John E Dunn

Articles by John E Dunn

Native IPv6 traffic is rising ahead of test day

A network security equipment maker says a small growth in IPv6 use detected over a relatively short space of time is significantrnrn

New hard drive wipes itself if taken out of PC

Toshiba's upgraded SED drive adds new features to the mix for OEMs, including the ability to cause either part or all of the drive to become crypto-erased if the drive detects that it is not operating inside a particular PC

Oil giants downed by Chinese hackers named

A new U.S. report also alleges that the companies did not disclose the attacks to regulators

Internet ‘kill switch’ could cause chaos, OECD warns

Shutting down the Internet in times of cyberwarfare would do more harm than good, according to a study commissioned by the OECD. Find out why

All SanDisk USB sticks to get encrypted ‘vault’

Until now the choice has been between business-class USB drives with encryption and consumer drives with no security at all, SanDisk says

China Internet ‘hijack’ overblown, says researcher

The diverted traffic was nowhere near the claimed 15 per cent, according to Arbor Networks

LinkedIn users attacked by Zeus spam

Businesses are apparently the target of the lastest campaign, which seems to be aimed at getting financial data

Antivirus tests should measure speed, says group

Detection tests aren't enough, say researchers. Testers should also look at measurements that matter to users such as the effect antivirus products have on such as boot speed, app loading, memory usage and other factorsrn

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