Security
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Protect data with encrypted hard drives
If you want to encrypt the contents of an external hard drive to protect its data in case of loss or theft,...
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Adobe working to fix security bug in Download Manager
Adobe Systems is working to fix a glitch in software it uses to speed up downloads of its products that could give...
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Google slapped with class-action lawsuit over Buzz
A Florida woman filed a class-action lawsuit against Google Inc., charging that the new Buzz social networking tool set violates the privacy...
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Symantec pledges smartphone support for Norton security/storage software
Symantec will ship a new version of its Norton 360 security and online storage/backup product and announced that free applications for mobile...
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Hackers update rootkit causing Windows blue screens
Hackers behind the rootkit responsible for crippling Windows machines after users installed a Microsoft security patch have updated their malware so that...
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Blue Coat positioned in leaders quadrant of secure web gateway
Blue Coat Systems announced that it has been positioned in the leaders quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Secure Web Gateway1 by...
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Spammers already targeting Google Buzz
Well, it certainly didn not take long for spammers to target Google Buzz just days after it was launched, according to security...
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Microsoft says malware causing blue screen crashes
A hard-to-detect rootkit may be causing Windows XP systems to crash following Microsoft’s latest security updates. Windows users began flooding Windows support...
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Researchers find huge weakness in European payment cards
Hundreds of millions of payment cards throughout Europe have a flaw that could allow criminals with a stolen card to enter any...
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Google tweaks Buzz to address privacy concerns
Just two days after launching its Buzz social networking tools, Google said it has tweaked the technology address early privacy concerns. Google...
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Adobe to rush out another critical Reader patch
Just weeks after patching a critical flaw, Adobe Systems is rushing out another patch for its Reader and Acrobat software. The company...
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Credit card data security: Who’s responsible?
About a year ago security at Heartland Payment Systems Inc. was breached and information affecting more than 100 million credit cards stolen....
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Mozilla retracts Firefox add-on malware claim
Mozilla Corp. acknowledged that it had falsely accused a developer of infecting a Firefox add-on with attack code. The admission came a...
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Judge dismisses Windows anti-piracy software lawsuit
A federal judge last week dismissed a three-year-old lawsuit that accused Microsoft of duping customers when it fed them company anti-piracy software...
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Microsoft delivers huge Windows security update
For the second time in the last four months, Microsoft today shipped a record 13 security updates that patched dozens of vulnerabilities...