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Govt red tape adds to security threats
News Bureaucracy and lack of sharing of data between countries impede efforts to address cybersecurity, but work is in progress to resolve issues, notes global industry body.
Tags: Network security, Security implementation/standards, Security Management, Kaspersky Lab, Security, Howard Schmidt, Impact, Cybersecurity, Singapore, cyberthreats
Microsoft: Phishing is going out of fashion
News Organized criminals are losing interest in harvesting consumer banking details, according to Microsoft UK chief security adviser Ed Gibson.
Tags: Spam and phishing
Adobe tools put desktop apps in the browser
News The company will reportedly open source a set of tools allowing existing desktop and server software written in the C programming language to run in browsers.
Tags: Business applications, Web browsers, Software, App servers, Programming languages, Security, C, Web Browser, Open Source, Tool
Obama's security adviser calls for energy action
News James Jones, incoming national security adviser, is a retired general who advocates for a diverse energy supply and clean-energy technologies in the name of national security.
Tags: Clean Technology, Energy Policy, National Security, Security, Renewable Energy, nuclear energy, U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, energy efficiency, security adviser, financial
UK struck by cybercrime wave
News The United Kingdom is suffering a cybercrime wave that has seen online financial fraud jump 20 percent, according to a new report.
Tags: Security, Cybercrime, Financial Fraud, Fraud, RSA Security Inc., e-mail, London, trader, Silicon.com, security adviser
Belt-tightening may affect security, warn experts
News At the RSA Conference Europe 2008, experts warned that cost-cutting may force some companies to implement tech that does not have "security maturity".
Tags: Security, Virtualization, Budgeting/cost control, Conference, VMware Inc., RFC, London, Cryptography Research, security adviser, VoIP
Report: Countries prepping for cyber war
News U.S., Israel, Russia, China, and France are gearing up for cyber offensives, according to a new McAfee report.
Tags: Security, International governments, Defense/military, ARPAnet, U.S., network, Georgia, South Korea, denial of service, McAfee Inc.
Windows 7 default user account control worries experts
News Microsoft made some changes to a much-maligned User Account Control feature, but experts say the default still puts consumers at risk.
Tags: Windows 7, PC security, Authentication and encryption, Security applications/tools, Kaspersky Lab, Malware, Operating System, Security, Microsoft Corp., Authentication and encryption
Details on defacement of Microsoft's U.K. Web site
News Company says breach last week by hackers likely had no impact on customers, but it continues to investigate the incident.
Tags: Hacking, Web servers
White House calls experts to address cyber attacks
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White House calls experts to address cyber attacks
News Spurred by this week's widespread Web attack, President Clinton has rounded up experts, government officials and high-tech business leaders for an emergency Web security summit.
Small companies ignorant of security?
News Former White House adviser Howard Schmidt warns that hackers aren't just going after big corporations, and small businesses must beware.
Police maintain uneasy relations with cybervigilantes
News London-area police are working with certain cybervigilante groups as sources of information in the fight against online fraud.
Cybercrime threat keeps growing
News Former White House security adviser Howard Schmidt has warned that businesses of all sizes face an increased threat from cybercriminals, who now have the power to attack key parts of the Internet.
Tags: Security
Microsoft: Shortcut 'trick' is legitimate feature
News Feature allowing executable file to be launched by typing Web address into IE is safe, says company. Others disagree.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Security, Microsoft Windows
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