| Botnet takedown may yield valuable data |
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Sep 02, 2010 - 9:45 AM - by ArticleBot
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Researchers are hoping to get a better insight on botnets after taking down part of Pushdo, one of the top five networks of hacked computers responsible for most of the world's spam.
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| Check Point bolsters VMware security |
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Sep 01, 2010 - 9:37 PM - by ArticleBot
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Check Point's Security Gateway software is now available in a virtual edition that is compatible with VMware virtual environments.
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| Microsoft still mum on programs prone to DLL hijacking attacks |
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Sep 01, 2010 - 7:52 AM - by ArticleBot
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Microsoft on Tuesday again abstained from naming which of its Windows programs, if any, contain bugs that could lead to widespread "DLL load hijacking" attacks.
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| Eight great virtual appliances for VMware, free for the downloading |
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Sep 01, 2010 - 7:52 AM - by ArticleBot
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The combination of free open source and virtual machines is hard to beat; here are some of the handiest virtual appliances you'll find
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| Gmail promo for Priority Inbox creeps out Chrome users |
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Aug 31, 2010 - 7:48 PM - by ArticleBot
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Chrome users yesterday bombarded Google's Gmail support forum with complaints about music suddenly playing in the background when they reached their inboxes.
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| Trend Micro brings encryption to the cloud |
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Aug 31, 2010 - 7:48 PM - by ArticleBot
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Trend Micro is blazing a new trail with a service called SecureCloud intended to give enterprises a way to encrypt data in cloud-computing environments.
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| Google disputes bug patching report |
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Aug 31, 2010 - 7:31 AM - by ArticleBot
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Google argued that a recent report by claiming it failed to patch a third of the serious bugs in its software had the facts wrong. IBM's X-Force admitted the error.
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| Scam preys on required TweetDeck update |
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Aug 31, 2010 - 7:31 AM - by ArticleBot
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Scammers are trying to take advantage of the fact that many users will soon have to update their version of the TweetDeck Twitter software.
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| 3M offers $943M for biometric security vendor Cogent Systems |
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Aug 30, 2010 - 12:32 PM - by ArticleBot
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3M has agreed to buy biometric access control systems vendor Cogent for around US$943 million in cash.
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| CA buying Arcot for cloud authentication services |
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Aug 30, 2010 - 12:32 PM - by ArticleBot
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CA Technologies on Monday announced plans to acquire authentication vendor Arcot Systems for US$200 million, a move intended to boost its hand in cloud security. The deal is expected to close by Sept. 30, the end of CA's second quarter.
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| Indian e-voting researcher released on bail |
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Aug 29, 2010 - 10:52 PM - by ArticleBot
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An Indian security researcher who was arrested on Aug. 21 for the alleged theft of an electronic voting machine (EVM), was released on bail on Saturday by a magistrate in Mumbai.
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| Research experiment disrupts Internet, for some |
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Aug 29, 2010 - 10:08 AM - by ArticleBot
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An experiment run by Duke University and a European group responsible for managing Internet resources went wrong Friday, disrupting a small percentage of Internet traffic.
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| Defending the Internet: National Security v. Big Brother |
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Aug 28, 2010 - 9:14 PM - by ArticleBot
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In the wake of revelations that the US military network was compromised in 2008, and that US digital interests are under a relative constant threat of attack, the Pentagon is establishing new cyber security initiatives to protect the Internet. The Pentagon strategy--which is part digital NATO, part digital civil defense, and part Big Brother--may ruffle some feathers and raise concerns that the US Internet is becoming a military police state.
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| Deutsche Post kicks off bug bounty contest |
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Aug 28, 2010 - 8:32 AM - by ArticleBot
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Deutsche Post, the successor to the German federal postal service, will offer bounties for bugs researchers find in its E-Postbrief secure message service, the company announced this week.
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| Consumers more wary of online ticket websites |
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Aug 27, 2010 - 7:35 PM - by ArticleBot
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A new survey suggests that warnings over UK ticket scam websites could finally be starting to get through to ordinary consumers.
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