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Regular expression patterns containing certain clauses that execute in exponential time (for example, grouping clauses containing repetition that are themselves repeated) can …

At RSA Conference 2010 Europe last week, Qualys CTO Wolfgang Kandek gave a presentation on how to accelerate the patching progress in the enterprise. It contains example of …

It has always been taken for granted that the entire IT security industry understands that, as part of digital certificate management, it is necessary to manage the private …

Reports are coming in that an unencrypted USB stick – apparently containing details on the Sellafield nuclear site’s operations – was found by a coach driver …

Encryption key and digital certificate inventories are rising, according to a study by Venafi. Poorly managed encryption leads to system downtime, non-compliance and audit …

Adobe is announcing the new Acrobat X Family of Products which includes Adobe Reader X as well as Acrobat X Suite, Acrobat X Pro, and Acrobat X Standard. Reader X is the only …

Theft of information and electronic data at global companies has overtaken physical theft for the first time, according to the Kroll Annual Global Fraud Report. The study …

New, advanced evasion techniques (AET) that can pose a serious threat to existing network security systems worldwide, according to Stonesoft. These AET threats significantly …

Week in review: Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, interviews, articles, reviews and podcasts: A foolproof drive-by-download blocking …

A vulnerability in the BlackBerry Attachment Service component of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server could allow a malicious individual to cause buffer overflow errors, leading …

While some of the technical underpinnings that make up the cloud’s “secret sauce’, are relatively recent innovations, the business case for managing critical …

Whether you’re at work or at home, spam causes headaches and wastes time, forcing you to trawl through your inbox to work out which mail is legitimate and which is spam. …