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Palo Alto Networks, today announced new functionality that enables enterprises to control Facebook Social Plug-ins, helping to ease some of the growing privacy concerns associated with facebook’s connection to third party Web sites.

Top 10 Malware Threats for AprilSunbelt Software has announced the top 10 most prevalent malware threats for the month of April 2010. With nine of ten detections from March still on the list for April, it shows continued prevalence of Trojan horse programs circulating on the Internet. A new loader for a rogue security product making it into the top 10.

SAIC Selects NYU-Poly To Help Build Cyber Security Powerhouse, Delivering Master's Degrees to More Than 600 Top Employees

IT security and data protection firm Sophos announced that it has reached an agreement to sell a majority interest in the company to private equity group Apax Partners. The transaction will value the company at $830 million. Following the transaction, the founders of Sophos will retain a significant minority shareholding.

Report projects that the number of files, images, records and other digital information containers will grow by a factor of 67, each needing to be managed, secured and protected. 

Amazon Web Services announced that it has launched Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) service in the European Union today.

SecurityWeek staff has confirmed that portable storage, authentication, and trusted virtual computing solutions provider, IronKey, has raised $22 million in venture capital funding.

Managed information security services provider, SecureWorks, Inc., announced today the hire of Colonel Barry R. Hensley, former Director of the Army's Global Network Operations and Security Center. Hensley will be joining as Vice President of SecureWorks' Counter Threat Unit.

Application delivery solutions provider, Radware (NASDAQ:RDWR), today announced the issuance of three United States Patents based on real-time signatures to protect and secure application and network Traffic.The new additions to Radware’s patent portfolio include:• "Generated Anomaly Pattern for HTTP Flood Protection"

The National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) recently tested future military leaders during the 10th Annual Cyber Defense Exercise (CDX) held on April 20-23, 2010.

McAfee, Inc. (NYSE:MFE) today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010. McAfee generated $502.7 million in revenue, a first quarter record and marking their 17th consecutive quarter of double-digit, year-over-year revenue growth along with record operating cash flow. With the rapid growth, executives admit they continue to have finance and operations issues.

IT management software provider, CA (NASDAQ: CA), today announced the results of a European IT Security study revealing that organizations across several European countries are not utilizing Data Loss Prevention (DLP) technology.The survey revealed that 64% of organizations in the UK are not using Data Loss Prevention technology and other countries such as France (23%), Ireland (50%), and Italy (60%) report low utilization.

Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced it would be making two key acquisitions, saying it has signed definitive agreements to acquire PGP Corporation and GuardianEdge Technologies, Inc., two privately-held leaders in the email and data encryption market. 

Hewlett-Packard Co. has agreed to acquire struggling smart phone maker Palm Inc. for over $1 billion in cash. The companies announced Wednesday they had agreed to the deal, which will see HP pay $5.70 for every Palm common share. With debt included, the deal values Palm at $1.2 billion. The transaction has been approved by the HP and Palm boards of directors.