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We’re seeing a fast-growing trend in the hacking community that, sadly, many aren’t noticing: search engines can be turned into tools for attackers in numerous ways. What can businesses do to fight back?The Basics: Exploiting Hot Topics

Following yesterday's announcement of record quarterly revenue of $28.57 billion and record quarterly profit of $7.31 billion, Apple today launched Mac OS X Lion, the eighth major release of its operating system.While OS X Lion flaunts more than 250 new features, we thought it would be appropriate to run through them and highlight some of the security and privacy related features that would be of interest to our security-minded audience.

Skydera C3 Developer Edition Enables Cloud Command & Control for Amazon AWS, RackSpace, GoGrid, SliceHost Skydera, a provider of cross-cloud IT automation solutions, today launched Skydera C3 Developer Edition, a solution that brings developers enterprise-grade security to public cloud and hybrid cloud environments, and true developer self-service.

Have you considered how you’ll secure your IPv6 infrastructure? Even if you aren’t implementing an IPv6 network, you still need to be concerned about the transition. Here is how can you be sure your network remains protected as the industry moves towards IPv6.

FBI agents executed more than 35 search warrants and arrested fourteen alleged members of the Anonymous hacking collective in a coordinated crackdown across the nation on Tuesday. The U.S.

RedSeal Systems, Inc., a provider of network security optimization solutions that help companies identify holes in their security infrastructure, announced that it has appointed existing board member and security industry expert Parveen Jain as the company's new chief executive officer.

You’ve Heard the the Catchphrases and Acronyms Surrounding Industrial Network Security, So What Do They All Mean?

The Pennsylvania Department of Banking today warned the public about an advance fee loan scam being carried out on the Internet under the name Ridley Creek Financing Group.According to the Department of Banking, the company's Web site solicits personal loans and asks for personal financial information, such as Social Security numbers, which could be used to commit identity fraud and drain victim's accounts. The company also asks for funds to be wired to process the loan.

Tenable Network Security, a provider of security monitoring solutions, has hired veteran IT security expert Jack Daniel to its product management team. Daniel comes to Tenable from Astaro, recently acquired by Sophos, where he served as Community Development Manager.

Survey Reveals That IT Security Personnel Are Making Dangerous Security Trade-OffsWith the significant spike in recent data breaches and cyber attacks, organizations around the world are scrambling to implement additional security measures to help develop a strong security posture.

Recovering from a breach can be expensive, just ask Sony or any other company that has fallen victim to a cyber attack recently. Not only are the costs stemming from investigations, breach notifications and fines expensive for organizations, the damage done to a brand and loss of customer confidence can be incredibly costly.

Seattle based WatchGuard Technologies, on Monday announced that it has extended its next-generation firewall (NGFW) capabilities, including advanced firewalling, application control, and intrusion prevention system (IPS), to its XTM 8 Series of security appliances, making enterprise-class NGFW features available to businesses that perhaps aren’t big enough to justify the investment in a typical enterprise-class firewall.

Google today said it had acquired the domain name “G.CO”, a name that the company says it will use exclusively to link to official Google products and services, helping users be more confident that when they click on a "G.CO" link, they are taken what should be a safe URL, operated by Google.

The battle for top talent in the tech industry isn’t limited to Facebook, Apple and Google quarreling to hire and retain top talent. Splunk, a provider of operational intelligence software, today announced that it has hired David Conte as the company’s first Chief Financial Officer.

Cloud-based threat management company, Zscaler, today said it has hired John Vecchi as Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, where he will responsible for driving the company's market-expansion initiatives.