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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:11:00 GMT

M-net wins IP-VPN deal from Mahag

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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:11:00 GMT

BELDEN: A first for Industrial Ethernet Firewalls

Belden has announced that it has released an upgrade of its Hirschmann EAGLE20 software. New EAGLE20 v4.4 software will be installed on all newly-bought Hirschmann devices, and available free of charge for existing customers. One of the key new features
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:04:00 GMT

PhoneGuard Unleashes Cell Phone Virus and SMS Secure Protection Powered by Award Winning NetQin Technology

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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:03:00 GMT

Verified by Visa phishing attack spotted

Security experts warned today that the Verified by Visa online authentication scheme has become the latest lure used by phishers hoping to harvest personal information from unsuspecting shoppers. The scam begins with users being sent an email inviting
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:58:00 GMT

Finnish regulato to manage 2 govt IT security projects

(Telecompaper) Finland's telecommunications regulator Ficora will lead two of the nine projects included in the country's National Information Security Strategy...
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:45:00 GMT

Security Pro Says New SSL Attack Can Hit Many Sites

A Seattle computer security consultant says he's developed a new way to exploit a recently disclosed bug in the SSL protocol, used to secure communications on the Internet. The attack, while difficult to execute, could give attackers a very powerful
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:42:00 GMT

BELDEN: A first for Industrial Ethernet Firewalls

Belden has announced that it has released an upgrade of its Hirschmann EAGLE20 software. New EAGLE20 v4.4 software will be installed on all newly-bought Hirschmann devices, and available free of charge for existing customers. One of the key new features
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:39:00 GMT

Finnish regulato to manage 2 govt IT security projects

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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:33:00 GMT

GAO: Cybersecurity Flaws at Los Alamos Lab

The classified computer network of a major U.S. nuclear laboratory remains vulnerable to cyber attack, according to a congressional watchdog agency. The Government Accountability Office said in a report that the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:24:00 GMT

RioRey appoints Network Defence deliver its DDoS protection solution in the UK market

RioRey has appointed leading IT security specialist Network Defence as its UK partner to help deliver its security solutions to the UK. RioRey will use Network Defence's strong position in the IT security and vertical markets to deliver a new level of
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:22:00 GMT

10 tricks used by spammers to get into your inbox

Everybody hates email spam. It is annoying and wastes time, takes up disk space and can slow down the network, writes Martin Tassev, MD of Loophold Security Distribution. And, despite the increasingly advanced efforts by the companies that make money
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:22:00 GMT

8-step Virus/Spyware Removal

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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:15:00 GMT

Going ‘Rogue’: BlackBerry, iPhone as Hacking Devices

A chief security rep for BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion says he’s worried about hackers someday taking ordinary smartphones and turning them into devices that could cause misery for America’s big wireless networks. RIM’s vice president of
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:55:00 GMT

McAfee Cautions About The Possibility Of Cyb...

McAfee, an anti-virus company has concluded in its Fifth Annual Virtual Criminology report that the world is arming for a cyber-war and that some defensive measures should be prepared and implemented. David Dewalt, McAfee president and CEO, said that
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:50:00 GMT

MPs Request Clemency For Suspected Hacker Gar...

Since the issue of Gary McKinnon’s extradition has been under the media spotlight these days, a high-profile committee of MPs have also come forward to lend a supporting hand to the campaigners calling for halting the self-confessed hacker’s
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:50:00 GMT

Wedbush Downgrades VeriSign (VRSN) to Neutral; Growth Catalysts Not Expected Until 2011

Wedbush downgrades VeriSign (Nasdaq: VRSN) from Outperform to Neutral. Price target lowered from $25 to $23. Wedbush analyst says, "Downgrading to NEUTRAL on lower-than-expected revenue and operating margin growth. While we believe VeriSign has several
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:00 GMT

U.K. Police Make Trojan Computer Virus Arrests

British police have made the first European arrests connected to the spread of a data -thieving virus thought to have infected tens of thousands of computers worldwide, Scotland Yard said Wednesday. The electronic crimes unit of London's police force
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:47:00 GMT

Chumby Guts: Robot Viscera For Hackers

In Cory Doctorow’s latest novel, Makers, one of the main characters puts together an amazing little hack using a bunch of Boogie Woogie Elmo toys. These have been stripped of their fur and let loose on a tiny electric Smart Car. Reprogrammed to know
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:46:00 GMT

GAO: Los Alamos Computer Security Has Weaknesses

Security weaknesses uncovered in Los Alamos National Laboratory's classified computer network could increase the risk of a breach of classified information, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said in a new report. The GAO audited key parts of the
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:46:00 GMT

ISACA Warns Increase in Web Site Characters Could Lead to More Phishing Attacks

A recent announcement by ICANN regarding international domain names poses some security risks, according to ISACA, a global association of IT security, audit and governance professionals. ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:40:00 GMT

Hackers exploit release of Twilight New Moon film

Hackers are exploiting the web users searching for information about the Twilight New Moon film, due to be released this week, in a bid to spread malware, says PC Tools. Hackers are exploiting the web users searching for information about the Twilight
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:37:00 GMT

Russian Hackers Fixes Busted Atom Support on Snow Leopard Netbooks

In what's turning out to be a game of cat and mouse, Apple last week disabled support for Intel's Atom processor through a Snow Leopard update, a tactic the Hackintosh community insisted would present only a temporary setback. They were right, thanks to
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:33:00 GMT

Cyberattacks on US military jump sharply in 2009

Cyberattacks on the U.S. Department of Defense -- many of them coming from China -- have jumped sharply in 2009, a U.S. congressional committee reported Thursday. Citing data provided by the U.S. Strategic Command, the U.S.-China Economic and Security
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:28:00 GMT

UK climate unit's e-mails hacked

Experts warn that universities' e-mail systems are vulnerable to attacks The e-mail system of one the world's leading climate research units has been breached by hackers. E-mails reportedly from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:21:00 GMT

Live Webcast: Web Attacks: How Hackers Create and Spread Malware

The web has become the key vector for online attacks and even trusted websites are no longer safe. With hackers continually changing tactics, the majority of businesses are left unprotected against modern web-based malware. Businesses can no longer get
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:17:00 GMT

CA Encryption Key Manager Helps Simplify Compliance While Enabling Ready Access to Protected Data

Dedicated To IT Storage and Archiving, Featuring News, Press Releases, IT Directory & Links Ditton Park, UK, November 09, 2009 – CA (NASDAQ: CA) today announced CA Encryption Key Manager (CA EKM), a z/OS®-based comprehensive solution that unifies
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:15:00 GMT

Hacker-proof? Inside the Chrome OS security model

Google plans to use a combination of system hardening, process isolation, verified boot, secure auto-update and encryption to thwart malicious hackers from planting malware on its new Google Chrome OS. Much like the Google Chrome browser, the operating
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:13:00 GMT

US warned of increasing cyber attacks from China

Online threat: An American panel has warned the US Government of increasing threats of cyber espionage from China. A US government report warns that China is sharply stepping up espionage against the United States. The US-China Economic and Security
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:56:00 GMT

4. QStar Healthcare Announces Vendor-Independent PACS Archive and Encrypted CD/DVD Publication Solutions | Read Date: Friday 13 November 2009

QStar Healthcare, the medical technology division of QStar Technologies, says that it will be debuting its new vendor-independent SntryDICOM archive appliance and showcasing the new version of DICOM Publisher with advanced CD and DVD encryption
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:42:00 GMT

New SSL attack can steal sensitive info from secure Web sites

Security researcher has developed generic attack code that could give hackers a very powerful phishing tool, but is keeping it private A Seattle computer security consultant says he's developed a new way to exploit a recently disclosed bug in the SSL
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:21:00 GMT