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This is the first beta release built on the new Snort 3.0 architecture which consists of two primary components: a software platform called the Snort Security Platform …

Core Security Technologies has issued an advisory disclosing critical vulnerabilities that could affect large numbers of end users and organizations using Sun’s Java …

The new ASUS Eee PC 1004DN is the first netbook to integrate a fingerprint sensor, AuthenTec’s small form factor AES1610. At a lightweight 3.2 pounds (1.45 kilograms), …

The Solaris platform, including the Solaris 10 Operating System and OpenSolaris, has been extended to provide performance, energy efficiency and reliability enhancements for …

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.