SECURITY HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE NEWS
Forrester outlines 5 rising, 5 declining security technologies
May 16, 2012 | ELLEN MESSMER
Security technologies rise and fall in popularity, and Forrester Research in its TechRadar report puts its bets on five it thinks are in a growth mode and five it thinks are dying away.
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Thwarted by security at enterprises, cyber criminals target SMBs
May 16, 2012 | TAYLOR ARMERDING
Big business -- at least a significant percentage of it -- has apparently heeded the decades-long mantra from information security experts, and invested enough in security to make it difficult, expensive and risky for cyber criminals to attack them.
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A secure BYOD policy at MasterCard? Priceless.
May 16, 2012 | KIM S. NASH
More than a year into its bring-your-own-device program, MasterCard Worldwide continuously assesses the security technology and policies that allow 30 percent of its employees worldwide to use their personal iPhones, iPads and Android devices at work.
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10 hacks that made headlines
May 16, 2012 | JOAN GOODCHILD
Ten infamous social engineers -- con men who exploited human weaknesses rather than technical vulnerabilities.
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Adobe backpedals, will now patch software for free
May 14, 2012 | GREGG KEIZER
After being pummeled by customers and security experts for telling users to spend hundreds of dollars on upgrades because it wasn't going to patch critical bugs in older versions of its software, Adobe has reversed course.
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FBI issues warning on hotel Internet connections
May 10, 2012 | MICHAEL COONEY
The FBI today warned travelers there has been an uptick in malicious software infecting laptops and other devices linked to hotel Internet connections.
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Gemalto announces security solution for healthcare
May 9, 2012 | ANUSHKAR MOHINANI
Provides healthcare professionals a single credential for secure visual identity
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