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Latest News

Beijing Olympic ticket scam shut down

Sue Marquette Poremba August 05, 2008

The U.S. federal courts shut down two websites that claimed to sell tickets to the Beijing Olympics, but instead scammed unsuspecting sports fans.

Microsoft unveils two programs to help customers patch

Dan Kaplan August 05, 2008

Microsoft on Tuesday announced two initiatives to help better protect users applying the software giant's monthly patches.

Ring responsible for TJX mega-breach, eight others, busted

Chuck Miller August 05, 2008

Federal authorities have busted the criminal ring responsible for the largest hacking and identity theft case in history.

Attackers ramp up zero-day ActiveX exploits

Dan Kaplan August 04, 2008

Roughly one month after Microsoft disclosed that attackers were exploiting a zero-day Active X vulnerability, the attacks are multiplying; but mostly in China.

SC World Congress, December 9-10, 2008, New York City

Located in New York City, the SC World Congress is the only dedicated IT security event in this extremely important location focused on providing the latest solutions and inside information to help IT and data security professionals do their jobs better. Within a 300-mile radius of New York City is the largest concentration of corporate headquarters and federal / local government offices in the U.S. - where the need for the latest technologies and solutions to protect valuable data is at its highest and where the budgets supporting information security are the largest. www.scworldcongress.com

Facebook and MySpace attacked by new worms

Joy Persaud August 04, 2008

New worms attacking social networking sites Facebook and MySpace have been uncovered.

McAfee picks up DLP maker Reconnex for $46 million

Dan Kaplan August 01, 2008

McAfee filled out its data-loss prevention (DLP) portfolio on Thursday with the $46 million acquisition of Reconnex.

Senate OKs revamped identity theft legislation

Dan Kaplan July 31, 2008

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed the latest version of the Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act.

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