ElectricNews.net - SECURITY The technology newswire for Ireland, publishing updated technology and e-business news in areas including e-commerce, advertising and marketing, investment, and wireless technologies. http://www.enn.ie/section/213.html sheila@enn.ie careilly@enn.ie Copyright 2005, ElectricNews.Net Ltd http://www.enn.ie/imgs/logo/logo01.gif Electricnews.Net http://www.enn.ie DPC urged to take tougher stanceThe Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) has been urged to take a firmer stand against abusers of the data protection regime and to fine serial offenders. http://www.enn.ie/article/10124338.html Yahoo and McAfee form security partnershipYahoo and McAfee have announced that they are teaming up to provide search engine users with always-on alerts about potentially dangerous websites.http://www.enn.ie/article/10124325.html Glitch delays Windows XP SP3 releaseMicrosoft has said it is delaying the release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 because of a newly uncovered glitch.http://www.enn.ie/article/10124299.html Stolen laptops raise serious security issuesThe Data Protection Commissioner is investigating Bank of Ireland after learning that four of the bank's laptops, with details of 10,000 customers, were stolen last year.http://www.enn.ie/article/10124252.html PayPal wages war on phishingPayPal is stepping up its battle against phishing with new technology and by collaborating with others in the industry.http://www.enn.ie/article/10124202.html Five critical patches for MS usersMicrosoft has issued eight security fixes for its software in its regular Patch Tuesday update.http://www.enn.ie/article/10124188.html Microsoft fixes SP1 'repeating reboot' bug Microsoft is resuming automatic distribution of a Vista Service Pack 1 prerequisite update that previously sent some users of the operating system into an endless reboot cycle during installation.http://www.enn.ie/article/10124179.html Spam 'cold war' set to continueThe number of unsolicited e-mails heading for Irish inboxes rose sharply during March, according to new figures from IE Internet.http://www.enn.ie/article/10124157.html Apple lags MS in security responseApple is trailing way behind Microsoft in security patch responsiveness, according to a study by security researchers from IBM.http://www.enn.ie/article/10124135.html DPC urges Jobs.ie customers to be waryThe Data Protection Commissioner's (DPC) office has urged those affected by last week's security breach at recruitment website Jobs.ie to be on their guard.http://www.enn.ie/article/10124134.html