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Beware of working during the holidays
Firms at risk from work-addicted employees
T-Systems, the corporate IT and cyber-security arm of Deutsche Telekom, is warning organisations of the security risks associated with allowing employees to work while on their summer holiday.
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Security robot drowns itself
I think you ought to know I am feeling depressed
A Washington DC-based security robot has decided that life protecting humans is not worth the effort and has killed itself by throwing itself into a fountain.
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Kaspersky worked with the FSB in 2008
Closer than previously admitted
Claims by the AV outfit Kaspersky that it only has a passing connection with Russian spooks have been damaged by the leak of some internal emails.
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Free wi-fi can be a menace
Don't view porn in public
Norton said that 59 percent of Americans think that when they use public wi-fi it's safe as houses but it most certainly isn't.
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Windows XP was not especially vulnerable to Wannacry
Windows 7 machines might have been the problem
Windows XP was not as vulnerable to the WannaCry ransomware as many assumed.
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Microsoft splashes out on some more security
Buys security firm for $100 million
Software king of the world, Microsoft has written a $100 million cheque for the security outfit Hexadite.
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Intel’s management engine is security nightmare
EFF warning
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is warning that Intel's largely-undocumented "Management Engine" is a security nightmare.
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Microsoft Windows 10 S surfaces
With some restrictions, it's fair to say
During a press event in New York City today, Microsoft Windows boss Terry Myerson took the stage to announce Windows 10 S, a new version of the company’s operating system designed at undermining the rise of low cost Chromebooks in American classrooms.
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Google Home disrupts Android phones
Guests get up in arms
It's only a few days since I reviewed Google Home but today it caused not only extreme embarrassment but distress to visitors here on the British May Day bank holiday.
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Intel based broadband modem has security hole
Puma 6 is a "cat has trophy"
Chipzilla’s Puma 6 Intel cable modem variants are highly susceptible to a very low-bandwidth denial-of-service attack.