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Symantec Adds Web Gateway Security to Protection Suite
Symantec today announced the integration of Web Gateway 4.5 into its Symantec Protection Suite Enterprise Edition following the company’s April acquisition of Mi5 Networks. The latest improvement to the Symantec suite adds a new tier of anti-malware technology to the existing anti-virus engine that is meant to better protect users from botnet and Web 2.0…
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Health Care Unprepared to Secure Digital Health Records
A new report on the state of security within health care shows that these organizations are unprepared to meet the increased risks to their information in the wake of coming requirements by the federal government to push adoption of digital patient records. Released last week, the 2009 Global Security Study for Life Sciences and Health…
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McAfee Sports MSP Status After MX Logic Buy
McAfee agrees to buy security vendor MX Logic for $140 million to bolster its software-as-a-service business. The deal follows McAfee’s recent announcement that it will be looking to expand its SAAS footprint among enterprises. McAfee announced July 30 that it has agreed to purchase security vendor MX Logic for $140 million to help build out…
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Mac Flaw Could Let Hackers Get Scrambled Data
(Reuters) – A Mac security expert has uncovered a technique that hackers could use to take control of Apple Inc computers and steal data that is scrambled to protect it from identity thieves. Prominent Mac researcher Dino Dai Zovi disclosed the software flaw at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, one of the…
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SMB Security Slack Continues
SMB Security Slack Continues Vulnerable Customer Segment58% of all SMBs have recently been affected by cybercrime or Internet infections Vulnerable Customer Segment44% of U.S. SMBs have been hit by cybercriminals Vulnerable Customer Segment30% of organizations were so badly hurt by cybercrime that it affected productivity Vulnerable Customer Segment55% of SMBs still name viruses as…
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8 Black Hat Breakthroughs
8 Black Hat Breakthroughs by Ericka Chickowski EV SSL ExploitsA vulnerability in the way browsers handle Extended Validation SSL render the costly certs pretty darned useless until browser developers fix it. Researchers will show off a tool that leverages low assurance certificates to spoof Breaking the security myths of Extended Validation SSL CertificatesAlexander Sotirov, Mike…
