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Symantec: Attacks Rose While Vulnerabilities Fell in 2011 — The number of malicious and Web attacks continued to grow rapidly in 2011, with mobile platforms like Google’s Android operating system increasingly becoming key targets of cyber-criminals, according to security software vendor Symantec.
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IBM X-Force Report: 2011 Shows Progress Against Security Threats But Attackers …
Sacramento Bee The report gathers facts from numerous intelligence sources, including its database of more than 50000 computer security vulnerabilities, its global Web crawler and its international spam collectors, and the real-time monitoring of 13 billion events … IBM X-Force Trend and Risk Report Offers More Good Security News than Bad Attackers adapting as spam canned IBM X-Force Security Report Balances Good News With Bad |
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Dell, Cisco, IBM Among Top Buyers of Security Companies in 2011
eWeek Twitter acquired Whisper Systems, a two-person startup devoted to Android security software, in November. The move brought hacker Moxie Marlinspike and robotics researcher Stuart Anderson on board at the micro-blogging company. … |
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Code9 Mobile Wins 2011 Mobile Star Award
MarketWatch (press release) Code9 Mobile, an innovative smartphone application that provides parents with the tools they need to help protect their children from dangerous cell phone behavior, was recognized in the category: Consumer App, Mobile Security. … |