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Identity theft down but cost skyrockets

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Identity theft down but cost skyrockets
Identity theft related to credit and debit cards dropped by 28% in 2010 over 2009—but the out-of-pocket cost to victimized consumers rose by 68%. Read More


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U.S. sacks counterfeiters in massive sting
With the National Football League's Super Bowl extravaganza as a background, the government announced what it called a record breaking $3.6 million sting aimed at counterfeit game-related sportswear sellers. Read More

8 unsexy Valentine's iPhone apps
Eight apps guarantee to spoil the romantic mood this year Read More

Security startup hopes it holds key for cloud encryption
James Williamson, IT coordinator at the New Canadian Democratic Party (NPD), on the ups and downs of storage, data protection and regulatory compliance in the cloud. Read More

F5 Networks gunning for even more data center control
Interview with Sean McAdam, CEO of F5 Networks, which has managed to garner nearly half of the Layer 4-7 switching market. Read More


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The need to speed up patch deployment across today's highly complex and distributed IT environment has never been more important. The heat is on to proactively safeguard your systems and endpoints from the newest exploits as the time it takes hackers to exploit a known vulnerability continues to shrink. Read More

Windows fix on Patch Tuesday 'breaks' VMware software
VMware is telling customers that two Windows 7 security patches have left the VMware View desktop virtualization client unable to access the View Connection Server, which brokers the connection between a user's computer and a virtual desktop. Read More

IBM, in mobile security drive, teams with Juniper on smartphone protection services
IBM today unwrapped a variety of mobile security initiatives to help corporate customers better protect and manage the mass of intelligent devices coming to their networks. Read More

Check Point expands security blade platform, intros best-practices program
Check Point is introducing four applications for its a la carte security platform that allows customers to create tailored security appliances on off-the-shelf hardware. Read More

Verisign to bolster .gov security
The U.S. federal government's ongoing effort to improve the security on its Web sites may get a boost now that Verisign has taken over operation of the .gov registry. Read More


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The World of Tech Photos: January, 2011
A look back in pictures at technology-related events Read More

Sue over shoddy software? Experts say not so fast
With reports swirling that Apple has hired security author David Rice as director of global security, the ideas Rice has put forth in the past to help improve software quality have moved back into public debate. Read More

iPad Security: How a Hospital Group Treated Trouble
Doctors have fallen in love with the Apple iPad, becoming one of the biggest early adopters among professionals. They want iPads for personal use and to get their work done. It's the latter that has healthcare IT staff scrambling to secure the devices. Read More

IPhone attack reveals passwords in six minutes
Researchers in Germany say they've been able to reveal passwords stored in a locked iPhone in just six minutes and they did it without cracking the phone's passcode. Read More

We want you for the PCI Board of Advisors
The PCI Security Standards Council has announced that the nomination period for election to the 2011-2013 PCI SSC Board of Advisors is now open. Read More



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