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Dell is on a mission to be the one stop shop for IT needs within enterprise and SMB operations, by purchasing several companies and signing various strategic partnerships during the first quarter of 2012. So perhaps Dell has made a wise move with its plans to acquire Wyse Technology, a company known for thin clients and virtual desktops. 

BeyondTrust, a provider of Privileged Identity Management (PIM) solutions, this week announced the release of PowerBroker Sever Enterprise, a solution that enables access management for Linux and UNIX systems through Microsoft’s Active Directory.

A new variant of the Flashback malware has been spotted targeting Mac OS X systems left vulnerable to a recently patched Java flaw. If exploited, the malware could drop additional malicious payloads, or modify targeted websites in order to bombard a user with annoying ads – which earn money for the attackers.

ManTech International announced today that it has completed the acquisition of security firm HBGary, Inc.The HBGary brand will remain, a ManTech spokesperson told SecurityWeek, and will become part of a new commercial business unit within ManTech’s Mission, Cyber, & Intelligence Solutions (MCIS) group, led by Senior Vice President of Cyber Strategy, Ken Silva.Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, though ManTech said that it used available cash to finance the acquisition.

An analysis of the Alexa top 25,000 most popular domains revealed 58 were serving malicious content during the month of February – translating to more than 10.5 million users being targeted by malware, according to research by Barracuda Networks.

I saw a movie a while back in which a character was locked up in a prison, and he said something like, “I’m not locked in here with you; you’re locked in here with me.” We have been told for years that the insider threat is more important to address than the external threat. Part of the issue is that when we think about an external attack, we have someone on whom we can focus our energy – the wily...

Late last week, the California Department of Child Support Services disclosed that storage devices containing child support customers’ sensitive personal information had been lost.The Department said that on March 12, 2012, it was notified by California’s Office of Technology Services (OTech) that data storage devices being shipped from IBM to Iron Mountain via FedEx had been lost.

Following disclosure late Friday afternoon of an incident involving unauthorized access to its processing system, Global Payments Inc., a provider of payment processing services, late Sunday night said that it believes the breach was confined to North America and less than 1.5 million card numbers were exported and in the hands of attackers.

"Luckycat" Attacks Targeting Defense Industry and Tibetan Activists Linked to Individual in ChinaResearchers at Trend Micro pulled the covers away from an attack campaign whose targets range from Tibetan activists to military research, aerospace and energy companies in India and Japan.

Payment Processor Global Payments Confirms Security BreachEarly Friday morning, reports surfaced that VISA and MasterCard had started to notify banks regarding a potential security breach at a U.S.-based credit card processor.

Update: Global Payments, Inc. Confirms Security Breach.Reports are spreading this morning about a potential breach that has occurred a U.S.-based credit card processor, and that VISA and MasterCard have started to alert banks nationwide.

When National Security Agency Director Gen. Keith Alexander spoke before the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee this week, he was adamant that the military and intelligence community leave the monitoring of private sector networks to the private sector.

Organizations should move to patch a Java vulnerability being targeted by attackers in the wild, security experts say.

The U.S. Government has Big Plans for Big Data. The Obama Administration Is Putting $200M Toward it, and Looking For Ideas.

Much has been said and written about the financial crisis that we have been mired in for the past 5 years. Its effects are felt every day-- for some more than for others.