Security
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Firefox flaws account for 44% of all browser bugs
Firefox accounted for almost half of all browser vulnerabilities in the first six months of 2009, a Web security company claimed today....
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Microsoft to release security guidelines for Agile
Microsoft will release guidelines for developers building online applications and for those using the Agile code-development process. The Agile guidelines apply principles...
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Blue Coat slashes staff, buys S7 services company
Security-appliance vendor Blue Coat Systems is laying off of close to 20 percent of its staff and restructuring its business in a...
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Gumblar malware’s home domain is active again
ScanSafe researchers are seeing renewed activity regarding Gumblar, a multifunctional piece of malware that spreads by attacking PCs visiting hacked Web pages....
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Fake security tools still big threat, worms on rise
The No. 1 offender to Canadian’s PCs in the first half of 2009 was Win32/ZangoSearchAssistant, adware that victims probably don’t even know...
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Sophos announces International Partner Award winners 2009
IT security and control firm Sophos has announced the winners of its International Partner Awards 2009. These prestigious annual awards recognised the...
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Microsoft links malware rates to pirated Windows
Microsoft said computers in countries with high rates of software piracy are more likely to be infected by malicious code because users...
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After one year, Conficker infects 7M computers
The Conficker worm has passed a dubious milestone. It has now infected more than 7 million computers, security experts estimate. Late last...
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Microsoft cleans up bugs after biggest patch release
After releasing its largest-ever group of security patches two weeks ago, Microsoft has done a little cleaning up. Over the past few...
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Cyberoam honors its Middle-East partners
Jose Thomas -Director of Bulwark Technologies LLC, chosen as Distributor of the Year for UAE says “Joining hands with Cyberoam which...
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Twitter warns of new phishing attack
Twitter warned users of a new phishing scam on the social networking site. It’s the latest in a series of scams that...
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Mozilla fixes 16 flaws with Firefox 3.5.4
Mozilla patched 16 vulnerabilities in Firefox, 11 of them critical, as it updated the open-source browser to version 3.5.4. The 11 critical...
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PacketShaper 8.5 arrives from Blue Coat
Blue Coat Systems announced an enhanced version of software for its Blue Coat PacketShaper appliances. PacketShaper 8.5 appliances provide a new level...
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Trend Micro CEO: hackers hitting AV infrastructure
It’s become an all-too-common scam: A legitimate Web site pops up a window that looks just like a real security warning. It...
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Researchers see Gumblar attacks surge again
Security researchers are seeing a resurgence of Gumblar, the name for a piece of malicious code that is spread by compromising legitimate...