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Healthcare and financial services firms use an average of 28 social networking applications and p2p, according to the recent Application Usage and Risk Report published by Palo Alto Networks.

IBM and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have partnered on a Research and Development project to help protect the nation's civilian aviation system from cyber attacks.

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A new solution from Finland based, Blancco, promises to simplify corporate processes for secure IT asset disposal.

Wired Business Media launches, SecurityWeek – New information and enterprise security publication to address needs of fast growing industry 

Suppose a friend wants you to meet her cousin Bill at a black tie affair. You don’t have a photo of Bill to help you find him among the five hundred or so people in attendance—you only have your cousin’s description of Bill.

Sunbelt Software today announced the availability of Sunbelt CWSandbox 3.0, an upgraded version of their automated dynamic malware analysis tool. CWSandbox leverages unique behavior analysis technology for the identification of malicious threats like PDF exploits, fake media players and other socially engineered attacks against enterprise or government networks.

PhoneGuard, a provider of mobile security services, today announced availability of its anti-virus software for Android smartphones. Partnering with China based NetQin Technology, PhoneGuard provides a defense against threats including viruses, spyware and malware that target mobile devices.

As you may have heard, this year the Internet celebrates the 25th anniversary of the world's first .com and .org domain name registrations.

Anti-virus products scan for malware in two ways. They look for sequences of bits that are found in programs that are known to be “evil” (but which are not commonly found in “good” programs). And they run programs in sandboxes and look for known malicious actions. The first approach only catches known malware instances, while the second can also catch variants of these. Still, many malware agents slip through the cracks undetected...