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Virus Breach Thousands of Computers Globally
(Reuters) – A new type of computer virus is known to have breached almost 75,000 computers in 2,500 organizations around the world, including user accounts of popular social network websites, according Internet security firm NetWitness. The latest virus — known as "Kneber botnet" — gathers login credentials to online financial systems, social networking sites and…
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Top Threats of 2010 Social Networking Web 20
Top Threats of 2010 Social Networking Web 20 A study released this week showing survey results among more than 800 IT professionals from small to medium businesses (SMBs) with between 100 to 5,000 employees showed that while SMBs are well aware of the security threats they face, they’re still tackling problems ineffectively. Sponsored by Webroot,…
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ID Fraud Hits Small Businesses Hard
ID Fraud Hits Small Businesses Hard ID Fraud Hits Small Businesses HardBy Ericka Chickowski No Title Javelin Research recently wrapped up its study of identity fraud as it hit the U.S. last year, the seventh consecutive such study conducted by Javelin on a topic that has increasingly hit the nightmares of IT professionals and business…
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Brocade, McAfee Team to Target Network Security
In an announcement that was originally going to include IBM’s participation, Brocade and McAfee have announced a strategic partnership to address the changes transforming the network security market. "We’re really starting to see the security market change," says Amy Medeiros with Brocade’s Strategic Alliances group. "The industry is changing really quickly and there are a…
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SonicWall Adds SSL Deep Packet Inspection to Firewall Lines
The latest platform iteration for the SonicWall TZ, NSA, and E-Class NSA firewalls, SonicOS 5.6 adds a new deep packet inspection (DPI) engine for SSL encrypted traffic, which has increasingly become a blind spot in many firewall, content filtering and data leak protection schemes today. Bad guys have begun using encryption technologies against the very…
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Seven Hot Security Management Tools
Seven Hot Security Management Tools As channel customers struggle to keep up with the endless stream of device logs and security information necessary to adjust infrastructure and procedures to mitigate risk, they’re looking to partners to offer them the right solutions and services to do just that. The security information and event management (SIEM) and…
