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by Jeff James


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Apple Ships Flashback Malware Removal Tool for OS X 10.5, Patches Quicktime for Windows

Windows 7 is arguably one of the most hardened and regularly updated OSes available, and now Apple and the Macintosh are in the headlines for fighting off malware and patching vulnerable software....Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 05/16/2012 4:15 PM By Jeff James
 

Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Patches 23 Vulnerabilities, Addresses "Sons of Duqu"

Another Patch Tuesday has passed, with Microsoft releasing a total of seven security bulletins that address 23 security vulnerabilities. Three of these are classified as "critical" while the remaining four are dubbed "important." Chief among the critical ones is bulletin MS12-034, which provides a number of updates for the .NET Framework, Office, Silverlight, and Windows....Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 05/09/2012 4:06 PM By Jeff James
 

Juniper Survey Reveals Lack of Trust in Mobile Device Security

Mobile devices are showing up in ever-increasing numbers in enterprises these days, from smartphones and ultralight notebooks to iPads and Androids tablets. The bring your own device (BYOD) phenomenon is also at work here, with employees bringing their own personal devices into the workplace....Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 05/09/2012 2:02 PM By Jeff James
 

StillSecure Unveils Public Cloud Security Suite

Cloud computing adoption is gradually picking up steam, yet legitimate concerns about security, data portability, auditing, compliance, and other issues have kept some IT departments on the sidelines. Security solution vendor StillSecure hopes to tackle some cloud security concerns with their new Cloud Network Security Appliance (NSA)....Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 05/02/2012 3:43 PM By Jeff James
 

Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Releases Four Critical Updates

Microsoft released a new round of updates for a variety of products and platforms on Patch Tuesday this week, prefaced by a reminder that support for Windows XP and Office 2003 will end in April 2014....Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 04/12/2012 12:10 PM By Jeff James
 

Richard Clarke: Every Major U.S. Company Already Hacked by Chinese Government

Clarke was recently interviewed by Ron Rosenbaum for Smithsonian Magazine, primarily for an article that focuses on who Clarke believes was behind the Stuxnet cyberattack against Iran in late 2010. Clarke -- like many other security experts -- points the finger squarely at the U.S., hinting that America may have received some assistance from Israeli intelligence services....Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 03/28/2012 12:14 PM By Jeff James
 

RSA Conference 2012 in Pictures

The Windows IT Pro editorial team presents the 2012 RSA Conference in pictures....Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 03/16/2012 12:54 PM By Jeff James
 

RSA 2012: Symantec Bets on Cloud, Mobile, and Virtualization Security

Symantec had a host of security-related news to share at RSA last week, but that wasn't all. The security solution giant released a fair amount of mobile security news at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona during the same period....Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 03/08/2012 10:00 AM By Jeff James
 

RSA 2012: Qualys Updates Cloud Platform, Launches Web Application Firewall Service

The increasing adoption of cloud-based security services is an ongoing trend at RSA this year, and cloud security service provider Qualys chose the conference to announce a host of new modules for their QualysGuard cloud security platform and to take the wraps of their new QualysGuard Web Application Firewall (WAF) service. ...Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 02/28/2012 1:00 PM By Jeff James
 

Updated: What to Expect at RSA Conference 2012

In order to help you get the most out of RSA Conference 2012, I've put together some tips and pointers about what you can expect to see at the show, how to get the most of of RSA using the most popular social media platforms, some good blogs and website to follow for RSA news, and posted an open invitation to meet with Windows IT Pro readers at the show....Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 02/23/2012 12:01 AM By Jeff James
 

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