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Apple Engineering Mistake Exposes Clear-text Passwords for Lion

An attacker could potentially decrypt information secured with an older version of FileVault, Apple's encryption technology

May 6, 2012 3 mins

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Cybersecurity Roundup: Tech Firms Waver on CISPA; Android Malware; and More

This week's cybersecurity roundup has Mozilla becoming the first major Internet company to publicly oppose the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA); new Android malware; and a trojan that uses the U.S. DoJ name to extort cash fr

May 4, 2012 2 mins

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Report Spotlights Changes in Cybersecurity Landscape

A new cybersecurity report from Symantec offers an interesting look at 2011's significant Internet-security threats and trends, including a new focus for hackers, mobile attacks and the effects of major data breaches.

May 4, 2012 3 mins

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IT Budgets, Cybersecurity Top Federal CIO Concerns

New survey from TechAmerica reveals the mounting pressure facing agency CIOs to do more with less, as budget cuts imperil new initiatives such as cloud computing and data-center consolidation.

May 4, 2012 5 mins

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Email Product Looks to Reduce Spam False Positives

As password policies become ever-stronger, users have a more difficult time committing them to memory. The most popular workaround is password reuse, a technique that hackers can leverage to breach your systems and servicesu2014as easily as those you

Jul 18, 2017

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Email Product Looks to Reduce Spam False Positives

TrustSphere looks at the relationship between senders, which can be a better indication of whether a message is spam or not

May 4, 2012 2 mins

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Hackers Blackmail Belgian Bank with Threats to Publish Customer Data

The hackers call their a!150,000 demand an "idiot tax" because the information was unencrypted on the bank's web server

May 3, 2012 2 mins

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NASA Says No Sensitive Information Breached in Unknowns Hack

The group has been on a weeks-long hacking binge, hitting the U.S. Air Force website and others

May 3, 2012 2 mins

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Successful CSOs Share Fundamental Qualities

In a recent study,IBM concluded that successful security organizations tend to have common characteristics, including a dedicated chief security officer with strategic vision and the ear of business leaders.

May 3, 2012 5 mins

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