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Symantec, Informatica Partner on Data Storage and Archiving
Data integration software specialist Informatica and security firm Symantec announced a partnership to address the challenges of big data. Under the agreement, Symantec expands its existing relationship with Informatica to resell Informatica Data Archive. The new agreement is designed to bolster Symantec’s portfolio of data protection, email and file archiving solutions with new capabilities and…
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Millions Affected by Health Care Data Breaches Since 2009
A list of data breaches by the Office for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reveals that more than 10 million patients have been affected by security lapses in about 260 health care-related incidents reported since 2009. The department began compiling the list on Feb. 22, 2010, when the HITECH…
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Malware Masquerading as Kaspersky Antivirus Scanner on Mobile Devices
New fake antivirus scareware pop up with amazing regularity, but some researchers encountered an intriguing variant that indicates scammers may begin targeting mobile platforms. A rogue antivirus masquerading as a Kaspersky Lab antivirus scanner has been spotted on mobile devices, Dinesh Venkatesan, an anti-malware researcher, posted on the CA Security Advisor Research Blog on April…
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Alternative Antivirus Vendors Worth a Look
Alternative Antivirus Vendors Worth a Look KasperskyRecently climbing into the coveted number 3 spot in the list of antivirus vendors for the first time, Kaspersky has got great cache for its technological prowess. Not to mention it has rocketed from unknown to alternative superstar largely based on its favorable channel relations. No Title Trend MicroA…
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More Than Half of Web Apps Fail Security Audits
More than half of Web applications have some kind of serious security flaw after development, according to a research report, suggesting that software developers need to improve their security coding skills. About 58 percent of Web applications generally fail a security audit the first time around, according to Veracode’s State of Software Security report, released…
