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  • WatchGuard XTM 2050 Firewall Secures Network Connections

    Business security solutions specialist WatchGuard Technologies, announced the availability of a security appliance, the XTM 2050, a firewall that provides security for large enterprises and data centers that require a high-performance firewall, application control and intrusion-prevention system to protect against data theft, malware and security breaches. The XTM 2050 starts at $39,995 and is available…

  • Cyber-crime Victims Often Provide Access Unwittingly: Report

    In a unique collaboration, an engineer and a criminologist at the University of Maryland, College Park, are applying criminological concepts and research methods in the study of cyber-crime, leading to recommendations for IT managers to use in the prevention of cyber-attacks on their networks. In one study that focused on the victims of cyber-attacks, the…

  • NIST Expands Database of Common Coding Errors to Find Software Bugs

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology expanded its database of software flaws to help developers avoid introducing bugs into their code right from the start. The Software Assurance Metrics and Tool Evaluation (SAMATE) Reference Dataset contains examples of software issues that could leave applications vulnerable to attackers. Version 4.0 of SAMATE, released Nov. 22,…

  • WatchGuard Releases Small Business Security Appliance

    WatchGuard Technologies, a provider of business security solutions, unveiled its latest security operating system for the XTM line of unified threat management appliances. With this release, businesses gain advanced networking capabilities for mobile workers, as well as enhanced management and reporting functions that provide insight into applications, bandwidth usage, user behavior and more. The release of…

  • Mobile Malware Proliferates as Smartphone Market Booms

    According to a new report out last week from McAfee Labs, the rapid proliferation of malware has caused researchers to bump up their estimates for cumulative the number of unique samples to float around the Internet by the end of 2011. In its McAfee Threats Report: Third Quarter 2011, the firm reported that its increasing…

  • Most Common Password of 2011: 12345

    The 25 most popular passwords in 2011 include such gems as "password" and "123456," according to an analysis of various lists and databases dumped online by hackers this year. Internet users were selecting common names, numeric sequences and keyboard layouts as their passwords online, according to the 2011 Worst Passwords of the Year list released…

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