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DDoS attacks motivated by politics not criminality, Arbor Networks finds
Large Internet organisations believe ideological and political motivations have become the single commonest motivation behind the DDoS attacks hitting their networks, a survey of major Internet firms by has found.
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Nicira startup targets data centre network virtualisation
One of the most anticipated debuts of a startup company happens today when Nicira, a maker of network virtualization software, comes out of stealth mode.
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Alfresco 4.0 will offer CMS as SaaS in the cloud
Alfresco has upgraded its namesake product to work with multiple clients and to interact with a wider range of form factors in anticipation of offering its open source content management software as a service, the company announced this morning.
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CloudPassage launches firewall and authentication for cloud servers
CloudPassage is launching a new security product for virtual servers in public clouds such as Amazon Web Services that it says takes care of the all-important need for security when using services from infrastructure providers.
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F5 says Big-IP is now a network firewall
F5?s Big-IP application delivery controllers are now certified as network firewalls, meaning they can replace separate network firewalls businesses might already have in place to meet regulators? requirements.
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Hackers use videoconferencing cameras to spy on boardroom meetings
Teleconferencing vendors say they're trying to strike the right balance between security and usability after security researchers found they could dial in to the conference lines of major companies and manipulate video cameras to spy on boardrooms.
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Huddle offers free workspace access for 'lite users'
Huddle, the British cloud-based content collaboration firm which describes itself as an alternative to Microsoft Sharepoint, has unveiled a new Unlimited Enterprise offering, allowing organisations to invite 'lite users' into their workspaces for free.
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M86 Security discover fragmented AJAX-based Web exploitation attacks
Security researchers from Web filtering vendor M86 Security have detected Web exploitation attacks that use AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) to fragment the payload into small pieces of code that are harder to detect by antivirus programs and intrusion prevention systems.
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Amazon Web Services adds Check Point cloud security
Check Point and Amazon Web Services are teaming up to offer Check Point Security Gateway cloud security for business assets.
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Twitter to open source Android security tech, starting with TextSecure
Twitter plans to open source some of the Android security products built by the developers behind Whisper Systems, which Twitter acquired last month.




