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Apple Said It Was Developing a Security Fix for Its Mac OS X Computer Operating System
Feb 27, 2014Apple said Monday it was developing a security fix for its Mac OS X computer operating system after a patch released for its iPhones and iPads to thwart hacker attacks. The California tech giant released its security update for the iOS 7 ...
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Sophos Has Released Results of a Study
Nov 25, 2013Sophos has released results of a study which shows some alarming findings on senior management’s knowledge of security procedures in SMBs. Risk of an Uncertain Security Strategy, conducted by Ponemon Institute and Sophos, ...
Tags: Sophos, SMB Managers, IT Threats
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Collecting More and More Unstructured Data May Well Lead to Attackers Seeing Value
Nov 6, 2013“Collecting more and more unstructured data will open up another whole degree of attractiveness and may well lead to attackers seeing value in a form not previously recognised by the organisation that owns the data.” So ...
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The Cyber-Extortionists Have Extended Their Deadline for Affect PC Users
Nov 6, 2013The cyber-extortionists behind the Cryptolocker "ransomware", which encrypts users' files and refuses to decrypt them without payment, have extended their deadline for affect PC users. Cryptolocker uses 256-bit Advanced Encryption ...
Tags: Computer Products, web surcrity
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New York Times Blamed a Prolonged Website Outage on Tuesday on a Hacking Attack
Aug 28, 2013The New York Times blamed a prolonged website outage on Tuesday on a hacking attack at the company's Australia-based domain name registrar, Melbourne IT. A story published by The Times on Tuesday afternoon quoted the company's CIO, Marc ...
Tags: Computer Products, IT
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WatchGuard Technologies Has Been Awarded a 'Performance Verified Certification'
Jul 23, 2013WatchGuard Technologies has been awarded a "Performance Verified Certification" by independent test lab, Miercom, for performing nearly 3.5 times faster than competing unified threat management (UTM) solutions with standard UTM features ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Cybersecurity Teamed up to Go in Search of Students Aged From 14 to 16
Jun 12, 2013The Cabinet Office and Cyber Security Challenge UK have teamed up to go in search of students aged from 14 to 16 who have "the potential to become professional cyber defenders". With support from security companies including QinetiQ, ...
Tags: Computer Products, Classroom, Cybersecurity
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Number-Two-Ranked McAfee Enjoyed The Most Overall Growth Last Year
Jun 2, 2013A Gartner report about the security software market out today shows that number-two-ranked McAfee enjoyed the most overall growth last year, Trend Micro slipped but stayed number three, and Symantec held onto its top spot with 19.6 percent ...
Tags: Gartner, McAfee, Trend Micro
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Corporate IT Departments Will Be Faced with a "Mega Patch" Tuesday From Microsoft Today
May 15, 2013Corporate IT departments will be faced with a "mega patch" Tuesday from Microsoft today. The patches to Microsoft's various Windows operating systems and essential applications will patch a number of flaws that are already being exploited ...
Tags: Microsoft, Mega Patch
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The Customers of Name. Com Should Reset Passwords for The Security
May 13, 2013Domain registrar Name.com forced its customers to reset their account passwords on Wednesday following a security breach on the company's servers that might have resulted in customer information being compromised. Hackers might have ...
Tags: Computer Products, Passwords
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Even Supposedly Secure Passwords Typically Share Common Characteristics
May 6, 2013Ninety per cent of passwords are vulnerable to hacking because even supposedly secure passwords typically share common characteristics. Because people are required to generate so many passwords with particular characteristics - at least ...
Tags: Computer Products, hacking
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LivingSocial Has Suffered a Huge Data Breach on Its Computer Systems
May 2, 2013LivingSocial, the daily deals website, has suffered a huge data breach on its computer systems, impacting up to 50 million customers. LivingSocial CEO Tim O'Shaughnessy sent employees an email, seen by AllThingsD, which explained that the ...
Tags: LivingSocial, Data Compromised
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Apple Patched Java for The OS X Snow Leopard and Tweaked Safari
Apr 19, 2013Apple on Tuesday patched Java for the aged OS X Snow Leopard and tweaked Safari to give users more control over what websites they let run the vulnerability plagued Oracle software. Oracle on Tuesday shipped an update for Java 6 and Java ...
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Facebook Home Should Be Banned From Corporate Networks to Avoid Unnecessary Security Risks
Apr 11, 2013Facebook Home, the new app that replaces the home screen on an Android smartphone, should be banned from corporate networks to avoid unnecessary security risks, experts say. Facebook introduced Home on Thursday, aiming to give its 1 ...
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NHS Foundation Trust Selected Wave Systems' Safend Data Protection Suite
Apr 8, 2013Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has selected security software provider Wave Systems' Safend Data Protection Suite, to help it to comply with the Data Protection Act (DPA) 1998, the Information Governance Toolkit and ...
Tags: software provider, NHS Trust