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    McAfee touts integrated compliance suite 11/02/2009 09:06:00

    McAfee has taken steps to integrate its vulnerability assessment and policy management products in a single suite to make it easier for enterprises to stay on top of compliance initiatives.
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    Ineffective law enforcement, bad economy fueling cybercrime 10/12/2008 08:28:00

    Cybercriminals operating worldwide are benefitting from ineffective law enforcement and a growing economic recession that could make jittery people more susceptible to cybercrime scams.
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    McAfee: Virus writers going local 22/02/2008 08:18:05

    The program is nasty. It deletes pictures and movies from your hard drive and then it teases you: "Even though Mr. Kaneko was found guilty, you are still using Winny. I really hate such people," taunts an animated woman on your screen.
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    Be prepared: ActiveX attacks will persist 20/02/2008 09:15:27

    A recent string of high-profile ActiveX vulnerabilities caused the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) to advise users to disable the ubiquitous Microsoft browser plug-in technology altogether. The vectors for these recent exploits include a third-party image uploading tool used on both the Facebook and MySpace social networking sites, and flaws found in Yahoo's Music Jukebox, Real Networks' RealPlayer, and Apple's QuickTime.
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    IBM researcher: Hackers camouflage 100 per cent of Web attacks 13/02/2008 08:15:59

    Hackers now mask virtually every Web browser exploit as part of their normal procedure to evade detection by security software, said IBM's X-Force research team Tuesday.
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    Technology identifies invisible intruders on wireless LANs 30/11/2007 06:15:57

    Groundbreaking research undertaken by the Queensland University of Technology has led to the creation of systems that can detect invisible intruders on wireless local area networks.
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    McAfee: attacks coming for infrastructure, digital home 21/06/2007 08:12:24

    Online criminals looking for new areas to attack in the next few years will find green fields in the Internet infrastructure and the digital home, researchers with McAfee's AVERT labs said this week.
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    Caught in the crosshairs 06/09/2005 13:48:49

    Security experts say that the mass-mailing threats of the past are becoming fewer as awareness is now more widespread. But don't relax your guard. Criminals are shifting to targeted means to extract assets from known and designated sources, and you could well be in their crosshairs.
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    Security's weakest links 25/05/2005 12:21:01

    Database security is simple and can be covered in three words: encrypt, encrypt encrypt, reports Bob Francis
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    Where the Metrics Are 28/04/2005 09:38:36

    CSOs count on physical security metrics to evaluate their organizations' performance and to communicate security's value to other business executives.
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    Practice What You Preach 09/09/2004 11:52:29

    It's time to move the security pulpit from the workplace to your living room
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