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Symantec posted a big loss Wednesday, citing the tough economic climate, but the company's quarterly earnings still were better than analysts had expected.

The point man for security bug fixes at Microsoft has stepped down as director of the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC).

Companies that suffer serious security breaches have almost always committed one (or all) of 7 deadly security sins. Is your company guilty?

Whether you were born in the swinging sixties or are part of the slacker generation, some security experts say generational social influences can give you bad habits and make you an office liability.

For those of us who make our living behind a keyboard in IT, it's hard to imagine a more time-tested vulnerability than the end-user. Armed with network access, these IT viruses wreak havoc nearly everywhere you look -- havoc borne of tech idiocy.

A group of security researchers Wednesday said they have infiltrated one of the world's biggest botnets and can snatch control of compromised machines from the hackers.

A large-scale, coordinated campaign to steer users toward malware-spewing Web sites from Google search results is under way, security researchers said Tuesday.

A child with a chocolate-smeared shirt says, "I didn't do it." The phone rings, and Mum assures you, "There's nothing to worry about." A systems administrator carrying a box of tapes says, "We'll have everything back up in a few minutes." Sometimes the first words you hear -- despite their distance from the truth -- tell you everything you need to know.

Edward A. Flynn, the former Massachusetts public safety secretary, spoke to CSO in 2005, shortly after he handled a media frenzy over reports that the FBI was seeking six foreign nationals in connection with a suspected plot to release a dirty bomb in Boston. The tip to authorities later turned out to be a hoax. But as in real-time crisis situations facing many security executives, Flynn didn't know that at first. Flynn shared these crisis communication tips, which you can pass along to executive colleagues and managers at your organization.

The chief security officer is a fairly new position. We first saw it emerge in larger corporations in the late 1990s; these days, it's standard in most organizations. The CSO's role varies, but typically it combines risk management, policy development and investment in security technologies.