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Fidelis XPS Collector network appliance released

Fidelis Security Systems announced Fidelis XPS Collector, a new network appliance that enables the storage, query and correlation of all sessions on a network. The appliance …

Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Databases

Ace your preparation for the skills measured by Exam 70-462—and on the job—with this official Microsoft study guide. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and …

Chrome 22 released, researchers awarded $30K in bug bounties

Chrome v22 has been released, and with it over 40 vulnerabilities – 15 of which high-severity – have been closed. Google’s reward program for the responsible …

“Watering hole” sites crucial to new cyber espionage campaign

RSA’s newly dubbed FirstWatch research team has recently presented their findings on a “water holing” campaign that they first spotted back in July. The …

Rental computers spied on and photographed users, FTC claims

Seven rent-to-own companies and a software design firm have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they spied on consumers using computers that consumers …

EU-funded research to make the cloud greener

A special 3D microchip, being designed by an EU-funded research project, looks set to drastically cut the electricity and the installation costs of servers in cloud computing …

IEEE data breach demonstrates need for increased server-level security

According to news reports, the usernames and passwords of 100,000 members of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) have been found unencrypted on a FTP …

Bogus Facebook photo notification carries malware

A new Facebook-themed spam campaign is targeting the social network’s users, trying to trick them into opening the attached file: “The attached ZIP file has the …

Open source self-service cloud portal

ScaleXtreme released free open source software for companies to build internal cloud dashboards and self-service portals for developers and other end-users. The technology …

How to prevent a botnet infection?

The research team at e-mail security provider Eleven, published five tips today to help users prevent a botnet infection on their computer. Botnets are groups of hijacked …

Dissatisfaction with the current state of backup

ExaGrid Systems announced the results of a survey of 1,200 IT managers which shows widespread dissatisfaction with the capabilities of many existing backup systems to keep up …

Most 5 year olds already use an Internet enabled device

Children as young as five have easy access to an internet enabled device. A One Poll study of 2,000 parents of children aged 5 to 15 also shows six parents in ten frequently …

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