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Security and Risk Strategies Merge
The need for a unified strategy will grow more urgent. From a corporate risk management perspective, IT security is not just for keeping viruses, hackers and crooks at bay; it's also critical in order to stay compliant with regulations, avoid litigation and indictment, and prevent escalating insurance premiums.
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Computer Security Will Require More than Just IT
The ongoing criminalization of the Internet is raising the security stakes. Spam will remain a widespread annoyance. Hackers will keep pumping out new viruses every day.
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Security Will Remain a Top IT Budget Priority
There's no letup in sight. Because the threat to computer security remains so strong, and security is essential for complying with regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley, ensuring security and privacy will remain a top business priority.
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'Hacker Defender' Rootkit Author Offers Cease-Fire
"Holy Father," the creator of the notorious hacking tool, claims to be going on sabbatical, but says more rootkits may follow in the future.
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Microsoft Takes Another Anti-Rootkit Step
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Writing kernel-mode Windows programs was never easy, but as of 64-bit Windows Vista, Microsoft won't even let just anyone do it. It will help stop some rootkits, but it's not a complete answer.
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When's a Rootkit Not a Rootkit? In Search of Definitions
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An industry initiative to find a conclusive way to describe rootkits is under way, but experts are worried that strict definitions will only legitimize the use of a dangerous piece of technology.
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Intellectual Security: Patent Everything You Do, Before Someone Else Does
Fortified IP portfolios are the best defense against proliferating "business-method" patents.
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News Corp. Kept Hackers on the Payroll
A high-ranking News Corp official testified on Tuesday that he kept two hackers on the payroll for years after one of them was accused of infiltrating the security system of rival satellite television company DISH Network Corp.
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McAfee Announces Secure Web Site Service, Secure Search
Hard on the heels of yesterday's McAfee/Yahoo partnership announcement McAfee has unfolded a plan to offer its own Secure Search Service to all users of its SiteAdvisor and SiteAdvisor Plus products.
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McAfee, Yahoo! Partner for Safe Searching
McAfee and Yahoo! on Tuesday announced the beta launch of SearchScan, a technology designed to make Yahoo! searching safer by warning of dangerous sites before the user even clicks on them.
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Malware Now Including EULAs, Even Ads
We're seeing reports of malware including EULAs, even ads. What's next, per-call support charges? Copy protection?
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F-Secure Betas Antivirus for Windows Home Server
Do you use Windows Home Server? In spite of one nasty, if rare bug, I think it's a great product that makes home networks much better organized and secure.
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Log Into Your Toshiba Laptop -- With Your Face
Toshiba said Tuesday that the company has added an application to several notebook PCs that will "recognize" users via the installed Webcam.
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Google's New Challenge: Keyword Spam
At the 2008 O'Reilly Web 2.0 Conference, Google spam maven Matt Cutts' session on "What Google knows about Spam" identified a new threat: not the Viagra ads that clog our inboxes, but keyword spam on websites and rogue blog comments that plague online communities.
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Laptop Losses Loom
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The risk is growing, so it's best to plan for the worst.
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Outsourcing Success Is All About the Relationship
OutsourceWorld focuses on what makes deals succeed or fail.
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10 Ways to Tweak Your Tech Résumé
According a new study, nearly half of the U.S. IT workforce plans to change jobs in the next year. Is your résumé ready?
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