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Aussie security company set to be snapped up by Symantec 19/08/2008 14:50:00
Symantec has announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Australian security vendor PC Tools.

Symantec has announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Australian security vendor PC Tools. The privately held PC Tools, which is headquartered in Sydney, has risen to global prominence since hitting the world stage in 2003 with its security and privacy products for Windows-based PCs.
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McCain promotes online security, privacy policies 15/08/2008 06:39:00
John McCain issued a statement on Thursday with his thoughts on online security and privacy issues.

Presumptive Republican presidential candidate John McCain, sometimes criticized for admitting to not using the Internet much, flexed his technology credentials while outlining his opinions about online security and privacy on Thursday.
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Hackers spoof MSNBC alerts in new twist on malware ruse 14/08/2008 11:04:00
Hackers now pushing breaking stories from rival CNN network MSNBC.

Hackers trying to plant malware on PCs have switched from touting CNN news in come-on messages to pushing breaking stories said to be from rival network MSNBC, security experts said today.
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Microsoft fixes IE, Office in big month of security updates 13/08/2008 08:03:38
Microsoft has released patches to fix 19 critical holes in its software Tuesday, including five flaws in IE that should be patched immediately.

Microsoft released patches to fix 19 critical vulnerabilities in its software Tuesday, including five flaws in its Internet Explorer browser that security experts advise IT administrators to patch immediately.
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Ticketek apologises for not-so-Dandy mailout 12/08/2008 17:30:36
CEO Geoff Jones says sorry for mistake that exposed 13,000 email addresses.

Ticketek Tuesday afternoon issued a formal apology to the individuals whose emails it exposed in a botched newsletter mailout.
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Researcher: Intel fixed two critical flaws in its chips 11/08/2008 08:24:38
Flaws in Intel CPUs allowing launch of remote attack against a computer fixed, but other bugs remain.

A Russian researcher who plans to demonstrate this fall how he could take advantage of flaws in Intel's chips, said the chipmaker has told him it has fixed two critical bugs.
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Update: Fake-CNN spam mutates as attacks continue 11/08/2008 08:30:53
Media attention causes spam to morph, sporting new subject heading and links.

The massive attack that has infected PCs by tricking users into clicking links in fake messages from CNN.com shows little sign of ending soon, security researchers said Friday.
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Malware miasma - There's a Web page infected "every five seconds" 06/08/2008 10:43:31
Hackers and other cyber-criminals have run amuck in the first half of 2008, infiltrating business networks - and infecting Web sites at a rate of one page every five seconds.

Malware threats on the Web grew at an exponential rate over the first half of 2008, security experts say.
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Apple gets bruised in vulnerability report 05/08/2008 18:42:56
IE more secure than Firefox: X-Force report

Apple has taken the place of Microsoft for disclosing more vulnerabilities than any other vendor, according to an IBM security report.
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Apple nixes security engineering talk 04/08/2008 08:33:26
Apple has nixed a security talk by company engineers set for the Black Hat security conference next week.

Apple has pulled its security engineering team out of a planned public discussion on the company's security practices, which had been set for this week's Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas.
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Firewall vendors scramble to fix DNS problem 04/08/2008 08:18:31
Firewall vendors are scrambling to release a bug in their products that undoes part of a recent critical DNS patch.

Nearly a month after a critical flaw in the Internet's Domain Name System was first reported, vendors of some of the most widely used firewall software are scrambling to fix a problem that can essentially undo part of the patches that address this bug.

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