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Symantec Admits to One Enormous Mistake with Veritas Buy

Symantec made "one enormous mistake" in its pursuit of storage software supplier Veritas, according to statements Symantec CEO John Thompson made on Monday, in...

New Weapons Forged to Fight Spam

New hosted services and appliances are becoming available to give enterprises more options in their continuing battle against spam. Managed e-mail service provider The Electric...

Fresh Batch of Bagles Seeding Botnets

Virus researchers are raising the alarm over a new offshoot of the Bagle worm that is attempting to hijack computers for use in botnets. The...

UK Phishers Caught, Packed Away

Authorities in the UK have sentenced two men to prison for their role in a phishing scam, according to a statement from the UKs...

UConn Finds Rootkit in Hacked Server

The University of Connecticut has detected a rootkit on one of its servers, almost two years after the stealth program was placed there by...

CA Scoops Up Desktop Firewall Maker Tiny Software

Continuing its security-technology buying spree, Computer Associates on Monday announced that it is buying Tiny Software, a desktop firewall software maker, for an undisclosed...

Cyveillance, Intersections Partner on Consumer Anti-Fraud Service

Consumers will soon be able to benefit from the same anti-fraud services that banks and financial services companies enjoy, with a new service from...

CVS Shuts Down Site After Security Leak

A major pharmacy chains program designed to let customers view a history of their purchases in e-mail had weak enough security to make it...

Windows Exploit Released, But Experts Downplay Danger

Amid conflicting reports on the extent of sniffing activity on TCP/IP Port 445, the port associated with a recently patched Windows vulnerability, security experts...

Symantec Begins Cutting Ties to Researchware

Anti-virus vendor Symantec is ending its relationship with online market research company ComScore, which makes the "Marketscore" spyware program. Symantec Corp., of Cupertino, Calif., is...