Recent Articles
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Research: IM Malware Attacks on the Rise
With 41 new attacks carried out during the month of December alone, 2006 proved to be a significant growth year for threats distributed over instant messaging systems. According to a new research report produced by security software maker Akonix Systems, in San Diego, experts at the company unearthed some 406 new IM-borne threats over the…
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Five Hackers Who Left a Mark on 2006
In the security year that was 2006, zero-day attacks and exploits dominated the headlines. However, the year will be best remembered for the work of members of the hacking—er, security research—community who discovered and disclosed serious vulnerabilities in the technologies we take for granted, forced software vendors to react faster to flaw warnings and pushed…
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Organization of SMB Solution Providers Looks to Grow
A growing community of small and midsize business owners has no plans to slow down in 2007. Armed with a new Web-based membership portal, the leaders of the Mobilize SMB Private Services Network are hoping to expand the group’s ranks in the new year. “MSPSN provides the framework for the SMB solution provider community to…
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Inside eBay’s Innovation Machine
Business is steady on an early December afternoon at the iSold It consignment store on Skeet Club Road in High Point, N.C., as customers drop off items to be sold on eBay. Bikes, electronics, power tools—a steady flow of stuff, forming a tributary to the nearly $50 billion flood of goods and services that will…
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OpenVZ Project Software Comes to Sun
The OpenVZ Project’s operating system-level server virtualization software is now available for users of Sun Microsystems’ UltraSPARC T1 processors. The Herndon, Va. organization announced Jan. 2 that it would start offering its virtualization software for servers, such as the Sun Fire T2000, that use this processor, formally code-named Niagara. On Feb. 14, 2006, Sun announced…
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Survey: Consumers Not Confident About Internet Security
Trend Micro announced Jan. 2 that it has released the findings from its new research study that measures what consumers think of their Internet security. Trend Micro, a security software provider based in Cupertino, Calif., released the Internet Confidence and Safety survey that evaluates consumers attitudes about Internet-related concerns such as how safe they feel…
