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Hewlett-Packard buying ArcSight for $1.5 billion (Update)
(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. wants to have the answer to all of its customers' technology problems. So it is buying network-security provider ArcSight Inc. to help them respond to the growing threat posed ...
Sep 13, 2010 |
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Security firms issue warning over email worm
Computer security firms issued warnings on Friday over a computer virus that arrives by email offering downloads of "free sex movies" or documents.
Sep 10, 2010 |
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US widens probe of HP bribery allegations
(AP) -- U.S. investigators have widened their probe of alleged kickbacks paid to Russian authorities by employees of a Hewlett-Packard Co. subsidiary in Germany.
Sep 10, 2010 |
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Two thirds of Internet users hit by cybercrime: Norton
Computer security firm Symantec on Wednesday reported that about two thirds of the world's Internet users have fallen victim to cybercrime and few think crooks will be caught.
Sep 08, 2010 |
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Free Wi-Fi can hide security dangers
After someone sniffed out his password at a free Wi-Fi hotspot and successfully hacked his computer, Igor Mello stays home for the majority of his web use.
Aug 27, 2010 |
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Source: Dell plans sweeter 3Par bid after HP trump
(AP) -- Dell Inc. is planning a second offer to try to keep data storage maker 3Par Inc. out of Hewlett-Packard Co.'s hands, according to a person familiar with the discussions.
Aug 26, 2010 |
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Intel buys McAfee for $7.7B in push beyond PCs (Update 3)
(AP) -- Talk about a new meaning for "Intel Inside." Intel Corp. wants to be inside your television. And your cell phone. And your car. And pretty much any other device that could one day connect to the Internet ...
Aug 19, 2010 |
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New NIST report advises: Securing critical computer systems begins at the beginning
Nothing beats the feeling of starting up a new computer - be it a laptop, desktop or a major, custom-designed computing system. A new system is a blank slate with no worry of botnets, viruses or any other cybersecurity hazards.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 04, 2010 |
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Team Releases Tools for Secure Cloud Computing
(PhysOrg.com) -- UT Dallas researchers have released software tools intended to help make cloud computing the standard way much computing is done.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 02, 2010 |
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Smooth-talking hackers test hi-tech titans' skills
Hackers at an infamous DefCon gathering are proving that old-fashioned smooth talk rivals slick software skills when it comes to pulling off attacks on computer networks.
Jul 31, 2010 |
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Smartphones tempting new targets for hackers
Software security experts warn that mobile phones are tempting targets for hackers in a world where people eagerly invite strange applications onto handsets packed with personal data.
Jul 30, 2010 |
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Internet upgraded to foil cyber crooks
The Internet has undergone a key upgrade that promises to stop cyber criminals from using fake websites that dupe people into downloading viruses or revealing personal data.
Jul 29, 2010 |
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US program to detect cyberattacks on companies, agencies
The United States is launching a program to detect cyberattacks on private US companies and government agencies running critical infrastructure such as the electricity grid and nuclear power plants, The Wall ...
Jul 08, 2010 |
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ATM hack promises teller machine jackpot
Computer security researchers are heading to Las Vegas with a software hack that gets bank teller machines to spew out cash jackpots.
Jun 26, 2010 |
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Initiative creates more secure environment for cloud computing
Scientists at the University of Texas in Dallas, with funding from AFOSR's Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative, are seeking solutions for maintaining privacy in a cloud, or an Internet-based computing environment ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jun 17, 2010 |
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