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Article | 6/03/2009 Insider theft at New York Police Dept. impacts 80,000 cops

The New York Police Department (NYPD) is telling thousands of police officers that their personal information may be compromised due to a suspected da...

Article | 11/02/2009 McAfee touts integrated compliance suite

McAfee has taken steps to integrate its vulnerability assessment and policy management products in a single suite to make it easier for enterprises to...

Article | 5/02/2009 Norton Utilities brand revived for Windows XP, Vista

Symantec Tuesday announced it has revived the Norton Utilities optimization and cleanup tools for Windows that it folded years ago into a broader pack...

Article | 30/01/2009 Ex-employee accused of planting computer time bomb

A computer-engineering employee fired from troubled US mortgage giant Fannie Mae is accused of preparing a malware computer time bomb, which had it no...

Article | 16/01/2009 How Obama might get his way on BlackBerry

Naysayers aside, President-elect Obama appears determined to take office Tuesday with his BlackBerry -- or at least some PDA -- firmly in hand. Here's...

Article | 19/12/2008 Symantec unveils Norton Internet Security 4.0 for Mac

Symantec Thursday announced Norton Internet Security 4.0 for the Mac, desktop antimalware, firewall, antiphishing and online Web-threat protections fo...

Article | 10/12/2008 Ineffective law enforcement, bad economy fueling cybercrime

Cybercriminals operating worldwide are benefitting from ineffective law enforcement and a growing economic recession that could make jittery people mo...

Article | 25/11/2008 Symantec takes cybercrime snapshot with new report

The criminal market online for buying and selling stolen credit cards, pirated software and information about financial accounts is thriving, accordin...

Article | 20/11/2008 Cybersecurity is focus of new start-up incubator

The University of Texas at San Antonio Tuesday announced a technology incubator aimed at fostering IT security-based start-ups within the state.

Article | 12/11/2008 Distributed DoS attacks surging in scale, ISPs report

Massive distributed denial-of-service attacks against ISPs and their customers doubled in intensity over the past year, according to a new survey.

Article | 13/03/2008 10 of the worst moments in network security history

Some days are just worse than others when it comes to network security. Here are our picks for some of the worst in history.

Article | 30/10/2008 IBM 'security on a stick' protects online bank customers

IBM researchers have come up with a small device they like to call "security on a stick" for use in online banking so customers plugging into any comp...

Article | 2/10/2008 Credit-card security standard issued after much debate

The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council, the organization that sets technical requirements for processing credit- and debit-cards, Wednes...

Article | 30/09/2008 Biometrics help US soldiers fight terrorism

A biometrics "jumpkit" is helping American soldiers in Iraq to identify dangerous persons by immediately comparing detainees' fingerprints against an ...

Article | 29/09/2008 IBM offers glimpse at virtualization security products

IBM last week offered a sneak peek at what it says will address security issues in the virtualization world by early next year.