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Article | 19/06/2009 Worm-bearing Twitter spam on the loose

Twitter spam bearing a worm virus is on the loose today trying to lure Twitter users into opening a malicious file attachment containing malware that ...

Article | 17/06/2009 High-def video surveillance standard viewed as boon to users

A new industry group officially launched Tuesday with a proposed standard for closed-circuit high-definition TV for video surveillance, and end-users ...

Article | 10/06/2009 Group advocates standard for HDTV-based video surveillance

A recently formed group has proposed a standard for high-definition video surveillance systems that allows HDTV signals to be transmitted digitally ov...

Article | 1/06/2009 Racism, hate, militancy sites proliferating via social networking

Rascism, hate, and militancy sites have tripled in number over the past year on the Web and within corners of social-networking sites like Facebook, Y...

Article | 20/05/2009 28% taking smartphones and laptops to bed for work: survey

More than a quarter of 329 London workers surveyed admit they routinely take their laptop or other mobile computing device to bed to do work.

Article | 16/05/2009 McAfee buying Solidcore for whitelisting technology

McAfee today announced it intends to acquire Solidcore Systems for about US$33 million in cash and an additional $14 million if certain performance ta...

Article | 15/05/2009 Is the U.S. ready for government-sponsored cyberattacks?

If there's a sudden cyberattack on the U.S. Navy, Jim Granger could be among the first to know since it's his job to keep watch.

Article | 13/05/2009 Pirated Windows 7 software part of criminal botnet

Microsoft Windows 7 pirated versions have been found with hard-to-detect trojans intended for cybercrime purposes, according to a security firm.

Article | 27/04/2009 Conficker.E to self-destruct on May 5th?

The evolution of the multi-faceted Conficker worm is expected to take another turn this May 5th when the latest version, Conficker.E, will simply self...

Article | 22/04/2009 Cisco bolsters security family

Cisco Tuesday announced the Cisco IPS Sensor v. 7.0, adding what it calls "reputation analysis" to augment the signature-based defense of the intrusio...

Article | 22/04/2009 EMC, Symantec kick off security barrage

With the RSA Conference cranking up, EMC's security division RSA and Symantec rolled out security product releases Tuesday.

Article | 7/04/2009 Trend Micro expands SaaS security strategy

Trend Micro Monday expanded its software-as-a service strategy to reach a wider range of business customers while taking steps to keep its reseller ch...

Article | 31/03/2009 Conficker on April 1st: Eve of destruction or big joke?

Will the Conficker worm, expected to activate on April 1, set off viral destruction or be a dud?

Article | 17/03/2009 Spam delivers fake news of bomb as lure to malicious code

Security firms are sounding the alarm about spam messages purporting to report a bomb explosion in order to get victims to click on a fake Reuters new...

Article | 9/03/2009 Symantec identifies third Downadup/Conficker variant

A third version of Downadup has been identified by Symantec, which says the new variant gives infected machines more powerful instructions to disable ...