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Hackers use Google to access photocopiers

Hackers are using search engines to watch what people photocopy. Read more »

World Bank gets hacked

The computer network used by the World Bank Group has suffered a series of at least six intrusions since mid-2007, according to a report. Read more »

20,000 Web pages help exploit 'patched' Flash flaw

A possible zero day exploit has been discovered for a flaw in Flash thought to have been patched by Adobe a month ago. Read more »

Google pleads with Viacom for YouTube privacy

Viacom is getting its hands on some of YouTube's sensitive user data as a result of the copyright-infringement lawsuit the conglomerate filed a year ago. Read more »

Game Monsters attack Westpac customers

US-based gaming Web site, The Game Monsters, has been implicated in the latest of round of phishing scams targeting Westpac customers, according to security experts. Read more »

Flaw turns Google into spam spewing machine

A "serious security flaw" in Gmail turns Google's e-mail service into a spamming machine, according to a recent security report. Read more »

Microsoft: We're not blocking YouTube

Users of Microsoft's instant-messaging service found themselves unable to share links to YouTube videos on Friday evening and Saturday morning, sparking brief worries of a possible Microsoft-led effort to block access to the Google-owned video-sharing site Read more »

Microsoft fixes DNS flaw but warns of Word attacks

Microsoft is warning that a Word flaw is being used for targeted attacks, and has also issued four 'important' patches, including one for a potentially serious DNS flaw in the latest Patch Tuesday bulletin. Read more »

Olympic trojan horse jumping trials have begun

Once again, criminal hackers are targeting a worldwide event to deposit their malicious software on victims' PCs, according to one security vendor. Read more »

YouTube outage: Pakistan fumble to blame

YouTube goes completely black all over the world for two hours. Is the culprit a complete system failure or a sophisticated denial of service attack? Read more »

Features (52)

Mapping visitors' IP addresses

If you're trying to implement geo-targeted advertising you will need to know what country your site visitors are coming from. This article will show you how. Read more »

Control access to .NET Web services

Web services can present problems caused by unauthorised access. These validation methods can help you reduce the risk. Read more »

Maximising IIS logging

Multiple options for logging user access activity are available when you manage Microsoft IIS Web servers. Here are several logging options. Read more »

Batch scripting of Windows host file changes

DNS is the manageable way to resolve computer names to IP addresses, yet Windows admins usually use host files because they always work. But when you need to make a change to a bunch of host entries, where do you start? Read more »

Secure Web services with IP blocking

You've created a Web service with many customers willing to pay for its use, but how can you ensure that only the paying customers access it? Read more »

Specify who can log in via OpenSSH

The OpenSSH suite of tools, developed by the OpenBSD Project, includes popular programs that serve many uses. This popularity combined with ssh availability as both server and client on just about every OS makes it no wonder that ssh has been the target of common attacks. Read more »

Remote debugging with Visual Studio 2008

If you often have to track down bugs in an application installed on another machine, you should check out Microsoft's remote debugger tool with Visual Studio 2008. This article takes a look at its set-up and usage. Read more »

Win2K clusters cut headaches, licensing fees

To move network services from one server to another, you don't have to change all your logon scripts and local systems. Just use the Windows 2000 Cluster Service to create virtual servers. Read more »

Set up user accounts quickly and securely

When you need to set up a user account to give a user shell access to the system, the only logical choice of login tool is OpenSSH. With SSH keys, all you need from the user is his SSH public key, and all he needs from you is the IP address or hostname with which to log in. Usually, this is sufficient. Read more »

Implement Web form tracking with ASP.NET

IIS can log a huge amount of Web usage data, but keeping robust logs without dragging down performance requires a skilled developer's help. Use ASP.NET to generate rich Web form tracking logs without unacceptably impeding performance. Read more »

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    Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »

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