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    2011's biggest security snafus 02 December, 2011 06:27:00

    Perhaps it was an omen of what was to come when the city of San Francisco on New Year's Eve 2010 couldn't get a backup system running in its Emergency Operations Center because no one knew the password.
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    Security roundup for Oct. 28: Cloud security holes; Facebook vulnerable?; China hackers lambasted 29 October, 2011 05:23:00

    In last week's news, Amazon Web Services vulnerabilities were found and fixed, but other cloud service providers are probably susceptible to similar problems discovered by a German research team at Ruhr University Bochum.
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    IBM anoints Q1 Labs technology as centerpiece of security portfolio 28 October, 2011 05:34:00

    IBM intends to make the security information and event management (SIEM) technology gained through the acquisition of Q1 Labs, which was officially closed yesterday, the centerpiece of IBM's broad security product portfolio.
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    IBM buys security intelligence minded Q1 Labs 05 October, 2011 01:42:39

    In a move to fortify a newly created division devoted to security systems, IBM is acquiring Q1 Labs, the company announced Tuesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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    Top 10 tech scares of the decade 11 January, 2011 13:12:00

    The dawn of the new millennium prompted fears about the future, but so far reality has not quite matched the predictions of catastrophe. The first ten years passed uneventfully--well, aside from Y2K and a bunch of intelligent computer viruses. Here's a look back at the past decade, and ten of the most terrifying tech scares.
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    Life after IBM is all green for ISS co-founder Tom Noonan 29 April, 2010 00:49:00

    It was 2006, and Tom Noonan had it all. Internet Security Systems (ISS), the company he co-founded and led as CEO, was pulling in $US400 million in annual revenue and on the verge of being acquired by IBM for a whopping $US1.3 billion.
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    Researchers see Gumblar attacks surge again 21 October, 2009 08:26:00

    Security researchers are seeing a resurgence of Gumblar, the name for a piece of malicious code that is spread by compromising legitimate but insecure Web sites.
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    Why Security Matters Now 16 October, 2009 05:06:00

    Social networking and cloud computing threats abound, our annual Global Information Security Survey finds, making information security important once again to business leaders.
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    CIO and CSO should take a follow the money approach to security: IBM X-Force 27 August, 2009 10:15:00

    CIOs and CSOs could do well to consider the monetisation cost and overall profitability of security risks when considering how to safe guard their organisations, according to the findings of a new report from IBM’s Internet Security Systems X-Force research and development team.
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    8 dirty secrets of the IT security industry 18 August, 2009 04:37:00

    Joshua Corman would seem an unlikely critic of IT security vendors. After all, he works for one. Yet Corman, principal security strategist for IBM's Internet Security Systems division, is speaking out about what he sees as eight trends undermining the ability of IT security practitioners to mount an effective defense against online outlaws.
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    Microsoft rushes patches to fix 'big deal' programming flaw 29 July, 2009 08:33:00

    As promised, Microsoft today patched six vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer (IE) and Visual Studio with the first "out-of-cycle" update since it plugged a hole last October that the Conficker worm later used to run rampant.
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    Antivirus software powerless to stop data breach attacks, study finds 10 February, 2012 01:43:00

    Analysis of 300 incidents spots an elephant in the room
    Large numbers of data breaches are being initiated by targeted malware that antivirus software simply can't detect, an analysis of 300 real-world incidents from 2011 has suggested.
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    Valentine's Day Patch Tuesday: Microsoft to issue 9 patches, 4 critical 10 February, 2012 09:29:00

    Microsoft Thursday said that the second Patch Tuesday of 2012 will see nine security bulletins, four of which were deemed critical.
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    Security experts ask House for light a regulatory touch 10 February, 2012 01:39:00

    Cybersecurity experts on Wednesday warned members of a House subcommittee against racing to legislation that would establish an overly burdensome regulatory framework for safeguarding digital systems against attacks, instead urging a more limited approach that would clear away legal impediments such as the prohibitions against sharing critical threat information.
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    The six pillars of security operations 10 February, 2012 11:37:00

    Six key points that should be considered when creating and developing a SOC
    As mobilisation and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) becomes increasingly prevalent, business security has been propelled to the forefront of corporate strategy.
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    Google Wallet Security Concerns Raised 10 February, 2012 01:40:00

    Security firm Zvelo has discovered that the Google Wallet PIN can be cracked via an exhaustive numerical search.
    Google's new NFC system that purports to turn your phone into a credit card can be compromised using a brute-force attack -- and that raises questions about its security.
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