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Latest News

Number of phishing URLs at all-time high

September 28, 2009

More than 150,000 phishing URLs were established during Q2 of 2009, surpassing previous record-high levels during the first quarter of 2007.
 

Disgruntled SCADA consultant pleads guilty

September 25, 2009

A disgruntled IT contractor pleaded guilty this week to federal charges that he disrupted a computer system used to alert on oil leaks.
 

House subcommittee passes cybersecurity R&D bill

September 25, 2009

The Cybersecurity Research and Development Amendments Act of 2009 would require federal agencies to develop cybersecurity research-and-development plans, as well as authorize grant funding and establish a scholarship program.
 

Gmail outage prompts Google contrition

September 24, 2009

Google has apologized after an issue with Google Contacts caused disruption of its Gmail web-based email service on Thursday.
 

Drudge Report, others, serve malicious ads

September 24, 2009

The advertisements seem to be delivered by multiple third-party ad networks including Google's DoubleClick.
 

DLP: Hype vs. reality

Richard Jacobs, Chief Technology Officer, Sophos September 26, 2009

Data leakage prevention seems to have been one of the hottest sectors of the IT security industry for the last three years. Yet despite good growth rates, adoption has not lived up to the hype; it's unclear how much value customers are receiving and the overall market remains small.
 

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