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Open source Untangle guard union's privacyOpen in New Window
Ian Palmer writes, "When Maine State Employees Association SEIU Local 1989 needed software to safeguard confidential information and ward off online threats, it found an open source solution. The la read more »
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Welcome To The Mobile Web, Now Here Come The Viruses?Open in New Window
Sarah Perez writes a fascinating article about the likely upcoming prevalence of mobile viruses and reviews an AdaptiveMobile report on current mobile virus penetration. read more »
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Report: antivirus applications getting weaker over time.Open in New Window
David Chartier reports that antivirus applications are getting weaker as time progresses. This isn't related to the standard signature based method, but rather the ability of antivirus applications read more »
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Greetings...you're infected - viruses and the web.Open in New Window
William Kilmer over at ZDNet offers reflections on the latest innovations by malware pushers who have moved from including viruses with emails to including emails with a link to a virus, thus avoidin read more »
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Symantec issues bogus warning of full-scale Internet meltdownOpen in New Window
Symantec accidently triggered a level four alert to their enterprise customers, thus suggesting to customers that a complete internet security meltdown was in progress. read more »
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Write Your Own Virus, Programming Skills Not RequiredOpen in New Window
Viruses can be bought as commercial packages and by offering them as "educational" the authors and distributors are circumventing prosecution. read more »
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