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BlackBerry spyware scare? Don't worry, yet

BlackBerry spyware is not as big a risk as it seems

Fact, fiction and the Internet

Mining social networking sites for unreliable information

The botnet threat

Botnets give the hacker espionage tools formerly reserved for nation states

Mac security: What you can ignore

Do Apple users need antivirus software?

Top 10 dumbest tech stories of 2009

Mistakes, slip-ups and pure idiocy

Security compliance: The root of insanity

Standards such as ISO27002 are not enough on their own

Once a hacker, always a hacker

Hackers are unfit to serve as security experts

Sorry was the easiest word for tech companies in 2009

A recap of what the tech industry has been most sorry about in 2009

Why hackers must not be rewarded

Thinking of hiring an ex-hacker?

Chocolate is better than antivirus software in data breach settlement

Antivirus software can't stop someone's identity from being stolen

Fake antivirus makes security vendors look bad: Trend Micro

"The antivirus industry sucks," says Trend Micro CEO

How hackers find your weak spots

That Facebook friend request may be a hacker

Engineers fix shortcomings of the traditional firewall

Building a new firewall from the ground up

The best security features in Windows 7

Latest and greatest tools to keep you safe

Security standards can be cyber threat

Standards bodies can endanger your information security

Lessons for companies from the Google China attack

Hackers operating from China pose a threat to business

DDoS attacks are bigger threat than hackers planned

Thanks to botnets, denial of service is bigger than ever

Researchers reveal how to bring down a botnet

The way that Mega-D was isolatad

Smart grid makes us vulnerable to hacks and terrorism

The more advanced our systems get, the more that can go wrong

Reader's top stories of 2009

You voted with your eyeballs, and here are the results

Is Google Apps good enough for business?

We test the web-based office software promises

10 free software downloads for your laptop

Get these useful tools gratis

Why can't we do anything about spam?

Email has been rendered almost useless; Facebook and Twitter are under attack.

Windows 7 security: more of the same please

How Vista was stepping stone to better things

Web file sharing, the new torrents?

Pirates hiding their warez booty


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