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Report Reveals How Targeting Luxury Brands Online Results in Significant Traffic for Online Scammers A report revealed today showed that suspected counterfeit ecommerce sites attract over 120 million annual visits, almost half the traffic generated by the REAL, legitimate dot com Web sites according to the study.

HP Acquires ArcSight for $1.5 Billion - $43.50 Per Share in CashHP (NYSE:HPQ) and ArcSight Inc. (Nasdaq:ARST) made an official announcement Monday morning that HP would acquire ArcSight for $43.50 per share in cash, valuing the company at $1.5 billion. ArcSight shares closed Friday at $35.10 giving ArcSight a market cap of $1.21 Billion.

“Here you have” Virus – Details and Removal Methods  (W32/VBMania@mm / W32.Imsolk.B@mm)

Clickjacking Scams Continue to Target Facebook Users. "Cheerleaders Gone Wild" Scam Lures Users to "Like" Without KnowledgeYet another “clickjacking” scam is spreading on Facebook today, trying to lure users into checking out scantily clad cheerleaders “gone wild.”

Norton 2011 - High Scores in Malware Detection but also High Scores in False Positives

In a recent investigation, it was discovered that cybercriminals are creating 57,000 new “fake” websites each week looking to imitate and exploit approximately 375 high-profile brands. eBay and Western Union were the most targeted brands, making up 44 percent of exploited brands discovered. Visa, Amazon, Bank of America and PayPal also heavily targeted by cybercriminals.Banks comprise the majority of fake websites by far with 65 percent of the total. Online stores and auction sites came in at 27 percent, with...

Can you survive a massive Cyber-Attack? Is your organization prepared?

Secure electronic payment solutions provider VeriFone Systems, Inc. (NYSE: PAY), announced Wednesday that had acquired Semtek, an endpoint encryption solution company. The transaction is an all stock transaction in which Semtek shareholders will receive VeriFone common shares valuing the company at $18 million.

Cybercrime - Staring into the Eye of the BeastI have a problem. Actually, we all have a problem. You see, our life is gooood. Digitally, at least. We’re on the technology speed train, addicted, going full throttle without any desire to slow down. On the contrary, we strive to shift gears to quicken technology’s advancement. We can’t see our lives differently now and we’re expecting things to just get better. But here’s the problem – the bad-guys know this too.

SecurityWeek - People & PlacesCSC (NYSE: CSC) has named Mark Rasch director of Cybersecurity and Privacy Consulting for its North American Public Sector business unit.

The Norton Cybercrime Report: The Human Impact - Report Gauges Emotional Impact of Cybercrime, Shows 65% of Internet Users a Victim of CybercrimeCybercrime is real, it’s big, and it’s affecting a huge portion of the global Internet population.

Pareto Networks announced Daniel "Dan" Ryan, former executive vice president and general manager of McAfee's (MFE) network security business unit, will serve as CEO of the Cloud-based networking company.

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.

Oracle Hires Former HP CEO Mark Hurd as President, Named to Board of Directors In an announcement Monday night, Oracle said that Mark Hurd has joined the company as President and has been named to Oracle's Board of Directors. Mr. Hurd will report to Oracle CEO Larry Ellison.

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.