a research manager with computer security provider Qualys Inc. “I think the reason for it is that more and more people are out there looking for vulnerabilities.” The geeks who report such vulnerabilities to software makers are known as “white hat” hackers.
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OpenDNS, a provider of internet security, has closed a $4.5 million round of funding, according to a filing with the SEC. Sequoia Capital and Greylock Partners participated in the round. Based in San Francisco, the free Domain Name System (DNS) service provid
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LONDON (Reuters) – An apparent cyber attack on Iran shows the vulnerability of critical national infrastructure systems to attack through widely used computer programs and imported technology. Iranian officials said Sunday that the Stuxnet worm had …
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook, the world’s No. 1 social networking site, which has been a target of several high-profile cyber attacks in the past year, is giving away security software from McAfee Inc to …
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