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Sophos Buys Unified Threat Management Firm Astaro
British security firm Sophos has acquired unified threat management provider Astaro to round out its networking security portfolio. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Sophos will be able to provide complete data and threat protection for IT, regardless of device type, user location or network boundaries, Sophos said on May 6. The combined…
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Hacking Dirty Dozen Fraudsters Favorite Attack Vectors
Hacking Dirty Dozen Fraudsters Favorite Attack Vectors POS serverServersUsed in 36% of breaches No Title POS terminalUser DevicesUsed in 21% of breaches No Title Pay at the pump terminalUser Devices Used in 18% of breaches No Title Database serverServersUsed in 14% of breaches No Title Web app/serverServersUsed in 9% of breaches No Title Regular employee/end-userPeople…
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Network Anomoly Sparks Password Concerns for LastPass Users
An “anomaly” in the network traffic has prompted online password manager LastPass to notify its customers of a potential security breach that requires them to immediately change their master passwords. Administrators noticed a “network traffic anomaly” that lasted a few minutes from a “non-critical” machine on May 3, LastPass wrote on its blog on May…
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Security Index Shows Americans Growing More Anxious
Americans are more concerned than ever about all aspects of their personal security, online and offline, but it’s not entirely clear why, according to a recent survey from Unisys. Approximately half of the respondents polled were seriously concerned about viruses, spam and the safety of online shopping, according the latest Unisys Security Index survey. The…
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Symantec Unveils Updates at Vision Conference
Symantec partners will have a lot of new opportunities after the torrent of new initiatives the company unveiled at its annual Vision users conference this week. Announcing a spate of offerings in all of Symantec’s sweet spots, from endpoint security to IT governance and backup to storage management, the firm is revving up to finish…
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RIM Opens Enterprise Servers to iPhone, Android
ORLANDO, Florida, May 5 (Reuters) – Research In Motion’s (TSE:RIM) decision to open its highly secure Enterprise servers to Apple and Android smartphones is a once-unthinkable concession that could save the BlackBerry maker’s skin. RIM, once the dominant force in out-of-office communications for business professionals, had little choice but to offer to manage communications sent…
