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Third-party software, not Microsoft’s, blamed for 76% of vulnerabilities on average PC

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Don’t blame Microsoft if your PC is insecure, because three quarters of reported security vulnerabilities in 2013 were found in third-party software and not Microsoft programs. Yet also according to the Denmark-based security firm Secunia that analyzed vulnerabilities in the top 50 most-used software products, the number of holes in Windows 7 and XP doubled in 2013 and Windows 8 was the operating system…
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Homeland Security Department Blamed for Border Fence Project Delays, Budget Problems – FOX News

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border with Mexico is behind schedule and overbudget — and the Department of Homeland Security is at least partly to blame … radars designed to let a small number of dispatchers watch the border on computer monitors, zoom in with cameras to see people …
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Gang called Avalanche blamed for most phishing attacks – Computerworld

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IDG News Service – A new report blames a single Eastern European gang for about two-thirds of all phishing attacks conducted in the second half of 2009. The phishing group — named Avalanche by security researchers because of the large quantity of …
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