Google attack highlights ‘zero-day’ black market
Google attack highlights ‘zero-day’ black market
The recent hacking attack that prompted Google’s threat to leave China is underscoring the heightened dangers of previously undisclosed computer security flaws _ and renewing debate over buying and selling information about them in the black market. Because… Google – Zero day attack – China – Searching – Search Engines
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Symantec Simplifies Information Management
Symantec Simplifies Information Management
AUCKLAND – 27 January 2009 – Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced NetBackup 7 to help enterprise-level organisations protect, store and recover information with greater efficiency and reliability through a single, unified platform.
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BBB helping small businesses keep customers’ personal information safe
BBB helping small businesses keep customers’ personal information safe
It’s a pretty scary thought. More than 30 percent of small businesses have no virus or spyware protection, and that can leave your personal information like credit card numbers exposed for thieves to steal.
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Trojan.Winlock Virus Extorts Millions from Russians in One Month
Trojan.Winlock Virus Extorts Millions from Russians in One Month
Russian Internet surfers have been suffering from numerous attacks from Trojan.Winlock viruses recently. The worm penetrates into a computer, blocks the system and asks for money.
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Symantec To Offer Hosted Medical Image Archiving
Symantec To Offer Hosted Medical Image Archiving
The security vendor’s hosted storage archiving service will provide hospitals with disaster recovery capabilities for medical images.
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Hackers attack a third of essential services
Hackers attack a third of essential services
Almost a third of computer systems for Australia’s essential services such as banks, government and utilities are attacked by hackers every month, according to a report released yesterday.
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CaseCentral Announces eDiscovery Connector for Symantec Enterprise Vault Discovery Accelerator
CaseCentral Announces eDiscovery Connector for Symantec Enterprise Vault Discovery Accelerator
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwire – 01/27/10) – CaseCentral , the leader in secure, on-demand eDiscovery software for corporate counsel and law firms to simplify and take control of eDiscovery, today announced a new connector that integrates Symantec Enterprise Vault Discovery Accelerator with the cloud-based CaseCentral eDiscovery Platform. The integration between these two solutions eliminates …
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SMEs dominate data centre activity: Symantec
SMEs dominate data centre activity: Symantec
Mid-sized enterprises will be leading in data centre activity this year as these companies focus on staff training and adopting technologies like storage virtualization and cloud computing to cut costs and manage increasingly complex facilities, according to Symantec Corp.’s 2010 State of the Data Centre report.
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Australia Booting Infected Computers Off Their Networks
Australia Booting Infected Computers Off Their Networks
The Australian has a good article describing the efforts some of their ISPs are making in an attempt to clean up their act: the government is encouraging ISPs to detect computers on their network that are infected and part of botnets, and to communicate to the customer that their system is compromised.
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Amylin, LSI, Netflix, Qualcomm, Symantec: U.S. Equity Preview
Amylin, LSI, Netflix, Qualcomm, Symantec: U.S. Equity Preview
Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) — Shares of the following companies may have unusual moves in U.S. trading . Stock symbols are in parentheses. Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc.
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