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SonicWALL, Inc. today announced the addition of two new secure wireless access points to its SonicPoint™ Series. These new devices are designed to provide clean wireless connections through integration with a collection of existing SonicWALL products: Gateway Anti-Virus, Intrusion Prevention, Anti-Spyware and Content Filtering.

What's in your Extended Enterprise?Analyzing its make-up and what risks it carries

IBM released its X-Force 2010 Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report today, which showed record threat levels in almost every area.

Network and security monitoring firm VSS Monitoring, Inc., today announced it has raised $20 million from Battery Ventures in its first institutional round of financing.

IBM today announced new software to deliver security to thousands of laptops, PCs and servers globally -- automating some of the most time-intensive IT tasks.

The Business Software Alliance (BSA) today announced that AutoTrader.com paid $400,000 in order to settle claims that it had unlicensed copies of Adobe, Autodesk, Corel and Quest software installed on its computers.

Despite using industry standard protection methods, 46 percent of U.S. SMBs have fallen victim to cybercrime, up two percent from last year.Those numbers are according to the results of study conducted by Panda Security, which surveyed nearly 10,000 SMBs around the globe and more than 1,500 in the United States.

A survey conducted at the recent DEF CON Hacker conference in Las Vegas revealed that hackers see the cloud as an attractive hacking target.The survey, carried out amongst 100 of the IT professionals attending DEF CON, revealed that 96 percent think the cloud will open up more hacking opportunities for them.

Afilias, a global provider of Internet infrastructure services, today announced that it will deploy Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSECs) across its registry platforms, signing 13 more top-level domains (TLDs) and increasing the total number of DNSSEC deployments among domain registries to 39.

Autonomy today unveiled a new, end-to-end, “meaning-based” platform designed to automate many time-consuming tasks law firms must deal with in order to manage documents in electronic form. The Autonomy Risk Management platform leverages Autonomy's Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL), already deployed today in over 2,000 law firms.

Social Media Acceptable Usage Policy - Why Allow Web 2.0 to Be Used in Business?The consumerization of IT is affecting all aspects of the way we work.  As Web 2.0 technologies continue to gain popularity amongst employees, IT departments are struggling to understand and manage the challenges.

Boston based private equity and venture capital investment firm, Summit Partners today announced that it has invested $100 million for a minority stake in AVAST Software, makers of the world’s most popular antivirus software.

Variant of Popular ZeuS Malware Targets U.S. Military Around the WorldMalware created with the ZeuS toolkit is targeting members of the U.S. military with an email asking them to update their account information online.Members of the U.S. Military have been receiving emails similar to the following: Targets of this scam will receive an email with the following text:Dear Bank of America Military Bank customer:

Do these firms really care about McAfee shareholders, or is this just an attempt to rake in some cash for the firms themselves?Intel, the world’s largest computer chipmaker, will pay $48 per share in cash for McAfee – a whopping 60 percent premium over McAfee's $29.93 closing price on Wednesday, and one that’s in line with other recent valuations in software and tech deals.

Intel on Thursday said it has entered into a definitive agreement to buy McAfee, the computer security software company, for $7.68 billion in cash, puchasing of all of the company’s common stock at $48 per share. McAfee shares closed at $29.93 at the end of trading on Wednesday.

Top 10 Most Dangerous Celebrities OnlineLooking for some hot photos or gossip on your favorite celebrity? Be careful. If you’re looking to dig up some dirt on Cameron Diaz there is a ten percent chance you’ll end up on a malicious site, according to McAfee.

The second quarter Phishing Trends Report from Internet security provider IID  (Internet Identity) indicates that there has been a significant switch in the tactics of cyber criminals, with at least one major gang shifting its entire focus away from phishing to Zeus malware, often referred to as man-in-the-browser malware.

Cloud identity services provider TriCipher today announced that its myOneLogin Secure Single Sign-On solution now supports strong authentication and single sign-on for several leading SSL VPNs.

New research reveals that C-level executives feel good data protection efforts support organizational goals such as compliance, reputation, management or customer trust, but there is a lack of confidence in the ability to safeguard sensitive information...> Read The Report <

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