Thursday, June 2, 2011

WHO Connects Cellphones With Cancer Risk

WHO Connects Cellphones With Cancer Risk

WHO Connects Cellphones With Cancer Risk

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 09:32 AM PDT

After reviewing data from previous studies, the International Agency for Research on Cancer released a statement Tuesday asserting cellphones are possibly carcinogenic toward humans. The report was put together in Lyon, France, after a week-long conference with international experts for the IARC, which is the cancer arm of the World Health Organization. They analyzed previous studies to determine links between radiation and cancer when using mobile devices like cellphones.

New Malware Variant Jukes Apple's Bug Fix

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:43 AM PDT

As promised, Apple on Tuesday released a security update to combat MacDefender, a type of fake antivirus malware that had targeted the Mac OS X platform over the last few weeks. On Wednesday, however, hackers apparently managed to figure out an end-run around its solution. Apple's fix updates its malware definition list daily, and it searches for and removes known variants of the MacDefender malware. However, a new variant that the security update can't detect was released just hours after Apple issued its fix, according to security firm Intego.

VirtualBox 4 Builds a Clean and Easy Sandbox Inside Your Linux Desktop

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 05:00 AM PDT

Constantly testing software and tinkering with a variety of Linux operating systems puts my multiple test-bench computers to constant use. Granted, Linux comes with a lot fewer security risks. But dealing with unknown factors and beta glitches can be time consuming to correct when they take down an entire box. A much safer and quicker way to deal with such potential harm is to spare the physical machines and run the new stuff in a virtual machine instead. Oracle's VM VirtualBox 4.0 is a handy app for doing just that. It runs nicely in a variety of Linux distros.

Who Watches the Watchmen, Part 1: A World Gone Mad

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 05:00 AM PDT

When the very companies that provide us security technology are themselves either getting hacked or hamstrung with security flaws, how can we be sure that our computers have any protection at all?Within the space of just over a month, security issues hit three major players in the security field -- RSA, McAfee and LastPass. If the security vendors are indeed as helpless as they seem in the face of APTs, why are we shelling out money to them? Are they unable to provide anything beyond the most basic security?
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