Security
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Google patches 13 Chrome bugs
Google added support for extensions and bookmark synchronization to the production version of Chrome for Windows. The new release also patched 13...
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HP unveils extensive security services package
Hewlett-Packard Co. announced an extensive security-services portfolio that includes more than 90 basic offerings for application, identity and access management security to...
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McAfee Honours Paramount with Trailblazer Award
Paramount, the leading regional provider of products and services for securing the Information Assets of Enterprises in the Middle East, has received...
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RealPlayer fix addresses 11 security bugs
The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team advised RealPlayer users to apply a new security update for the media-playing software. The update, issued...
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Users still make hacking easy with weak passwords
In a report likely to make IT administrators tear out their hair, most users still rely on easy passwords, some as simple...
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Microsoft promises emergency IE patch
Microsoft announced that it will issue an emergency security update for Internet Explorer (IE), but postponed setting a ship date for the...
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Apple patches 12 Mac bugs in Flash, SSL
Apple on Tuesday patched 12 vulnerabilities in Leopard and Snow Leopard, including seven in Adobe Flash Player and one in the protocol...
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Google to call for creation of EU privacy, security panel
Google needs to keep hold of information about people’s search history if it is to combat the sort of hacking it experienced...
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Hackers wield newest IE exploit in drive-by attacks
Hackers are attacking consumers with an exploit of Internet Explorer (IE) that was allegedly used last month by the Chinese to break...
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Enabling SMB channels
In what looks set to be a big year for Trend Micro’s channel partners in the Middle East, the IT security vendor...
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Google cyberattack probe includes employees
Google’s investigation of a cyberattack that rocked the company’s infrastructure in mid-December includes a probe of its staff in China, a source...
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Alleged China attacks could test U.S. cybersecurity policy
The attacks on Google and more than 30 other Silicon Valley companies by agents allegedly working for China is focusing renewed attention...
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Conficker worm hasn’t gone away, Akamai says
Variants of the Conficker worm were still active and spreading during the third quarter, accounting for much of attack traffic on the...
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Google moves Gmail to more secure HTTPS service
At the risk of inconveniencing some users, Google has moved its Gmail to a more secure protocol. The timing of the action...
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Adobe patches PDF zero-day, other critical bugs
Adobe patched eight security vulnerabilities, six of them critical, in its popular PDF viewing and editing programs. Security experts urged consumers and...