® Vulnerability Manager, McAfee® Policy Auditor, integrated by McAfee® ePolicy Orchestrator® platform, we are providing the premium choice for deployment, management, risk analysis and compliance reporting,” said Stuart McClure, senior vice president and general manager, risk and compliance [...]
Critical vulnerability in flash patched
Adobe has released a patch to the ‘critical’ vulnerability in Flash that allowed computers to be remotely taken over. Anyone using Flash Player 10.0.45.2 or earlier could be in danger, but the patch will update you to the latest version, 10.1. Flash player 10.1 promises better power management and performance savings in tabbed browsing, back [...]
Apple uses older Flash in security update
A security update from Apple mistakenly used an older, compromised version of Adobe Flash. Apple said on its website that “multiple issues exist in the Adobe Flash Player plug-in, the most serious of which may lead to unauthorised cross-domain requests. The issues are addressed by updating the Flash Player plug-in to version 10.0.45.2”. Adobe advised [...]
PDF reader folded into Chrome
Google has announced that a PDF reader will be folded into the Google Chrome browser. There are already existing plug-ins which allow you to open PDF files in your browser, but this development uses the API to make it a native part of Chrome, as with the browser’s support for Flash. Marc Pawliger, Engineering Director, [...]
Adobe opens registration for MAX 2010
Adobe’s annual worldwide conference is now open for registration. MAX 2010 takes place from October 23-27 at the Los Angeles Convention Centre, California. There will be keynote speeches from Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen and CTO Kevin Lynch. “MAX is a great forum for top industry experts, designers and developers to gather together and collaborate on [...]
Australian businesses greatly hit by cyber crime in 2009
According to a Symantec survey, a large number of small-medium businesses in Australia have become victims to cyber crime. The security vendor estimated that Australian firms were left to deal with 250,000 spam mails each year, in the assuming that each employee receives 20 spam mails every working day and works an average of 225 [...]
Windows hit by drive-by cyber attack
Last week Symantec issued a threat bulletin stating that hackers are exploiting vulnerability in the Windows Help and Support Centre functions. The security vendor has received around 300 notifications of the “drive-by attacks”, where computers running Windows XP have been hijacked. Symantec also said in the bulletin: “Microsoft said the exploit has since been removed [...]
Norton Online Family Report: kids speak out on cyber safety
A Norton survey of 2,800 children from 14 different countries has revealed that over six in ten kids have had a negative online experience ranging from violence, nudity and exposure as well as a stranger trying to meet them in person. According to NetFamilyNews.org Editor and ConnectSafely.org Co-Director Anne Collier, who collaborated with Norton on [...]
Norton Online Family expands to worldwide protection
Symantec announced that its award-winning online family safety service, Norton Online Family, will now be support 25 languages The security software, which until now had only been available in English, is the first globally available free solution to help protect families from online threats. Marian Merritt, Norton Internet Safety Advocate and Chair of the Norton [...]
Dell looking into using Chrome OS on laptops
It has been revealed that Dell is in talks with Google about use of the Chrome OS on its laptops. Amit Midha, Dell’s president for Greater China and South Asia told Reuters in an interview: “There are going to be unique innovations coming up in the marketplace in two, three years, with a new form [...]
