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IT security spending tends to be hard to justify under almost any conditions, but in the bad economy a lot of the discussion just gets put on the back burner. Between the growing sophistication of Read more...

As 2010 drew to a close, the major computer security vendors put out predictions for this year's biggest threats. PC Magazine's Larry Seltzer pulled together a round-up of the vendors' forecasts and Read more...

On August 19, anti-virus and security vendor McAfee announced it was in the process of being purchased by Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), in a deal valued at approximately $7.68 billion. According to a Read more...

Brand new, customized malware puts enterprises at greatest risk, and up to 50,000 new malware programs are found daily, reports Jeremy Kirk at IDG News. Unfortunately, according to recent research, Read more...

You may have ducked the worst of the hack attacks this year, but slicker, more menacing forms of cybercrime are on their way to your systems. In its 2009 annual security report, Cisco systems warns Read more...

Hackers are getting more sophisticated and dangerous. Security vendor Websense reports that as many as 40,000 websites have been hacked in order to redirect victims to another website that tries to Read more...

The economic downturn is putting pressure on employers from many angles. One concern is that their own employees may be more willing to steal data or sell insider knowledge, according to two recent Read more...

Wherever you look these days, there is always a computer threat. And this week, we report on a very serious one. While hackers have been attacking big companies for the biggest rewards, they are now Read more...

As IT budgets tighten and CIOs ask for across-the-board spending cuts, what happens to security budgets for companies that have not invested steadily in this area and have been struggling to catch Read more...

A research vice president at Gartner said on Monday that enterprises are paying too much for security software, even though vendors simply aren't doing enough to keep up with the prevalence of Read more...