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Cybercriminals exploiting user inexperience

Noteworthy threats in October 2011 included the return of a rogue web browser, a phony hacking tool for Gmail account password recovery and malware disguised as advertisements …

Norman releases endpoint protection system

Norman released Endpoint Protection 9, which stops all kinds of malware threats including viruses, worms, trojans, spyware, adware, bots, zero-day threats and rootkits. …

FBI arrests six for DNS hijacking scam worth $14 million

Charges against six Estonian nationals and one Russian national for engaging in a massive and sophisticated Internet fraud scheme that infected with malware more than four …

Oracle Solaris 11: The first cloud OS

Oracle today released Solaris 11, the first Cloud OS. Oracle Solaris 11 is designed to meet the security, performance and scalability requirements of cloud-based deployments …

Bitdefender prevents scams on Twitter

Bitdefender is adding a tool to its arsenal to prevent scams on Twitter. Safego has emerged successful from beta testing by Twitter users and will be incorporated into …

New fuzzing platform from Codenomicon

Codenomicon released Defensics X, the latest version of their security and robustness testing software. The update introduces better coverage through infinite test case …

The 12 scams of Christmas

‘Tis the season for consumers to spend more time online – shopping for gifts, looking for great holiday deals on new digital gadgets, e-planning family …

Worldwide security service spending to reach $35.1 billion

Worldwide security services spending is on pace to reach $35.1 billion in 2011, up from $31.1 billion in 2010, according to Gartner. The market is forecast to total $38.3 …

Global phishing trends and domain name use

A new survey by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) reveals that phishing attacks perpetrated against Chinese e-commerce and banking sites soared by 44 percent in the first …

Adobe patches Shockwave Player

Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in Adobe Shockwave Player 11.6.1.629 and earlier versions on the Windows and Macintosh operating systems. These vulnerabilities …

First military-secured 3G and 4G core network

Tecore Networks introduced the 4G evolution of its military-secured iCore platform, making it the world’s first complete, multi-technology mobile network. By …

Angry Birds know where you live

75% of the public may be giving away their physical location when downloading smartphone applications, according to AdaptiveMobile. 69% of smartphone users are adamant that …

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