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Microsoft investigates Windows 'black screen of death'

Microsoft today confirmed that it is looking into reports that November's security updates have triggered a black screen on some Windows users' PCs. Read full story

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Northrop Grumman launches cybersecurity research group
Government security contractor Northrop Grumman has joined with three leading cybersecurity research universities to launch a research consortium focused on fixing the most vexing problems in information security.

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Microsoft game software preps soldiers for battle
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Safer Online Shopping: Eight Tips
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IBM buys database security firm Guardium
IBM has acquired database security vendor Guardium, it said Monday, confirming earlier reports. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Scammers get better tools for tapping social networks
New tools capable of quickly finding, gathering and correlating information about individuals from social networking sites and other public sources are giving online scammers a powerful new weapon, say security researchers.

Cloud security service looks for malware
Webroot Tuesday announced it has extended its cloud-based Web security service, adding a way to filter outbound as well as inbound Web traffic, monitoring for threats in order to detect and block malware such as botnets that have infected computers.

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