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Dropbox Password Protection Function Disabled By Bug
Online storage service Dropbox accidentally turned off passwords for four hours, potentially exposing data belonging to its 25 million customers to unauthorized users. The breach occurred when the company applied a code change at 4:54 p.m. EST on June 19 that caused problems with the authentication mechanism, Arash Ferdowsi, Dropbox CTO and founder, wrote in…
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Despite Public Data Breaches, Password Security Still Weak
Despite repeated reminders to select strong passwords and not to reuse them across Websites and services, online users continue to be frighteningly lax in their password security, according to a recent analysis of leaked passwords. Security experts recommend taking a multilayered approach to security. Instead of relying on a single point of failure, organizations should…
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WatchGuard Strengthens Email Security Appliances
WatchGuard Technologies, a provider of business security solutions, released a software update to its extensible content security family of Web and messaging security appliances. This software release allows businesses to employ data loss prevention features, content and policy controls for accelerating Web traffic and spam and phishing prevention technologies. For more granular data loss prevention…
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Citigroup Reveals More Than 350,000 Cards Affected After Data Breach
Citigroup officials are saying now that 360,083 credit card accounts were accessed in the data breach this month, far more than the 210,000 they originally estimated. Citigroup released the revised tally in a letter to customers June 15. The release came after Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen said the company was not giving out enough…
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Google Apps Partners Team Up for Security Bundle
Google Apps partners CloudLock, Backupify and LTech have collaborated to release the Secure Cloud Bundle, a collection of products to enhance data security, backup and IT administration for organizations that use Google Apps. By buying the bundle rather than the products separately, customers can save more than 60 percent on the price. The bundle is…
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Panasonic Toughbook to Offer Android Tablet
Panasonic Solutions Company announced its plan to deliver an enterprise-grade Google Android-based tablet to the market later this year. The Toughbook tablet is designed to address a current gap in the market by introducing a secure, durable and functional device that will feature a high brightness, daylight viewable 10.1″ screen and include an integrated active…