Stories by: Ellen Messmer

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    Are nations paying criminals for botnet attacks? 17/11/2009 17:03:00

    Nations that want to disrupt their enemies' banking, media and government resources don't need their own technical skills; they can simply order botnet attack services from cybercriminals.
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    Space agency eyes Amazon cloud for star data 13/11/2009 09:57:00

    The European Space Agency plans to launch a new scanning satellite to map the stars in our galaxy in more precise form than ever before, and researchers supporting the project, called Gaia, are evaluating whether Amazon's cloud computing service can handle the mammoth processing task.
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    Cisco MARS shuts out new third-party security devices 07/11/2009 06:56:00

    Cisco has finally publicly acknowledged it won't add support for new third-party devices to its security information and event monitoring appliance, ending months of speculation about the future of its Monitoring, Analysis and Response System. Some claim it's the beginning of the end for MARS as a multi-vendor SIEM device.
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    Gartner on cloud security: 'Our nightmare scenario is here now' 22/10/2009 05:28:00

    At the Gartner Symposium IT/Expo this week, thousands of IT managers packed into sessions on the topic of virtualization of enterprise computers, along with the prospect of adopting public cloud-based services or building private ones.
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    Gartner: Server virtualization now at 18 per cent of server workload 21/10/2009 02:29:00

    How fast is the shift to server virtualization happening? According to Gartner, 18% of server workloads this year run on virtualized servers; that share will grow to 28% next year and reach almost half by 2012.
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    Symantec calls 'SpywareGuard' and 'AntiVirus' top scareware threats 20/10/2009 01:33:00

    Fake security software "SpywareGuard" and "AntiVirus" are said to be the top two scareware programs out of about 250 fake security programs detected, according to a Symantec report.
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    Security software protects mobile and remote Mac, Windows users 20/10/2009 22:29:00

    DeepNines Technologies Tuesday is unveiling a desktop security agent that works in tandem with its content-filtering and anti-malware gateway to protect mobile and remote workers.
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    Facebook applications at risk from attack 15/10/2009 03:56:00

    A number of Facebook applications, including one called CityFireDepartment, has been hacked and tries to attack site visitors' computers via unpatched Adobe software vulnerabilities, a researcher says.
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    Cisco extends security controls to 'dark Web' 09/10/2009 02:25:00

    Cisco is tackling the so-called "dark Web" of online content that's not easily indexed or categorized by adding new usage controls to its IronPort S-Series Web Security Appliances.
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    Sophos adds DLP to desktop anti-malware 09/10/2009 08:57:00

    Sophos has added data-loss prevention capabilities to its desktop anti-malware software, the security firm says, promising gateway-based DLP in the future as well.
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    Compromised Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail accounts exploited in fake shopping scam 08/10/2009 07:44:00

    In the wake of the posting in online forums of stolen account and password information for thousands of Hotmail, Gmail and Yahoo e-mail accounts, there's evidence of yet more abuse that entails attackers exploiting that information to hack into compromised accounts over the last few days to send spam aimed at stealing credit cards.
 
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