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Adware Vendors Back Trusted Download Program

Two prominent advertising software vendors said on Wednesday that they would support a new registration program for consumer downloadable software programs that is backed...

Security Threat Looms as Wireless Blooms

As the desktop once said to the cell phone, "Dont do anything that I wouldnt do." According to a group of panelists gathered Wednesday for...

Nokia to Buy Intellisync Wireless E-Mail Service for $430M

In a bid to expand its portfolio of wireless and mobile messaging services in the enterprise market, Nokia announced Wednesday plans to acquire Intellisync...

Macromedia Patch Trifecta Plugs Security Holes

Macromedia Inc. on Wednesday released a batch of security patches to cover a trio of flaws affecting some of its enterprise-facing server products. The San...

CMP Media Buys Black Hat

Jeff Moss has sold his Black Hat security think tank to technology publisher CMP Media LLC in a deal valued in the range of...

Citrix Acquires Firewall Vendor

Citrix Systems Inc. continued its investment in application delivery technology Tuesday, announcing that it has purchased privately held Teros Inc., which makes Web application...

McAfee Pushes Spyware Awareness, Virus Scanner

McAfee Inc. has unveiled newly enhanced anti-spyware offerings and a global initiative in an effort to appeal to companies of all sizes with its...

Sober Virus Clones Taunt AV Vendors

A new batch of Sober virus clones has been spammed around the world to seed botnets for malicious use, anti-virus vendors warned Tuesday. The appearance...

NAC Will Fill a Big IT Security Gap

When Zotob and other worms attacked a Windows vulnerability in August, some (yeah, thats me) were surprised that large companies were affected. After all,...

Sonys Uninstaller Is Worse than Its DRM

In response to the firestorm over its DRM on CDs, Sony made available last week a Web-based "uninstaller" to remove it. It appears this...