Asavin Wattanajantra
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Five free security software suites
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
In-depth We uncover five of the best free security downloads that you can get for your PC.
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Microsoft releases last patches of the decade
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Microsoft fixes an exploitable Internet Explorer vulnerability.
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Companies need to deal with social media threat
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Cisco highlights security issues from the collaborative way people are now working.
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Security needs to be a part of innovation
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Getting security officers more involved could deliver major benefits for companies.
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Botnets to get more intelligent in 2010
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Criminals behind the huge amounts of spam are learning lessons in how to run their systems.
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Amazon denies plans to open high street stores
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News There is no chance of seeing Amazon stores on the high street, according to the company.
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Researchers break into Windows encryption feature
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News With effort, hackers are able to break into an encryption feature available on newer versions of Windows.
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Google fears government internet snooping
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Google fears that the Digital Economy Bill could give the government the right to spy on UK internet users.
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Shoppers look to spend big on Cyber Monday
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Amazon and John Lewis get excited about what could be the biggest online Christmas shopping period to date.
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Retailers geared up for ‘Mega Monday’
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Online retailers need to deal with a spike in traffic volume, with any website failure resulting in loss of sales.
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Adobe software hit again by hackers
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News A zero-day exploit appears to have hit drawing tool Adobe Illustrator.
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IE flaw fixed for Microsoft’s last patches of 2009
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Next week sees a Microsoft security patch roll-out for Christmas.
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Met Police takes down Xmas scam websites
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News The PCeU and Nominet teamed up for ‘Operation Papworth’ to make online shopping safer.
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Businesses warned on mobile call hacking
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Forget losing USB sticks or laptops, you may soon have to watch what you say on the phone.
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New code makes Windows 7 vulnerable to hackers
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Hackers will target new features in Windows 7 that are not present in Vista or XP, according to security researchers.
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Irish websites are safest in Europe
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Research into malicious threats and websites reveal that those from Ireland are the safest.
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BlackBerrys at risk from malicious PDFs
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News The bad guys have found a way to attach malicious PDFs to emails that can take over your BlackBerry.
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Mobile web surge for Argos on Black Friday
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Although a US shopping event, there was a large surge in mobile web traffic to British retailer Argos during Black Friday.
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Capital markets finding joy with open source tech
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News JP Morgan is one of the financial companies investing big in open source technology.
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Partnership secures Twitter spam threats
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Partnerships are key to ensure users to feel safe when clicking on shortened links in micro blogging service Twitter.
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Microsoft denies 'black screen' accusations
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News UPDATED: Microsoft's latest round of patches weren't responsible for the 'black screen of death', with the accusing company making a humbling apology.
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Warning over ‘James Bond’ mobile spying devices
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Software is available you can install and use to track everything that is going on with a mobile phone.
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Should Adobe auto-update Flash and PDF Reader?
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News This year has seen Adobe plugin exploits hit the headlines. Is it time that the company automatically updates its software?