Security
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Microsoft issues first Windows 7 patches
Microsoft patched nine vulnerabilities in Windows 7 last week, five marked "critical," in a move that will require users upgrading to the...
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Symantec calls ‘SpywareGuard’ and ‘AntiVirus’ top scareware threats
Fake security software "SpywareGuard" and "AntiVirus" are said to be the top two scareware programs out of about 250 fake security programs...
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Phishing attacks with Zeus Trojan targeting Outlook Webmail shops
Targeted phishing attacks aimed at getting Outlook Web Access users within enterprise organizations to download a Trojan designed to steal financial and...
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DOJ takes on an age-old foe: IBM
The decision by the U.S. Department of Justice to begin an antitrust inquiry into IBM’s mainframe business could reignite a legal battle...
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Hackers exploit this year’s fourth PDF zero-day
For the fourth time this year, Adobe has admitted that hackers used malicious PDF documents to break into Windows PCs. The bug...
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Sophos adds DLP to desktop anti-malware
Sophos has added data-loss prevention capabilities to its desktop anti-malware software, the security firm says, promising gateway-based DLP in the future as...
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Operation Phish Phry hooks 100 in U.S. and Egypt
More than 50 people in Southern California, Las Vegas and Charlotte, N.C., were indicted by a grand jury in Los Angeles for...
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Careless downloading makes BlackBerry users spy targets
iPhone lovers and other smartphone users should take heed: A security researcher showed ways to spy on a BlackBerry user during a...
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Mozilla augments Firefox’s plug-in check
As it promised, Mozilla has created a page that checks for outdated plug-ins used by Firefox. Mozilla is testing the page, which...
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Malware flea market pays hackers to hijack PCs
Among a slew of online cybercrime forums, Pay-Per-Install.org stands out as a malware flea market where shadowy pushers of Trojan downloaders and...
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VASCO Data Security looking forward for GITEX 09
VASCO Data Security announced that it will be present at the GITEX Technology Week, in Dubai at the Dubai International Convention and...
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Blue Coat expands WebPulse Cloud-based Defense for Middle East market
Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCSI), the technology leader in Application Delivery Networking,announced that it has expanded the Blue Coat WebPulse cloud-based...
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Secure1st to launch new products at GITEX 09
Business security service provider, Secure1st has officially announced its participation at GITEX Technology Week 2009. Secure1st will unveil its latest range of...
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Intel to distribute ESET security products with its desktop motherboards
1.30838894844 seconds.ESET has announced that Intel will distribute ESET security software products with Intel-branded desktop motherboards starting in Q1 2010. As a...
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Kaspersky launches new Internet Security and Anti-Virus
Kaspersky Lab unveiled its new generation of solutions designed to protect home PC users from IT threats based on a new approach whereby...