Expert analysis

So 2005 has gone down as the worst year for data security breaches. I suppose the good news is that we seemed to be less troubled by viruses, so either the virus developers …

Malware has truly evolved during the last couple of years. Its potential for financial and network based abuse was quickly realized, and thus, tactics changed, consolidation …

In your opinion, what is the single biggest security threat on the Internet today? This is exactly the problem: there is no single biggest threat, but a huge and ever growing …

According to media reports, an US-based ISP has been awarded the amount of 6.5 billion pounds in a judgement against a Florida man who sent millions of unsolicited spam …

On November 22, 2005, the SANS Institute released its annual report of the top 20 vulnerabilities of the year. As has been noted elsewhere in the security industry, the 2005 …

A vulnerability has been detected in the browser in BlackBerry devices, which could allow remote attackers to cause denial of service conditions. BlackBerry has released the …

Like so many other aspects of our lives, major fraud has gone high tech. In fact, fuelled by excited media comment, computer crime and fraud are regarded as synonymous by …

The year that is just coming to an end has marked a turning point with respect to Internet threats. The last 12 months have been notable for the absence of the kind of massive …

The numbers speak for themselves: in 2005, junk mail accounted for nearly 60 percent of all emails, up from just 10 per cent in 2001. And this growth looks set to continue. …

What follows are some of the biggest events of 2005 with comments by (in no particular order): Bruce Schneier – CTO of Counterpane Internet Security and acclaimed …

Consider the following scenario. A good looking woman is wandering around your premises and approaches you asking to show her how to use some functions in Excel or any other …

One network administrator, Susan Bradley, proposed a “Declaration of Rights for Administrators and End Users,” published recently on Patch Management.org. …