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Protection against illegal or wrongful intrusion. In the IT world, intrusion concerns mostly deal with gaining access to user and company data. See security suite, computer security, information...
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Geolocation a security credential? Something to ponder
You may not really care where your friends are, but you may care where that unknown end-user of your system is.
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Apple launches iTunes Ping, forgets the spam filters
Comment spam is an increasing nuisance, but security firm Sophos notes that Apple didn't consider the problems when it launched Ping. Simply put, Ping lacks spam and URL filtering.
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Cyberwar could be worse than a tsunami
International cyberwar should be averted by a global cybersecurity peace treaty, according to the head of the International Telecommunications Union.
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Some spam with your Ping?
Say what you will about the new social features that Apple baked into its venerable iTunes software, most would agree that it has a lot of potential. But Ping's suffering from some growing pains...
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Facebook's remote log-out security feature: Should you care?
Tom Eston: Facebook is trying some new ways to innovate security, though it's still overlooking some other simpler fixes. Should you care about these new controls?
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Barbers and security professionals
In this guest editorial, security research professional Michal Zalewski argues that the government should stay away from compulsory certification and licensing in the security industry.
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Facebook to enable remote logouts
Facebook said it will add one central control to log out other devices. This feature, which will appear in the security section under "Account Security," is rolling out "gradually."
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Google Chrome celebrates 2nd birthday with security patches
The Google Chrome 6.0, available in stable and beta channels for Windows, Mac, and Linux, patches a total of 15 documented security vunerabilities.
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Apple patches 13 iTunes security holes
The vulnerabilities expose Windows users to remote code execution attacks via maliciously crafted Web sites.
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Researchers crack code used by banks, defense
Researchers claim to have successfully cracked the quantum cryptography equipment used to cloak high-sensitive communications by banks and defense agencies.
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Malware hosted on Google Code project site
Malicious hackers are using the Google Code repository to host Trojans horses, backdoors and password stealing keyloggers
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Microsoft ships 'Fix-It' for DLL load hijacking attack vector
Microsoft has released a Fix-It tool to help mitigate the latest DLL load hijacking issue that exposes Windows users to remote code execution attacks.
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RealPlayer haunted by 'critical' security holes
RealNetworks has shipped a critical update to address multiple vulnerabilities, some serious enough to allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or obtain sensitive...
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Google launches Priority Inbox, the reverse spam filter
Google has discovered that their spam filter is multi-purpose. It's great for eliminating spam in your inbox -- it's been effectively fighting spam for many years. Now, Google is taking their...
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Old QuickTime flaw exposes IE
A zero-day vulnerability in Apple QuickTime that could allow a remote attacker to take over a computer running Internet Explorer has been reported by security researchers.
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Maritz: Security improves and the role of the OS changes with virtualization
VMWare CEO Paul Maritz talks about the changing forces caused by virtualization, including the potential to improve security and the shift away from the OS as the center of innovation.
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Internet free speech protected in the Middle East
There are a number of valuable lessons we Americans can take from this discussion. The most important is that we need to watch our lawmakers very carefully.
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EMC to launch security dashboard for virtual compliance
EMC is announcing RSA security tools for virtual environments as part of this week's VMWorld conference
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Spam scheme spreading via Facebook chat
Facebook was investigating what appeared to be a new spam scheme that results in users getting messages from friends over Facebook chat that have malicious links.
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Personal Computer Security: Using Uncommon Sense
There's a lot of people out there that want your personal and financial information for unethical reasons. Learn how to protect yourself.
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