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Danish private equity firm Dansk Kapitalanlæg has acquired a 31 percent stake in Copenhagen based IT security company, Secunia.Secunia provides on vulnerability intelligence and vulnerability management tools to help companies secure applications and networks.

Google finally admitted (via blog post) that the company's "Street View" cars had collected data including “Entire Emails, URLs and Passwords” from Wireless Networks in several countries

Worldwide revenue for mobile security client software grew 16% between the first and second quarter of 2010, according to Infonetics Research, a market research firm.Infonetics' Security Client Software report provides regional and worldwide market size, select market share, forecasts through 2014, and analysis for security client software for consumer and enterprise desktops/laptops, and for mobile security clients, including data protection clients for smartphones.Some excerpts from its updated 2010 report:

WhiteHat Security, a provider of website risk management solutions, unveiled its Threat Research Center (TRC) this week. The company has assembled a team of website security gurus to operate as an extension of an organization's information security team.

HP’s acquisition of ArcSight has been completed and ArcSight is now officially a subsidiary of HP. HP paid approximately $1.5 billion for the company, shelling out $43.50 per share in cash.

BAE Systems has named Paul Falkler to lead its Cyber Security Solutions business area. Falkler comes to BAE from SAIC, where he served as vice president of Strategic Development. At SAIC, he led the development of a portfolio of cyber security services while also overseeing cyber-related acquisitions.

Pennsylvania’s Chief Information Officer Brenda Orth will resign, effective October 31, according to an announcement made today.The commonwealth's chief technology officer, Tony Encinias, will serve as interim chief information officer while retaining his current position. Brenda Orth was appointed in January 2008. She previously served as chief technology officer for the commonwealth.

Cloud Based Solution Helps Developers Reduce the Cost of Identifying and Fixing Software Defects

Report Examines User and Application Trends in the Enterprise of over 1,100 Applications Across 723 Organizations Worldwide 

AntiVirus for MacOS Protects MacOS and Scans iOS Devices to Prevent Transmission of Malware

Kaspersky Download Web Site Gets Hacked

New solution helps customers create an intelligent, cloud-ready and secure enterprise from the data center to the cloud

Rapid7, a Boston, Massachusetts based provider of vulnerability management and penetration testing solutions, today announced the availability of Metasploit Pro, its new software targeted to security professionals in enterprises, government agencies and consulting firms who need to test the security of networks.

The industrialized hackers are intent on one goal--making money. They also know the basic rules of the business of increasing revenues while cutting costs. (Part IV In a Series on Cybercrime.

Ridge Global names former US-CERT Director and former Director of the National Cyber Security Division at the Department of Homeland Security to Board of AdvisorsRidge Global, the security and risk management services company founded by Tom Ridge, nation's first secretary of Homeland Security and former governor of Pennsylvania, today announced is has named Amit Yoran, CEO of Netwitness Corporation, to the company's board of advisors.

Company Announces New Solution for Cloud Risk Assessment, Monitoring and Assurance Target Compliance, Security and Threats in Private, Public and Hybrid Cloud Environments As Global 2000 private and large public sector organizations face increasing compliance and security demands, they are virtualizing more of their IT operations through private and public cloud environments. In this transition, organizations still need to "gracefully lose control" without undermining governance, risk management and compliance requirements.

MarkMonitor, a provider of enterprise brand protection solutions, announced today that it has acquired DtecNet, a company the helps locate and monitor illegal download activity on P2P networks, blogs, video streaming sites and Usenet services.

Information Theft At Global Companies Surpasses All Other Forms of Fraud for First Time. Corporate Information Technology Systems are Increasingly Under Threat 

Adobe today announced its new Acrobat X Family of products, which includes Adobe Reader X as well as Acrobat X Suite, Acrobat X Pro, and Acrobat X Standard. In the new release, Adobe is adding an entirely new security strategy by introducing a new “Protected Mode” in Acrobat Reader. Announced this past summer, Protected Mode utilizes "sandboxing" technology based on Microsoft’s “Practical Windows Sandboxing technique ” – a method of isolating the application from the rest of the operating system...

University of North Florida Suffers Data Breach