Stories about: Security Systems

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    Researchers see Gumblar attacks surge again 21/10/2009 08:26:00

    Security researchers are seeing a resurgence of Gumblar, the name for a piece of malicious code that is spread by compromising legitimate but insecure Web sites.
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    Why Security Matters Now 16/10/2009 05:06:00

    Social networking and cloud computing threats abound, our annual Global Information Security Survey finds, making information security important once again to business leaders.
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    Microsoft patches last major ATL bugs 15/10/2009 07:19:00

    Microsoft yesterday wrapped up a months-long job of patching a critical bug it accidently introduced in a crucial code "library," one of the researchers who uncovered the flaw said today.
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    Microsoft rushes patches to fix 'big deal' programming flaw 29/07/2009 08:33:00

    As promised, Microsoft today patched six vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer (IE) and Visual Studio with the first "out-of-cycle" update since it plugged a hole last October that the Conficker worm later used to run rampant.
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    Juniper nixes ATM security talk 01/07/2009 07:08:00

    Router maker Juniper Networks has barred one of the company's security researchers from discussing security flaws in Automated Teller Machines after an ATM maker threatened legal action.
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    ICSA Labs Helps Customers More Closely Align With Payment Card Industry’s Data Security Standard 24/06/2009 11:40:00

    ICSA Labs, an independent division of Verizon Business, announced the availability of new reports that can help businesses that store, process or handle credit card transactions comply with industry requirements for the secure handling of this data.
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    Adobe patches 13 critical PDF bugs in first quarterly update 10/06/2009 12:36:00

    Adobe issued its first regularly-scheduled security updates on Tuesday, fixing at least 13 critical flaws reported by outside researchers and secretly patching an unspecified number of bugs found by its own team.
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    Windows bugs never really die 24/04/2009 08:14:00

    Hackers can successfully attack Windows PCs months -- even years -- after Microsoft Corp. fixes a flaw, a security expert said Thursday, because there's always a pool of unpatched systems.
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    A Lesson in Compliance from the Chemical Industry 20/04/2009 03:56:00

    In many ways, the role of the CSO is directly tied to business profitability. By creating and enforcing policies that protect human, physical and intellectual assets, the CSO ensures the very integrity of the organization. This link to the bottom line, though, is about to become much stronger--and quite possibly much sooner than anticipated.
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    Conficker group says worm 4.6 million strong 15/04/2009 05:40:00

    Security experts say that the Conficker worm has infected an awful lot of computers, making it the largest "botnet" of hacked computers on the planet. The thing they can't seem to agree on, however, is exactly how many people have been hit.
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    Conficker.c controls 4% of all infected PCs, IBM says 06/04/2009 07:37:00

    As many as one out of every 25 Internet addresses that transmits potentially dangerous data over the Internet is infected with the Conficker.c worm, IBM Corp.'s security arm said Friday.
 
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