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VeriSign Helps Educate Taxpayers About EV SSL in Light of IRS's New Security and
MarketWatch - 3 Hours ago
(MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- Death and taxes may be the only sure things in life, but the Internal Revenue Service is taking steps to help ensure that identity theft doesn't join that list. To protect
VeriSign Helps Educate Taxpayers About EV SSL in Light of IRS's New Security Street Insider
VeriSign Helps Educate Taxpayers About EV SSL in Light of IRS's Market Wire via MSN Money
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Schaeffer's Tool Box: From McAfee to National Oilwell Varco, a Fourth-Quarter Review
Forbes.com - 3 Hours ago
We arrived at the end of another quarter on Dec. 31, 2008, and Schaeffer's Tool Box stock picks managed a positive overall performance by the slimmest of margins. To put it bluntly, the fourth quarter
Schaeffer's Tool Box: From McAfee to National Oilwell Varco, a Business Wire via MSN Money
The best and worst of Schaeffer's Tool Box for the fourth quarter of 2008 Schaeffers Research
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Hacking Godfather 'Maksik' Sentenced to 30 Years by Turkish Court
Wired News - 77 Minutes ago
A Ukrainian cyber crime lord linked to virtually every major breach of U.S. retail networks in the past four years was sentenced this week to 30 years in prison by a Turkish court, on unrelated charges
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Security vendors: We would block police hacking
ZDNet UK - 3 Hours ago
Two security vendors have said they would block police attempts to hack into systems without a warrant. The Home Office on Friday said it was to extend police powers to conduct remote searches of computers.
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Phishing more common from sites like 'Amazom'
Chicago Tribune - 4 Hours ago
Because they come to my work account, which I don't use for personal transactions, I know they're fake and promptly delete them. But if I received a Facebook message from a friend asking me to click on
Phishing becoming more common on 'trusted' sites Chicago Tribune
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Phish Reveals Reunion Tour Details
Billboard - 5 Hours ago
Billboard offers full coverage of breaking music news and music chart toppers to music executives and fans alike. Billboard is the best print and online music magazine for in-depth music business news
Phish Confirm Summer Reunion Tour, Announce Dates Rolling Stone
Phish outline reunion tour Music Radar
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Microsoft server worm can spread via USB
ZDNet - 7 Hours ago
A Microsoft worm that is currently attacking business systems is also a USB worm, security vendor F-Secure has warned. *NEW* *NEW* A/V Receivers, Cell Phones & Accessories, Desktop Monitors, Desktops,
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Computrad USA LLC Partners with Palo Alto Networks to Bring the First Next Generation
MarketWatch - 90 Minutes ago
(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Computrad USA LLC, a network and security specialist company, has developed a new strategic partnership with Palo Alto Networks, and are introducing a fundamentally new concept in firewalls
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Radio Basingstoke hacked by 'Soldiers of Allah'
Telegraph - 8 Hours ago
Hampshire Police and Special Branch were called in to investigate after a hacker calling himself 'Ahmed Al-Qahtani as Gonzhack' posted a sinister notice on the website's home page. Mohamed Mani Ahmad
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Phishing: How to beat the scammers
Telegraph - 8 Hours ago
Online fraudsters are always coming up with ingenious new ways to con us out of our money. 'Phishing' emails messages that seem to come from a reputable institution but direct you to a fake website that
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Sunrise, T-Systems strike global IP VPN partnership deal
Telecom.paper - 9 Hours ago
Only just over 20 percent of Dutch consumers are interested in mobile payments, a survey among 1,741 consumers from Telecompaper's Consumer Panel has found. The survey shows that men and youngsters are
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Cyber cartels to escalate attacks on infrastructure systems
CIO New Zealand - 10 Hours ago
Power, oil and gas pipelines and large communications systems are prime targets, warns Verisign. Critical systems will become prime targets for cyber criminals and the global financial crisis will be
Cyber attacks on infrastructure systems to escalate: Verisign NZ Reseller News
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Warning Over Fake HMRC Tax Return SiteAn internet security firm has warned people
Money - 10 Hours ago
An internet security firm has warned people filling out their tax returns to be wary of an internet scam which is stealing people's financial details. Cyber criminals are attempting to defraud British
HMRC warning over tax return scam New Business
HMRC warns of phishing tax scam Telegraph
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Security concern as hackers hit Twitter
The Hindu - 17 Hours ago
Jack Schofield GUARDIAN NEWS SERVICE Twitter has just discovered one of the drawbacks of attracting a lot of attention: this weekend, it suffered a large phishing attack, and 33 of its 'celebrity users'
Blogging site Twitter hit by hackers DCEAlumni
Twitter hit by security breaches BBC
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TJX Maxx hacker banged up for 30 years
NetworkWorld - 5 Hours ago
Maksym Yastremskiy, the Ukrainian accused of being a key figure in the infamous TJX Maxx Wi-Fi hack of 2005, has been sentenced to 30-years in prison by a Turkish court. Yastremskiy - or 'Maksik' as he
TJX Maxx hacker jailed for 30 years Computerworld UK
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TJX Hacker Sentenced To 30 Years In Turkish Prison
Dark Reading - 99 Minutes ago
Member of wardriving gang gets hard time for allegedly selling hundreds of thousands of stolen credit cards and personal information DarkReading A Turkish court has sent one of the TJX hackers to prison
TJ Maxx hacker sentenced to 30 years in prison SC Magazine
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TK Maxx Hacker Jailed For 30 Years In Turkey
Quanta Security - 2 Hours ago
IT security and control firm Sophos has advised cybercriminals to find an alternative career, after a computer hacker from the Ukraine was sentenced to a 30 year prison sentence. According to reports,
TJ Maxx hacker jailed for 30 years in Turkey Computer Weekly
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Comodo SSL Certificates Not Affected By Md5 Flaw
TechWhack - 37 Minutes ago
- , the second-largest issuer of high-assurance digital certificates, today announced that none of its certificates is created using the MD5 hash function. The MD-5 certificate algorithm has been known
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Phish Reveals Reunion Tour Details
Billboard - 44 Minutes ago
- Touring By Jonathan Cohen, N.Y. On the heels of a three-night stand in early March in Hampton, Va., Phish has confirmed a host of additional tour dates this summer, its first since splitting in 2004.
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Tax office phishing scam foxes thousands
TheInquirer.net - 89 Minutes ago
Do not open the email A WARNING was released today by HM Revenue and Customs alerting those who receive a tax rebate email from HMRC that it is a phishing scam. Thousands of emails have reportedly been
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Yoggie shows off tiny firewalls
TheInquirer.net - 90 Minutes ago
CES 2009 Gatekeepers and HyPC YOU MIGHT REMEMBER Yoggie as the company that brought you a firewall on a memory stick sized PC. This CES, they have two new models and a new form factor, an ExpressCard
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Intego Updates Server Side Protection
MacTech Magazine - 2 Hours ago
INTEGO UPDATES SERVER-SIDE VIRUS PROTECTION VirusBarrier Server 2 and VirusBarrier Mail Gateway 2 Provide Full Protection from Viruses on Macs Running as Servers Austin, TX, January 6, 2009: Intego, the
Intego Updates Server-Side Virus Protection IT-Director.com
Intego: Intego Updates Server-Side Virus Protection TMC Net
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Top cops urge greater focus on cybersecurity
SecurityFocus - 3 Hours ago
With cybercrime booming and terrorists becoming more proficient in using the Internet, the United States and other nations must put a greater focus on solving the problems posed by Internet threats, top
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Fortify warns on hacker fall-out from Israeli-Palestinian conflict
IT Reseller Magazine - 3 Hours ago
Fortify Software, the application vulnerability specialist, has warned companies with even the remotest connections to the Middle East to be on guard against a malware or similar cyber-attack as a result
Fortify Warns On Hacker Fall-Out From... A2 Mediagroup
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Hitachi and Secude Team up on Encryption
IDM.net.au - 5 Hours ago
The duo say that the combined solution will make use of Hitachi's Travelstar 5K500. B hard drives and Secude's FinallySecure Enterprise software, and will focus on notebooks as they are becoming the primary
Hitachi and Secude Form Data Encryption Alliance Yahoo! UK and Ireland
Hitachi, Secude Team on Encryption Byte and Switch
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