Security
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Adobe apologizes for 16-month-old Flash bug
Adobe apologized over the weekend for letting a 16-month-old bug in Flash Player languish without a patch, even though it updated the...
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Symantec hit with class-action lawsuit over auto-renewals
A New York man has sued security software maker Symantec for automatically renewing his subscription to Norton Antivirus, alleging that the company...
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How IE flaw can turn your PC into a public file server
In a live demonstration at the Black Hat DC conference, a security consultant showed how it’s possible to exploit a flaw in...
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Mozilla confirms infected Firefox add-ons slipped through security
Mozilla confirmed that it failed to detect malware in a pair of Firefox add-ons, which may have infected up to 4,600 users....
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Symantec unveils new partner incentives programme
Dubbed Symplus, the programme runs throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region and provides Symantec partners with the opportunity to earn...
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Paramount receives reseller of the year award from Palo Alto Networks
Paramount announced that it has received the ‘Reseller of the Year – Middle East and Africa’ award by Palo Palo Alto Networks,...
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Conficker worm cripples a U.K. police department
The Conficker worm is alive and well and has shut down the police network in Manchester,United Kingdom, for the past three days....
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China takes step to toughen hacking laws
Chinese police and judicial officials are formulating new measures that govern how hacking crimes are handled by courts, the country’s latest step...
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Cloud security: Try these techniques now
For Logiq³ Inc., the decision to go with a cloud-based provider of IT infrastructure as a service (IaaS) was a matter of...
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Google joins the ‘kill-IE6’ campaign
Google has announced that Google Docs will drop support for Microsoft’s nearly nine-year-old Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) browser starting on March 1....
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Phishing scam targets users of Adobe PDF Reader
A new phishing scam is trying to fool people into thinking it comes from Adobe, announcing a new version of PDF Reader/Writer....
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DDoS attacks, network hacks rampant in oil and gas industry
Massive denial-of-service attacks and "stealthy infiltration" of corporate networks by attackers is a common experience for companies in critical infrastructure sectors, including...
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How to stop hidden security threats
Do you (and your users) know how to guard against scareware? How about Trojan horse text messages? Or social network data harvesting?...
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Malware aims to evade Windows 7 safeguards
Experts agree that Windows 7 has enhanced security to ward off attacks on vulnerabilities in old software. But what if a money-minded...
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Oracle sues Rimini Street for intellectual property theft
Oracle has filed a lawsuit against third-party maintenance provider Rimini Street and its CEO Seth Ravin, alleging the parties have been engaged...