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Government Flunks IT Security

Key federal agencies are receiving low or failing grades on the security of their IT infrastructures, fueling criticism of the departments charged with keeping...

Trojan Holds Files for Ransom

The explosion of criminal extortion activity on the Internet took another turn with the discovery of a new Trojan that encrypts files on an...

Firm Takes On Challenge of Check, Credit Card Purchases in the Field

With more home deliveries and installations, retailers and restaurants are facing the point-of-sale challenge of verifying payments away from the POS while paying higher...

Tracer Utility Is Likely Culprit In Visas Fujitsu POS Security Alert

A commonly used testing utility is apparently behind the security alert that Visa issued late last week claiming Fujitsu retail point-of-sale software may have...

Lockheed Martin Wins FBIs Sentinel Contract

The FBI awarded Lockheed Martin a $305 million, six-year contract to oversee the development of the planned electronic case management system dubbed Sentinel. "Sentinel will...

WSJ: Visa Issues Cash-Register Flaw Warning

The U.S. arm of credit and debit card giant Visa International has issued an alert for flaws in cash-register software made by Fujitsu Transaction...

IBM Snaps Up Nickname Know-How

IBM is purchasing Language Analysis Systems, a maker of software that matches names and aliases across languages and cultures to track individual identities, the...

Apple Issues Updated Security Fix

Apple released another version of the security patch it distributed on March 13 to users of its OS X operating system software, in order...

RAIDE Rootkit Elimination Tool Hits Beta

Spurred on by the ongoing cat-and-mouse game between malicious hackers and existing anti-rootkit scanners, a pair of security researchers have teamed up on a...

A Federal Case: Agencies Fail IT Security Test

If consistency were the goal, the federal government would score high in complying with computer security requirements—year after year Washington performs consistently poorly. On the...