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Hackers exploit release of Twilight New Moon film
Hackers are exploiting the web users searching for information about the Twilight New Moon film, due to be released this week, in a bid to spread...
Health Net says 1.5M medical records lost in data breach
Connecticut-based insurance provider Health Net told state officials that an external hard drive containing personal health and financial data on...
Microsoft denies it built 'backdoor' in Windows 7
Microsoft today denied that it has built a backdoor into Windows 7, a concern that surfaced on Wednesday after a senior National Security Agency...
Removing Barriers To Better Server Virtualization Efficiency WHITE PAPER
Based on research conducted by Tripwire, this whitepaper explores the common barriers to virtualization, and best practices around furthering...
UK police reveal arrests over Zeus banking malware
British police said Wednesday they've made the first arrests in Europe of two people for using Zeus, a sophisticated malicious software program that...
64-bit Windows safer, claims Microsoft
Windows users running 64-bit versions of the operating system are less likely to get infected by attack code, Microsoft's security team said...
T-Mobile UK employees sold customer data
Workers at T-Mobile UK have been selling customer data to brokers who work for the competition, T-Mobile and the U.K.'s Information Commissioner's...
Upgrading to VMware vSphere with vWire WHITE PAPER
Blogger Dominic Rivera describes how vWire can help ensure the success of your upgrade from ESX 3.x to vSphere, automating many manual steps and...
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Washington Watch National ID Program in Deep Trouble, as Budget Is Cut 40%
Funding for the already troubled Real ID program has been cut 40%, amid criticism by privacy advocates and state governors.
Google Street View Battle Highlights Privacy Challenge
Google is being sued by a Swiss watchdog agency for allegedly failing to take adequate measures to protect privacy. The legal battle in Switzerland...
UK hails first cybercrime cooperation with banks
U.K. police are hailing the sentencing of four people who used a sophisticated Trojan horse program to siphon money out of online bank accounts and...
The Forrester Wave: Email Filtering, Q2 2009 WHITE PAPER
One of your biggest challenges is evaluating and selecting vendor products and services. That's why Forrester created the Forrester Wave, making it...
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Microsoft confirms first Windows 7 zero-day bug
Microsoft late on Friday confirmed that an unpatched vulnerability exists in Windows 7, but downplayed the problem, saying most users would be...
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Spam campaign targets payment transfer system
A new spam campaign is targeting a financial transfer system that handles trillions of dollars in transactions annually and has proved to be a...
DOJ charges two programmers with aiding Madoff scheme
Two computer programmers who worked for Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities were arrested Friday and charged in connection with the multibillion...