While the world’s online sharing community is excited about Kim Dotcom’s bold new venture, the file-storage and sharing service Mega, it is already drawing criticism from security researchers, who advise not to trust it. The ...
Unidentified attackers stole sensitive information from hundreds of diplomatic, government, research and military organizations from around the world as part of a newly uncovered cyberespionage campaign that started nearly six years ago. ...
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Micron on Thursday unveiled its first terabyte-sized solid-state drive (SSD) for consumers, the Crucial M500, which will sell for under $600, or 60 cents per gigabyte. The new SSD, almost doubles the capacity over its predecessor the ...
Security analysts this week challenged South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley's defense of the state's information security practices in the wake of a data breach at the S.C. Department of Revenue that exposed the Social Security Numbers ...
Personally identifiable information of "at least" 10,000 NASA employees and contractors remains at risk of compromise following last month's theft of an agency laptop, a spokesman told Computerworld via email Thursday. Agency employees ...
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Macworld - The My Passport Edge for Mac is the newest member of Western Digitals portable hard drive family. Its not wildly different from previous My Passport models, but the Edge does have USB 3.0 connectivity, and has slimmed down to an ...
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Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has attacked the government's Communications Data Bill, labelling it a state "snooper's charter", and stating that Wikipedia will encrypt all connections with the UK if the plans to track internet, email and ...
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Cyber crime has continued to become more professional in 2012, with the barriers to entry becoming ever lower with the emergence of increasingly powerful toolkits and exploits for sale online. In the past year, cyber criminals have used ...
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A new variant of a Trojan program called Reveton that prevents victims from using their computers and displays rogue messages from law enforcement agencies is using localized voice messages to trick victims into paying made-up fines, ...
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New solutions provide complete protection against all kinds of threats with minimum impact on PC performance thanks to their cloud technologies The new Scan Manager scans up to 70 percent faster BERKSHIRE, ENGLAND, September 09, 2012 ...
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Giving customers an element of control when it comes to storing their data in the cloud is the key to gaining their trust and, in turn, their patronage. This is the belief of Trend Micro’s solutions architect, Udo Schneider, who ...
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They say no one can hear you scream in space, but if you so much as whisper on the Web, you can be tracked by a dozen different organizations and recorded for posterity. Simply visiting a website can allow its operators to figure out your ...
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Bolton NHS Foundation Trust has selected security management firm Wave Systems' Safend Encryptor to encrypt sensitive data and manage and recover data securely. Further reading NHS Trust fined £175,000 for 'entirely avoidable' ...
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The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) says charities and third sector organisations stand to benefit most from a data protection check-up. The privacy watchdog offers free day-long advisory visits that give small and medium sized ...
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Coherent Graphics Ltd today is pleased to introduce Proview 1.5, their updated full-featured PDF Editor for Mac OS X. Sporting a simple, clean interface, Proview features a wide range of tools to edit existing PDF documents, as well as ...
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