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How to prevent phishing attacks with social engineering tests

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How to prevent phishing attacks with social engineering tests

Sherri Davidoff, Contributor
10.15.2009
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Preventing hacker attacks with network behavior analysis IPS

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Some Facebook applications lead to Russian attack sites - Security Bytes

Oct 15 2009   1:15PM GMT

Some Facebook applications lead to Russian attack sites

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Is it time for security managers to get tough? - Security Bytes

Oct 15 2009   6:18PM GMT

Is it time for security managers to get tough?

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Massive phishing scheme affects Microsoft Hotmail accounts - Security Bytes

Oct 6 2009   3:03PM GMT

Massive phishing scheme affects Microsoft Hotmail accounts

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Mozilla pushes out update, provides security suite add-ons - Security Bytes

Oct 12 2009   8:39PM GMT

Mozilla pushes out update, provides security suite add-ons

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Data deduplication makes disaster recovery and data replication easier

Data deduplication makes disaster recovery and data replication easier

By Christine Cignoli 12 Oct 2009 | SearchDisasterRecovery.com

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INCOMING! Biggest ever patch Tuesday: 13 patches fix 34 vulns. - Computerworld Blogs

October 9, 2009 - 6:01 A.M.

INCOMING! Biggest ever patch Tuesday: 13 patches fix 34 vulns.

• TAGS:critical patch update, Microsoft, MSFT, patch Tuesday, Windows, Windows 7
• IT TOPICS:Desktop Applications, Enterprise Software & Services, Security, Windows & Microsoft

Next week is going to be a busy time for IT folks. Microsoft's got 13 patches for you, to solve 34 security vulnerabilities in all sorts of Microsoft products -- including every supported version of Windows. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers look at the numbers.

By Richi Jennings. October 9, 2009.
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Phishing websites, rogue antivirus skyrocket in 2009

Phishing websites and rogue antivirus programs increased precipitously in the first half of 2009, according to a new report issued by the Antiphishing Working Group.

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Microsoft makes free antivirus software widely available - Security Bytes

Microsoft makes free antivirus software widely available

Posted by: Robert Westervelt
Antivirus, Microsoft Security Essentials

Software meets the needs of those looking for lightweight, free antivirus.

Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE), free antivirus software for Windows users, has been in beta for quite some time. Today, Microsoft has ripped the beta status off the software, making it widely available to the public.

Security Essentials is aimed at consumers who are content with free antivirus, but it could help businesses, especially those whose employees sometimes work on their personal computers. A no-no in many industries, but tolerated by many firms.

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