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Hackers Unleash New iPhone Virus
(Reuters) – Hackers have built a virus that attacks Apple Inc’s iPhone by secretly taking control of the devices via their Internet connections, security experts said. The virus has been detected in the Netherlands and can only attack iPhones whose users have disabled some pre-installed security features, according to analysts monitoring the progress of the…
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Technology Giants Trend Higher in Quarter Revenues
Boom times may not be on the way anytime soon, but a quick look at the revenues reported by some of the big technology companies in their most recent quarters shows a promising sign. That is, for the most part, even though companies are reporting year-over-year declines in revenues still, they are also reporting revenues…
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Xceedium Targets Mainframe with Access Control Appliance
This week, Jersey City, N.J.-based Xceedium released to the channel an update to its access control gateway that gives customers the power to control and audit access to legacy mainframe systems and virtualized systems, two niches for which it has traditionally proven quite complex to manage access The Xceedium GateKeeper Version 5 will extend its…
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New Exploit Targets Older Versions of Internet Explorer
Symantec is reporting that older versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer are susceptible to a new attack against a vulnerability in its cascading style sheets (CSS). While a working exploit hasn’t been detected, Symantec suspects that it’s only a matter of time before hackers start actively using this new vulnerability with a full-functioning exploit. According…
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Global Warming Email Disclosure Reveals Strategic Thinking
The security breach that resulted in the release of email correspondence between global warming scientists is being compared to such history information disclosures as The Pentagon Papers and Nixon’s Oval Office tapes. What the messages reveal is more than just the venomous relations among scientists on both sides of the issue, but the strategies and…
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Global Warming Email Hack Reveals Value of Routine Correspondence
Several solution providers and security vendors have told me of late that the biggest stumbling block in selling protection technology to SMBs is their perception that they have nothing to protect. Perhaps that’s true since the value of the information is in the eyes of the owner, and many don’t consider email to be necessarily…