Tag: Security
Oki Japan introduces iris identification for mobile phones
Oki Japan has just introduced its iris recognition software (or Iris Authentication Middleware, to be more accurate) for Windows Mobile and Symbian-based mobile phones, allowing any mobile with a built-in one megapixel or better camera to be secured.
Nimzy ProtoKey: padlocks your files and makes them invisible to others
Widget UK has come out with a USB device for the security-conscious PC users who wants to protect their files.
Though it looks like a fairly standard memory stick, it isn’t. Instead, it allows users to encrypt and hide the personal and sensitive data on their PC hard drive, and any external storage devices attached to it, so that it effectively becomes invisible, secure, and untraceable, to anyone else who uses that PC.
Microsoft executive claims security flaws are patched quicker in Windows than other operating systems
Justified or not, Microsoft get a lot of flak for the security of their Windows operating system. Now, Jeff Jones, who is strategy director of Microsoft’s security technology unit, has posted findings to show that Microsoft releases patches for vulnerabilities in Windows faster than Apple, Novell, Red Hat, and Sun do for their respective operating systems.
Symantec (who we know aren’t exactly best buds with Microsoft) has acknowledged Microsoft’s findings.
The calculations show that Windows had under 29 days of risk last year, compared to 46 days for Mac OS X, 74 days for SuSE Linux Enterprise, 107 days for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and 168 for Sun Solaris.
Security 'guru' questions the need for a security industry
The supposed security guru Bruce Schneier recently addressed the Infosecurity Show in London, questioning why the security industry exists at all.
Controversially, and rather simplistically, he seemed to suggest that the security industry's existence indicates the willingness of other technology companies to ship insecure hardware and software.
Microsoft to launch Malware Protection Centre security portal
Microsoft really fancies itself as the new security expert. Having juddered into the anti-virus software business with the full release of Live OneCare, they’re now planning to set up their own security portal.
Microsoft admit Live OneCare should not have been rolled out
ZDNet managed to scoop an interview at CeBIT with a senior manager at Microsoft who admitted that Live OneCare, the consumer security product, should not have been launched when it was, being far from perfect and having pieces missing. The…
3GSM: Viruses hit mobile operators hard
A joint survey from security software firm McAfee and the research company Informa has found that mobile operators are being struck hard by viruses. A poll of over 200 operators worldwide shows that they are experiencing the effect of viruses…
Windows Live OneCare launches internationally
Though it had a lower profile than Vista, a major release of Windows Live OneCare launched last week in 17 countries including the UK. The software package provides a unified virus and spyware scanner, flexible file backup options, and support…
Microsoft agrees to change Vista to meet EU requirements in first service pack
Microsoft continues to face run-ins with the European Union about its software and anti-competitiveness. In the latest skirmish, it has agreed to update Vista to meet the EU's requirements in its first service pack due out later this year. Changes…
CES 2007: iControl home monitoring service
Want to spy on the Nanny to prove whether she really is feeding your kids nothing but M&Ms while kicking the cat? You need a home monitoring system like iControl, which is getting an upgrade to version 2 this year,…
