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Microsoft won't patch critical DLL loading bugs
MIcrosoft has told a researcher that it won't patch a problem that has left scores of Windows applications open to attack. Read More


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Getting Started with Identity Compliance
The Burton Group's, Kevin Kampman, provides an overview of the latest technology for identity management. He'll help you sift through key, mandatory requirements and features and functionality that can wait. Kevin offers guidance on how you can get a 360-degree view of users' access and behavior, best practices and a real-world implementation. View Now.

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10 questions to ask before you buy an anti‐spam solution
With so many anti-spam products on the market, how can you be sure you're getting the best solution for your business network? With these ten critical questions as your guide, you can cut through the marketing hype and zero in on the key features and benefits that should guide your decision. Read now!

Making Sense of Intel and McAfee
It's been a few days since Intel's surprising McAfee acquisition announcement. This weekend I took time to read what others were saying about the merger and there seems to be a lot of postering and confusion out there. Here is a short list of some of the misconceptions: Read More

Open source tools at heart of DARPA's virtual satellite network
Open source software and algorithms will play a key role in the next stage of development for the military's advanced virtual satellite system that promises to replace monolithic spacecraft with clust Read More

5 indispensable IT skills of the future
In the year 2020, technical expertise will no longer be the sole province of the IT department. Employees throughout the organization will understand how to use technology to do their jobs. Read More


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The Wild, Wild Web: How to Ensure 360-Degree Border Security
Managing the security and availability of Web, email, and IM is complex. This paper will discuss the modern threat of blended attacks from web, email and IM. and highlight how a comprehensive hosted solution by Symantec Hosted Services can secure your networks from these threat vectors. Read Now

Registry operator Afilias embraces DNS security
Afilias, which operates .info and more than a dozen other Web site extensions, will announce on Monday plans to deploy an emerging standard known as DNSSEC that adds a layer of encryption to the Internet's Domain Name System. Read More

5 Ways Apple Patent Will Improve iPhone & iPad Security
A recently unveiled Apple patent application has raised concerns that Apple intends to remotely detect and disable jailbroken iPhones and iPads. The patent application does contain the word jailbroken, but the description of the patent reveals powerful new remote security features and doesn't really support the conspiracy theory. Read More

Google's Chrome speeds up Flash patching seven-fold
Google's decision to push Adobe Flash security fixes using Chrome's silent update service has yielded a seven-fold increase in patching speed, a Google software engineer said. Read More


WHITE PAPER: MessageLabs

Top Ten Web Threats and how to eliminat
This paper raises real challenges for IT managers who have to protect the business against malware, keep internet bandwidth available for legitimate business needs and enforce acceptable use policies for the human resource department. Read Now.

Philadelphia not showing any brotherly blogger love: City wants $300 license fee
The City of Philadelphia has found a sure fire way to piss off the entire Internet community by demanding a $300 "business privilege license" for local bloggers. Specifically, bloggers can pay $300 for a lifetime license or $50 per year. Do we need a Federal law for electronics recycling? Oh yeah, and the city wants taxes on any profits the blog might have made - that would be in addition to any... Read More

Apple can't stop ongoing iTunes charge scam
Users of Apple's iTunes services should keep a close eye on PayPal and credit card statements for fraudulent iTunes charges. Read More

Newest E-mail Scams: Could They Fool You?
Think only the pathetically credulous and the uneducated fall victim to outrageous e-mail scams? Don't believe it. Read More

Avoid Your Business Being Collateral Damage in a Cyber War
All around the world, governments declare they are gearing up for cyber war. I know, I know, to anyone who has been at this for any significant length of time, many of the news stories we are reading today could have, or should have, been written a decade ago, or more. The term "Cyber war" seems to be on everyone's lips again. (Cue the theme music for "Groundhog Day" - again!) In one way, it is hard to take it seriously anymore; in another way, it is incredible that so many governments sound like they are just getting started, again. Nevertheless, even though the chest-beating seems to be a redux, and much of the blustering rhetoric seems to be recycled, the reality on the virtual ground in cyber space is that the capabilities (the offensive ones, at least) have evolved over the last decade, and so have the opportunities. Furthermore, the appetite to use them seems to have grown apace. Read More

Your Password Policy Stinks
Research has shown that accounts protected by passwords less than 8 characters are about as hard to break into as a safe made out of toilet paper. The minimum password length should between 12 and 16 characters, which means your password policy may need refreshing. Complex passwords are just not something the human mind was designed to remember. While I can remember a frightening amount of StarWars... Read More

 
 
 

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Mobile deathmatch: RIM BlackBerry Torch 9800 vs. Apple iPhone 4
Apple's iPhone has reinvented the mobile phone, while the longtime smartphone king, the venerable BlackBerry, has been slow to change. Now, Research in Motion has updated the BlackBerry to incorporate modern touch capabilities while remaining very much a BlackBerry. Here's how the two devices compare in everyday usage.

Hands-On Tour: Google Goggles Visual Search
Google Goggles -- not to be confused with Google Mail Goggles, the company's inebriated e-mailing preventer -- lets you search from your cell phone simply by snapping a photo. Want more info on a product? Take its picture. Need info about a business? Photograph the storefront. Put simply, this thing packs some serious power, and its capabilities stretch far.

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