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Five datasets of the personal data store

* Definitions can stretch to all identity data

Jul 7, 2009 3 mins

Microsoft confirms attacks against IE6, IE7

'Browse-and-own' bug lets hackers hijack Windows XP; temp fix available

Jul 7, 2009 3 mins

Malware Microsoft Windows Security

Norton Internet Security 2010 beta: Different approach, new features, some glitches

Hands on: Symantec's beta of NIS 2010 shifts to reputation-based malware detection. But don't put it on your main PC just yet.

Jul 7, 2009 7 mins

Enterprise Applications Malware Network Security

Group examining SAML, Information Card for European identity system

Technology would let EU members safely share IDs

Jul 7, 2009 3 mins

Study: Social Security numbers are predictable

With a person's hometown and birth date mined from social networks, SSNs can be narrowed down

Jul 7, 2009 3 mins

Fraud Network Security Security

Study: Social Security Numbers Easy to Guess

Jul 7, 2009 2 mins

Compliance Security

Protecting Social Security numbers online is a futile exercise

Social Security numbers face myriad securty problems.

Jul 7, 2009 6 mins

Compliance Data Center Security

IT security pros are wary of cloud services

Jul 7, 2009 2 mins

Cloud Computing Security Virtualization

Parents need to talk to kids about Internet use, experts say

Teens may spend more time online during summer vacations

Jul 7, 2009 3 mins

Fraud Network Security Security

Microsoft may have known about critical IE bug for months

Researchers uncovered latest bug in 2007; Microsoft mum on timing

Jul 7, 2009 3 mins

Malware Network Security SaaS