Latest news
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Webroot delivers endpoint protection
21.02.2012
The security landscape has changed and traditional signature-based software can’t keep up.
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Endpoint security through whitelisting
26.01.2012
The latest release of McAfee Application Control is integrated with McAfee Global Threat Intelligence to show the file reputation of every file in the enterprise.
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Windows 8 will have picture password sign in
19.12.2011
As much as security experts would like for it to be otherwise, experience has taught us that no matter how many times some people are lectured on the use of complex passwords, a good number of them will always go for short, simple, easy-to-remember (but also to guess!) ones.
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Syncplicity launches Security and Compliance Console
15.12.2011
With Syncplicity, users get their own secure Virtual Private Cloud where they use the applications, files and folders they are used to.
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Germany leads Europe for USB drive data security
08.12.2011
Many organizations are ignoring the risk of unencrypted USB drives and are not following through with appropriate USB security policies.
Spotlight
IT security jobs: What's in demand and how to meet it
Posted on 15 May 2013. | Let's say you want a career in information security, where do you start? What credentials do you need? What are employers looking for? Read on to find some answers.
Is Microsoft is reading your Skype communications?
Posted on 15 May 2013. | The question of whether Skype allows U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies to access the communications exchanged by its users has still not been adequately answered by Microsoft.
Internet Explorer best at blocking malware
Posted on 14 May 2013. | While Chrome’s malware download protection improved significantly, Internet Explorer 10 continues to outperform the other browsers with a block rate of 99.96%.
Researcher refuses to help Saudi telco to spy on people
Posted on 14 May 2013. | You would think that a Saudi Arabian telecom firm interested in monitoring its users' mobile communications would not be asking a well-known pro-privacy researcher for help, but you would be wrong.
Malicious browser extensions are hijacking Facebook accounts
Posted on 13 May 2013. | Facebook users - especially those in Brazil - are being targeted with malicious browser extensions trying to hijack Facebook profiles, warns Microsoft.
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