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News

Gumblar malware's home domain is active again

ScanSafe researchers are seeing renewed activity regarding Gumblar, a multifunctional piece of malware that spreads by attacking PCs visiting hacked...

Major coding errors in Facebook, MySpace by developers

Social-networking sites MySpace and Facebook have apparently fixed coding errors that could have allowed an attacker access to all of their users'...

Analyst: PCI Security a Devil, 'Like No Child Left Behind'

By obsessing about PCI security compliance and spending money on overly complex and underperforming defenses, companies are ignoring risk management...

Forrester Study: The Total Economic Impact of Oracle Identity Manager WHITE PAPER

A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Oracle. Leveraging existing investment and cutting costs have become key IT...

New software detects bots scraping Web site data

Web sites such as job boards face a persistent problem: their data is constantly pilfered by automated bots.

Software shields online banking on infected PCs

A U.K. security company is giving to banks, for free, security software that it says can block malicious software from manipulating online banking...

China security market tough to crack for foreign vendors

Major security vendors looking to crack China's market have met obstacles localizing their products and securing distribution channels, analysts said...

Adding Application Control to Your Security Toolbox WHITE PAPER

Fortinet's custom-built FortiGate platforms deliver integrated, high-performance security technologies that provide defense-in-depth against...

Brocade partners with Thales for network-based encryption appliance

Brocade and Thales have combined switching and encryption technologies to create a SAN-based appliance that encrypts data on the fly at high speed...

Guardian jobs site falls victim to 'sophisticated' hack

A major U.K. newspaper has notified 500,000 people that details they posted to the newspaper's employment site may be in the hands of hackers.

Zurich loses data of 641,000 customers on tape

Insurance giant Zurich has lost the sensitive personal account details of 641,000 customers held on backup tape.

WatchGuard ROI Calculator WHITE PAPER

It is the most comprehensive and customizable ROI calculator available for network security. This web-based tool let's you add up all the hidden...

Fraudsters trying to capture bank cards at machines

If your cash card gets eaten by the automated-teller machine, it may not end up in the hands of a bank employee.

Coffins in the mail are a trick of the cybercrime trade

There's never been a better time to get involved in cybercrime.

Experts see forecast worsen for cybercrime

Law enforcement agencies can count a few recent victories against cybercriminals, but agents say the battle against them isn't getting any easier.

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