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Warnings made of an 'old-new' Windows vulnerability that could make applications open to remote code-execution attacks
Warnings have been made about a 'new' zero-day flaw in Windows that could make applications vulnerable.
Categories: Security
Was a Trojan responsible for the death of 154 people in a plane crash?
Investigations have been made into whether a Trojan caused a Spanish plane to crash.
Categories: Security
The views of the industry on the Intel acquisition of McAfee
Yesterday's huge announcement that Intel is to purchase McAfee for $7.7 billion was one of the biggest stories in this industry this year.
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Could the adoption of private cloud be the resolution to security fears?
The capability of establishing and working within a private cloud could bring comfort to the suspicions of using the public cloud.
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Primeur incorporates Data Expedition technology into managed file transfer solution
Data Expedition and Primeur have signed a new technology partnership that will see technology shared with the Spazio FASTransfer.
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Adobe releases out-of-band patch to cover Black Hat critical flaw in Reader and Acrobat
Adobe has issued an emergency patch to address a critical flaw in Reader and Acrobat
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Intel set to acquire McAfee
Intel has announced its intention to acquire McAfee for $7.68 billion, around £5 billion.
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Cameron Diaz named as the most dangerous cyber space celebrity ahead of Justin Bieber, Tom Cruise and Barack Obama
Knight and Day star Cameron Diaz has been named as the most dangerous celebrity in cyber space.
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Facebook announces the 'Places' application to move into FourSquare's geolocation space
Facebook has moved into geolocation services with a new application added named 'Facebook Places'.
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Replay launches solution to generate new or expanded execution logs from historical software recordings
Replay Solutions has announced the latest version of its 'log amplification' solution ReplayDIRECTOR that can generate new or expanded execution logs from historical software recordings.
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MySpace introduces simplified privacy settings for users to determine whether people under 18 years old can view profiles
Long-forgotten social networking pioneer MySpace has updated its privacy settings for its users.
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Spain is the next country to hit Google with a lawsuit over Street View controversy
A Google representative has been summoned to appear before a judge in Madrid following a complaint by a Spanish privacy watchdog.
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HP announces intention to acquire Fortify Software
HP has announced that it is to acquire the software security assurance company Fortify Software.
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BlockMaster's SafeStick USB device receives CESG certification
Secure USB provider BlockMaster has announced that its SafeStick device has received a CESG claims test mark (CCTM) certification.
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Symantec warns of a suspicious Android application that appears as 'Snake' but transmits GPS data
Warnings have been made of a malicious version of the classic mobile phone game 'Snake' that is actually a Trojan.
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BitDefender announces launch of 2011 security suites
The 2011 consumer security suites have been launched by BitDefender.
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Security software market expected to grow in 2010, as organisations are driven by identity management and compliance
Gartner has predicted that the security software market will grow by 11 per cent this year.
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Department of Communities and Local Government prepares upgrade from Internet Explorer 6
The department of Communities and Local Government is looking into a browser upgrade from Internet Explorer 6 to the latest version.
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New PCI requirements take into consideration cloud-hosting and log management
A reinforcement of the need for a thorough scoping exercise, support for centralised logging and validation of a risk-based approach are among the requirements in the revised PCI standards.
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Centralisation and data structuring included in new version of LogLogic software
LogLogic has announced the latest version of its log management software.
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