Investors cheer Check Point profit rise, buyback – NBCNews.com

TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israel-based computer security firm Check Point Software Technologies posted higher quarterly profit and kept its full-year targets, easing fears that companies might cut spending on their networks in a faltering global economy.
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Mahdi Malware Takes Aim at Iran as Cyber-Espionage Continues – eWeek


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Mahdi Malware Takes Aim at Iran as Cyber-Espionage Continues
eWeek
The malware, dubbed Mahdi, appears to be unrelated to Stuxnet, Duqu and Flame—three other well-known attacks targeted Iran, among other countries. While those attacks relied on the exploitation of software vulnerabilities, Mahdi fools users into
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Computer Security Firm Palo Alto Networks’ IPO Soars – Investor’s Business Daily


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Computer Security Firm Palo Alto Networks' IPO Soars
Investor’s Business Daily
Shares of Palo Alto Networks (PANW) soared 26.5% on day one, adding pizzazz to an IPO market that had fizzled after Facebook's blockbuster landed flat nine weeks ago. Palo Alto Networks, which provides firewall technology used to prevent data breaches
Palo Alto Networks, Kayak Surge After DebutFox Business
IPO market heats up after Facebook freezeCBS News

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Researchers Say They Took Down World’s Third-Largest Botnet – New York Times Blogs

On Wednesday, computer security experts took down Grum, the world’s third-largest botnet, a cluster of infected computers used by cybercriminals to send spam to millions of people. Grum, computer security experts say, was responsible for …
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