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Kaspersky Lab CEO backs out of IPO plans
Kaspersky Lab founder Eugene Kaspersky has cancelled plans for the firm to go public, announcing his intention to buy back a 20 percent stake sold to a private equity investor a year ago.
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DNSChanger has infected half of Fortune 500 firms
Half of all Fortune 500 companies and major US government agencies own computers infected with the "DNSChanger" malware that redirects users to fake websites and puts organisations at risk of information theft, a security company warned yesterday.
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Kelihos botnet cranks back up after Microsoft attack
A botnet that was crippled by Microsoft and Kaspersky Lab last September is spamming once again and experts have no recourse to stop it.
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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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Hackers crack DreamHost customer database
Web hosting firm DreamHost reset the FTP and shell access passwords for all of its customers on Friday after detecting unauthorised activity within one of its databases.
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Twitter verifies fake Wendi Deng account
A spoof Twitter account impersonating Wendi Deng Murdoch was verified by Twitter, and taken as real by News Corp's media communications team and members of the public.
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'Duqu' zero-day Windows flaw patched this week
Microsoft will tomorrow patch the zero-day kernel Word vulnerability exploited by the mysterious Duqu malware, more than a month after its existence was first made public.
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Symantec says spam levels fall to lowest in three years
Global spam fell last month to its lowest level in three years in a sign that spammers may be getting a better rate of return by hitting social media websites instead, according to the latest figures released by Symantec.
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Lookout releases free Carrier IQ Detection app on Android Market
Lookout has released a tool that detects Carrier IQ, the software embedded in numerous smartphones that has raised questions from users, privacy advocates and even US Congress.
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Microsoft say hackers launch millions of Java exploits
Hackers continue to launch attacks exploiting vulnerabilities in Oracle's Java software in record numbers, Microsoft said.




