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The much-feared reactivation of the Conficker virus, forecast for April 1, has yet to cause massive infections. At 00:00h on April 1, Conficker started to generate 50,000 new …

F-Secure’s Mikko Hypponen wrote a thorough Q&A on the importance of April 1st for Conficker worm. Q: I heard something really bad is going to happen on the Internet …

Sophos techies recorded a podcast on the “popular” Conficker worm. They have added some related images to the audio track, so the podcast was released in a video format.

Fortify released a new report, “Building in Security in Government Software,” which describes the growing threat of application security attacks and key steps …

SafeNet announced the availability of its IPsec VPN security solution, QuickSec/IPsec, for the Open Mobile Handset Alliance’s (OHA) Android platform. The integration of …

The unprecedented decline of the global economy is impacting the IT industry with worldwide IT spending forecast to total $3.2 trillion in 2009, a 3.8 per cent decline from …

Key leaders within both the information security and cloud computing industries announced the formation of the Cloud Security Alliance, to be formally launched at the RSA …

Mikko Hypponen and Patrik Runald from F-Secure talk about the Conficker (Downadup) worm. A Conficker removal tool is available for download here.

The File-interface Deduplication System (FDS) opens up a new market for FalconStor Software by offering block-level deduplication of backup data via a simple file interface. …

The Conficker worm is receiving a lot of attention because of its vast scale (millions of machines infected) and advanced update mechanisms. Thanks to research by Tillmann …

Overtis Systems urged businesses to insist upon strong security from service providers before committing to cloud computing. Organizations need to pressure the internet …

Electronic communication services and networks provide the backbone of European economy. 93% of EU companies and 51% of Europeans actively used the internet in 2007. However …