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Cloud tools abound. Is enterprise IT ready?

Service providers, start-ups, integrators and established vendors offer broad range of management tools. But enterprises might not be ready to implement complex orchestration and automation systems.

Apr 8, 2013 8 mins

Cloud Computing Fraud

10 useful cloud tools

New tools help IT execs cut cloud costs, optimize resources, integrate and manage cloud instances

Apr 8, 2013 7 mins

Cloud Computing Fraud

Facebook weighs in on Home’s privacy implications

The company issues a Q&A Friday that talks about privacy and its new Home software

Apr 6, 2013 3 mins

Collaboration Software Cybercrime Small and Medium Business

DHS warns of spear-phishing campaign against energy companies

Attackers used information from company website to craft attacks

Apr 5, 2013 4 mins

Cybercrime Malware Networking

Army defends its mobile device security plan

DOD inspector general revises critical report it yanked off Web about Army cybersecurity, though findings remain the same

Apr 5, 2013 4 mins

Mobile Device Management Mobile Security Smartphones

APT attackers getting more evasive, even more persistent

Fear of discovery fuels sneakier tactics by writers of persistent malware

Apr 5, 2013 4 mins

Advanced Persistent Threats Malware Network Security

Bitcoin mining malware spreading on Skype, researcher says

A new Skype spam campaign directs users to malware that uses the computer's CPU to mine Bitcoins, according Kaspersky Lab researchers

Apr 5, 2013 2 mins

Kaspersky Lab Malware Small and Medium Business

PostgreSQL releases updates to address high-risk vulnerability, other issues

VMware also updates its PostgreSQL-based vFabric Postgres database product

Apr 5, 2013 3 mins

Access Control Malware Mobile Device Management

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday for April to address Windows 8 vulnerabilities

One patch may be the first ever for Web Apps 2010

Apr 4, 2013 2 mins

Browsers Small and Medium Business Windows

Microsoft to patch IE10 Pwn2Own bugs next week, says security expert

Slates nine security updates for IE, Windows, SharePoint and Defender on Windows 8, RT

Apr 4, 2013 5 mins

Malware Microsoft Mozilla