Security

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday filled with zero-day exploits

Excel, Wordpad and IE among patch targets

Microsoft patches ‘insane’ number of bugs

10 of the 23 vulnerabilities have already been exploited, or are public

Privacy rules slow adoption of electronic medical records

Choice for policy makers may be between tough patient privacy rules and speedy EMR enactment

Conficker group says worm 4.6 million strong

The total number of infected PCs could be higher, however

Cisco ‘could’ announce 10% layoffs, analyst predicts

J.P. Morgan says job cuts possible in wake of expected revenue decline of 21% for fiscal year

Cisco to make splash at RSA Conference

Botlab keeping an eye on spamming botnets

Worm not the best way to lure a partner, Twitter

Trend Micro dishes out security smorgasbord

Windows-based security software modules work as add-ons to the systems management desktop agent

Identity management is key to the proper operation of cloud computing

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