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Googles Accelerator Breaks Web Apps, Security

Googles effort to speed the pace of Web browsing quickly aggravated some early users, who say that the software is delivering them Web pages...

FTC Offers Security Tips to Mothers

The Federal Trade Commission, perhaps having run out of things to do, suggested that Americans forgo giving jewelry and flowers on Mothers Day and...

Analysts: Real ID Act Could Help ID Thieves

Security experts have expressed dismay about new legislation that will usher in the nations first national ID system—citing a lack of confidence in the...

Anti-Phishing 101

Identity theft and fraud are, perhaps, the two most serious problems facing the Internet. Direct economic losses in the United States totaled over $574...

ICANN Sticks Up for Trademark Holders

Did you ever wonder what happens to those domains, like sucks.com, that some guy registers to criticize BigCompany? Turns out theres a procedure for...

Microsoft Patch Day: 1 Bulletin Expected

Its expected to be a relatively quiet patch day for IT security administrators managing Windows systems. Microsoft Corp. on Thursday announced plans to release just...

Phishers Dodge Shutdowns by Striking via Botnets

Phishing attacks may be on the decline, but dont think for a minute that the Internet scam artists have found new jobs. Security researchers have...

Showdown at Network Security Corral

After dominating the market for routers and switches, Cisco has barged into the security market, using a series of multimillion-dollar acquisitions to build out...

Encryption, Backup Must Go Hand in Hand

And the moral of this story is: Encrypt your backup data. That way, when your data storage vendor loses your tapes, you still have...

Cisco Launches Integrated Security App at Interop

Las Vegas—Cisco CEO John Chambers used his opening keynote at Interop to highlight a new security appliance Cisco announced on Tuesday. With the theme of...