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Google Inc. announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Postini, a company which services include message security, archiving, encryption, and policy …

This is a weekly roundup of all the security news, articles, software releases, vendor advisories and webcasts that were published on Help Net Security during the past week. …

Have you ever wondered about exactly how much of a threat your users are to your organization? Well, wonder no more, as an in depth study by Queens University, Belfast and …

The push for the European Directive on Data Protection to be passed as UK law is gathering pace, according to database security company, Secerno. A survey of IT security …

According to PandaLabs, Trojans and adware accounted for 49.6% of infections detected by Panda ActiveScan in June. Trojans, which increased by 0.75% this month, caused 26.89% …

During the second quarter of 2007, spam accounted for more than 90% of corporate mail received. This data has been compiled from companies who have contracted TrustLayer Mail, …

Aiphone.A is a Trojan that takes advantage of the anticipation surrounding iPhone to steal users’ banking data. This will be the subject of this week’s PandaLabs …

LockLizard, specialists in PDF and web based information DRM solutions, announced a major new step forward in anti-piracy controls – preventing screen grabbing of their …

Secure Computing announced the availability of SafeWord MobilePass, a new software authenticator that allows a user access to Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Citrix, Outlook …

GFI Software announced that its vulnerability management solution GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner (N.S.S.) was named as a winner of the “Best of Tech Ed Awards …

I really don’t need to talk about the current situation with spam on the Internet. I have 10+ mailboxes, all of them receiving at least 50 spam e-mails per day, but I …

Malware writers are out to cash in on the Independence Day celebrations of United States. A new email in circulation poses itself as a July Four greeting card sent by a friend …