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Microsoft to patch XP Help hole and four others on Tuesday

Military wants Holy Grail of secure encryption technology | Poor SSL set-up can kill e-commerce

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Microsoft to patch XP Help hole and four others on Tuesday
Microsoft has promised a patch for the contentious XP Windows Help hole among its July Patch Tuesday fixes. Patch Tuesday is coming next week, July 13. The company will issue four patches that fix a total of five holes, with three patches rated critical. Read More


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Regulatory Compliance: Value of Data Security Solutions
Amendments to the Information Technology Act, 2000, have created additional and more stringent compliance requirements relating to cyber security, highlighting more than ever the value of data security solutions. Read More Now

Military wants Holy Grail of secure encryption technology
It's a data encryption technology that protects sensitive data but at the same time lets computations be performed on it all without the data being decrypted. Read More

Poor SSL set-up can kill e-commerce
Online merchants are shooting themselves in the foot with faulty SSL deployments that trigger alarms scaring customers away before they have the chance to complete transactions. Read More

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US companies that performed or funded research and development domestically or in their overseas locations--employed 27.1 million workers worldwide in 2008, according to a new National Science Foundation report.  The Read More


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Cisco warns attendees that the Cisco Live database was hacked
I, along with thousands of others, received an interesting e-mail from Cisco this morning warning me that details about me seem to have wound up in the hands of unauthorized people. Cisco Subnet editor, Julie Bort, also received an e-mail tip from a reader about the situation. You know I have many thoughts and opinions to share, but before I get into that, here's the e-mail in full. Please note that... Read More

Europe votes to send secret bank data to US authorities
After months of debate, the European Parliament finally gave its consent to the controversial Swift agreement on Thursday. Read More

Facebook faces fine from German privacy regulator
Facebook faces a fine from a German privacy regulator for failing to obtain the consent of the people whose contact details it stores. Read More


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TRITON™ Securing the Borderless Enterprise
In an industry first, Websense® has released TRITON™, a security solution that is fully integrated into one single platform with a single management interface and unified content analysis across Web, data and email. Read More

NSA plan to oversee cybersecurity plan draws cautious support
The reported U.S. plan to have the National Security Agency oversee the monitoring of critical government and private infrastructure networks has drawn cautious support from security analysts. Read More

Three more Microsoft zero-day bugs pop up
The number of zero-day vulnerabilities in widely-used Microsoft software products continues to grow, according to security experts. Read More

Report: US building system to detect cyber-attacks
The U.S. National Security Agency is building a system that would help detect cyber-attacks on critical U.S. infrastructure, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal that cites unnamed sources. Read More



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