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Kneber botnet returns, steals sensitive government documents

The Kneber botnet is running and striking again – this time with a Christmas-themed electronic greeting card seemingly coming from The White House and targeting …

Critical vulnerability in ImgBurn

A vulnerability has been discovered in ImgBurn, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user’s system, according to Secunia. The vulnerability is …

Fake Microsoft security update carries Autorun worm

An e-mail supposedly coming from Microsoft and urging the recipients to update their Windows has started making rounds yesterday: There are a lot of people out there who will …

GoFlex for Mac external drives easily used with Windows

Addressing the personal preferences of the Mac community, Seagate introduced a new collection of GoFlex for Mac external drives designed to make it easy for those who use Mac …

Move to electronic health records raises privacy and security concerns

What are the top security and privacy issues facing the healthcare industry in 2011? A panel of healthcare experts representing privacy, trends, technology, regulatory, data …

QualysGuard integration with BeyondTrust PowerBroker

BeyondTrust and Qualys announced a technology partnership to integrate QualysGuard with BeyondTrust’s PowerBroker for Unix Servers. The integration will enable customers …

Microsoft confirms unpatched Windows vulnerability

Microsoft released a new security advisory to address a publicly disclosed vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows’ Graphics Rendering Engine on Windows Vista, Server …

The evolution of cyber criminal operations

There is a concerning evolutionary step cyber criminal operations are taking to more effectively diversify the distribution of their ill-gotten gains, according to Fortinet. …

Is Google losing its fight against spam?

Once upon a time, Google was unequivocally the best and the most popular search engine in the world. Ranking pages by how they were interconnected (linked) to other sites, …

Most federal employees take IT security seriously

Most Federal employees go beyond baseline IT security requirements, according to a new survey by the Government Business Council. While 97 percent of Federal employees are …

Dell to acquire SecureWorks

Dell has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SecureWorks, a provider of information security services. SecureWorks protects information assets, improves compliance and …

Secure your iMac with a lock

MacLocks is making iMac theft prevention possible, following up their successful iPad lock. The all new Maximum Security iMac lock makes it easier than ever to lock down an …

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