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Integration with QualysGuard Allows Sourcefire to Adapt Protection to Known Vulnerabilities on a Customer’s Network Sourcefire and Qualys today announced a product collaboration in which Sourcefire’s IPS (Intrusion Prevention System) will integrate with Qualys’ QualysGuard Vulnerability Management solution.

Snoop Dogg’s partnership with Symantec isn’t off to a great start. Just two days after announcing the “Hack is Wack” rap competition, the HackIsWack.com Web site was attacked. At the time of publishing, the site seems to be offline, likely to protect users from a reported cross site scripting attack discovered on Friday.

HP has won the heated bidding war for storage company 3Par, but Dell will take home $72 million from a break-up fee upon the termination of its merger agreement.Dell announced today that it will not increase its most recent proposal to acquire 3PAR, and that Dell has ended its discussions regarding a potential acquisition.

Heartland Payment Systems quietly issued a press release late Wednesday afternoon, announcing a settlement agreement with Discover Financial Services related to a 2008 data breach.Heartland will pay Discover $5 million as part of the settlement and the case is officially closed.On January 20, 2009 Heartland announced that a security breach had occurred in 2008, involving malicious software that compromised data within Heartland's network.

Verizon and VMware to Launch Enterprise-Class Hybrid Cloud Solution Verizon Business and VMware have announced a new enterprise-class hybrid cloud solution which the two claim will enable enterprises with vCloud-based infrastructure to move their applications to the cloud using existing IT configurations and applications, with no compromise in security or performance.

Fortinet released its August 2010 Threat Landscape report showing some interesting changes and shifts from previous months, with an interesting trend in “Do-It-Yourself” Botnet Kits gaining momentum and becoming a serious threat.

QualysGuard PCI 5.0 - New Dashboard and Interactive Workflows to Support New Approved Scanning Vendor Requirements Qualys upgraded its PCI compliance suite today with the release of QualysGuard PCI 5.0. The upgraded solution provides customers a simplified way to meet the latest Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance requirements.

Snoop Dogg and Norton Announce 'Hack is Wack' Video Contest To Raise Cybercrime Awareness Think you can bust out some silly fresh rhymes on the subjects of hacking, identity theft and computer viruses?

Wyse Technology today announced an expanded strategy involving thin and zero client computing, desktop virtualization, unified communications, and mobile access to virtual environments. Wyse will work with key partners including Citrix, IBM, Microsoft, VMware and others, along with its resellers, to deploy what the company characterizes as “a broader set of options for government, business and education.”

HP Launches CloudStart to Fast Track Customers to Private Clouds HP wants to take customers on a flight to the private cloud – and get them there quickly. HP says that with its HP CloudStart solution, it can deploy an open and flexible private cloud environment within 30 days.

.LNK Exploits - Shortcuts to InsecurityThe vulnerability in Windows Shell’s parsing of .LNK (shortcut) files presents some interesting and novel features in terms of its media lifecycle as well as its evolution from zero-day to patched vulnerability. For most of us, the vulnerability first came to light in the context of Win32/Stuxnet, malware that in itself presents some notable quirks.

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Adobe is providing incentives for bug bounty hackers to report security flaws in its implementation of Content Credentials and Adobe Firefly.

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Financial terms were not released but the price tag is expected to be hefty with Exabeam’s most recent valuation pegged at $2.5 billion.