| Rizone Security Restore Rolls Settings to Default |
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Mar 15, 2010 - 2:25 PM - by ArticleBot
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Been the victim of a virus attack and cleaned it out...but still unsure whether your system has had its security settings altered? Then consider Rizone Security Restore. This freeware utility will restore the security settings of your computer to their defaults, so that any changes to the settings made by malware will be undone.
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| Humans continue to be 'weak link' in data security |
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Mar 15, 2010 - 2:25 PM - by ArticleBot
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Nearly 90 percent of IT workers in the UK have said a laptop in their organisation has been reported lost or stolen, new research has found.
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| PayPal users close accounts after Cryptome attack |
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Mar 14, 2010 - 3:02 AM - by ArticleBot
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The spat between Microsoft, Cryptome and PayPal has led to some PayPal users withdrawing their accounts
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| Microsoft hustles on IE patch, tests fix |
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Mar 14, 2010 - 3:02 AM - by ArticleBot
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Microsoft is testing a patch for a critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer, but stopped short of promising to deliver an emergency fix before the next scheduled Patch Tuesday.
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| FBI: Cyberfraud losses doubled in 2009 |
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Mar 13, 2010 - 5:05 AM - by ArticleBot
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Last year was a tough one for most businesses, but for cybercriminals it was one of the best yet.
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| Three new options emerge for managing smartphones in the enterprise |
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Mar 13, 2010 - 5:05 AM - by ArticleBot
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The surge of iPhones and other smartphones in the enterprise is a major headache for IT departments. Now, there are three new medicines that may help to ease that pain.
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| British Airways IT worker charged for 'terrorism plot' |
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Mar 12, 2010 - 4:48 PM - by ArticleBot
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A British Airways software developer planned to carry out terrorist attacks by taking advantage of a walkout by airline staff, a court heard today.
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| Security execs express surprise over CISO's firing following RSA talk |
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Mar 12, 2010 - 4:48 PM - by ArticleBot
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Several security executives today expressed surprise over the firing of Pennsylvanias chief information security officer, apparently for publicly speaking about a security incident involving the Commonwealth's online driving exam scheduling system without getting the required approvals first.
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| IE zero-day exploit code goes public |
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Mar 12, 2010 - 4:46 AM - by ArticleBot
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An Israeli researcher has published exploit code for an Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability that Microsoft had just disclosed on Tuesday.
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| Security industry faces attacks it cannot stop |
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Mar 12, 2010 - 4:46 AM - by ArticleBot
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At the RSA Conference in San Francisco last week, security vendors pitched their next-generation of security products, promising to protect customers from security threats in the cloud and on mobile devices. But what went largely unsaid was that the industry has failed to protect paying customers from some of today's most pernicious threats.
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| HSBC: Data theft incident broader than first thought |
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Mar 11, 2010 - 3:41 PM - by ArticleBot
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HSBC said Thursday about 15,000 accounts of its Swiss private banking unit were compromised after an employee allegedly stole data, some of which ended up in the hands of French tax authorities.
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| Celebrities caused 2009 Twitter crime wave |
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Mar 11, 2010 - 3:41 PM - by ArticleBot
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Criminals started targeting Twitter in earnest during a key period in early 2009, and security company Barracuda Labs has worked out why. During the same few weeks a key list of a-list celebrities joined the site.
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| Pennsylvania fires CISO over RSA talk |
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Mar 11, 2010 - 3:24 AM - by ArticleBot
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Pennsylvania's chief information security officer, Robert Maley, has been fired, apparently for talking publicly at the RSA security conference last week about a recent incident involving the Commonwealths online driving exam scheduling system.
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| Biometrics: What, Where and Why |
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Mar 11, 2010 - 3:24 AM - by ArticleBot
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Biometrics encompasses a variety of methods for ensuring identity based on physical or behavioral traits. Conventional identifying traits include fingerprints, face topology, iris structure, hand geometry, vein structure, voice, signature and keystroke recognition. Emerging technologies analyze characteristics such as gait, odor, and ear shape. Rather than being used in isolation, biometrics systems are increasingly becoming multimodal, an approach that serves both to increase security and... [Read More]
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| Twitter to begin screening some links for phishing |
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Mar 10, 2010 - 3:12 PM - by ArticleBot
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Twitter launched a new link-screening service on Tuesday aimed at preventing phishing and other malicious attacks against users of the popular microblogging service.
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