John E. Dunn

Articles by John E. Dunn

Aging firewalls pose security risks

The succession of admins maintaining geriatric corporate firewalls often leave a trail duplicated rules and security holes that lay an organization open to various attacks

Anti-virus no defence against botnets, says vendor

Many anti-virus programs are near to useless in blocking the binaries used to spread botnets, says FireEye's chief scientist

Vendors cool on UK government super-database

Britain wants to keep a database of when almost every public electronic communication takes place. However, IT security companies doubt it will work

BlackBerry server users leave door open to hacks

Enterprises that run the popular push e-mail service with Microsoft Exchange are using unencrypted ports, according to penetration testing consultancy NTA Monitor. What you should do to avoid the risks

Thousands fall victim to overseas data theft

The personal records of thousands of U.K. consumers have turned up on a computer recovered from criminals in the U.S.

Report says US still open to cyber attack

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has failed to meet a wide range of its promises, a house committee has claimed. n

EU law used to beat spammers

A U.K. resident has won a landmark legal case against a spamming company. nNigel Roberts used the European Union's E-Privacy Directive law to win

Chinese hackers target UK gov’t

Chinese hackers launched a major attack on the U.K. Parliament earlier this month, the government

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