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by Aryeh Goretsky Distinguished Researcher
February 26, 2012 at 7:51 pm

Introduction
Mobile World Congress 2012 is almost upon us, and one of the most hotly-anticipated topics is the next generation of Microsoft’s smartphone operating system Windows Phone 8, which has been kept under wraps far more tightly than its PC counterpart, Windows 8.
While Microsoft was an early adopter in the creation of smartphones with Windows Mobile, … Read More…

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by Dan Clark
September 23, 2011 at 3:57 pm

 
A new trojan has been released targeting the Macintosh Chinese-language user community.  The trojan appears to the user to be a PDF containing a Chinese language article on the long-running dispute over whether Japan or China owns the Diaoyu Islands.  
When the user opens the “PDF” file, it attempts to mask the installation of a … Read More…

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by David Harley Senior Research Fellow
August 25, 2011 at 10:43 am

We all pay lip service to the idea of backup, but sometimes you have to actually lose some data that you don't have backed up before you really appreciate how important it is. In fact, consideration of backup strategies and mechanisms is generally a major component of generalist security courses and certifications, and quite rightly. To … Read More…

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