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• How to avoid 5 common email management mistakes

  By Susan Perschke | 21 May, 2012 14:29

  Email managers have a lot at stake. After all, the volume of global electronic messages sent via email dwarfs all other forms of electronic communication, including social networking. Since the inception of electronic mail, which, according to some Internet historians, can be traced to a small mainframe app called 'MAILBOX' from the mid-1960s, human-to-human messages have been created, transmitted and stored in electronic format. But early email administrators could hardly have envisioned the complexity of current email infrastructure and the concomitant maze of technical, security, business and regulatory challenges.

• Last 12 months marked by decreasing spam and growing malware: Symantec

  By Patrick Budmar | 01 May, 2012 15:29

  The fact that spam levels fell and new vulnerabilities decreased should be a point of celebration, though this only forms the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the whole security landscape, according to Symantec.

• Facebook chooses Sophos to combat malware

  By Nermin Bajric | 27 April, 2012 15:32

  Facebook has announced that it will be utilising SophosLabs, Sophos’ global network of research centres, alongside its own security measures to protect users from links which lead them to malware and malicious sites.

• Malware and spam volume down, complexity on the rise: Symantec

  By Patrick Budmar | 06 March, 2012 10:10

  Security vendor, Symantec, finds that online attacks are becoming more targeted and intricate as volumes go down

• McAfee unveils new mobile security tools

  By Tony Bradley | 28 February, 2012 08:04

  McAfee used the venue of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as an opportunity to announce new techniques and tools for protecting mobile devices, data, and apps. Mobile devices are a huge target for malware and cyber attackers, and McAfee wants to ensure organizations have the tools to use the mobile devices securely.

• Malware grows to the tune of 75 million samples in 2011: McAfee

  By Patrick Budmar | 23 February, 2012 15:24

  Security vendor, McAfee, finds malware is still prevalent online despite decline in Q4, McAFee,

• How the Phoenix Suns basketball team takes on social media attacks

  By Ellen Messmer | 11 February, 2012 07:31

  Every sport has its fans, and the Phoenix Suns basketball team is finding that use of social networking has become one of the main ways to keep in touch with its fan base -- though it can get dicey when basketball fans across the NBA go a little wild before big games.

• IBM predicts five big technologies of the future

  By Michael Cooney | 21 December, 2011 08:31

  IBM today issued its sixth annual look at what Big Blue thinks will be the five biggest technologies for the next five years. In past prediction packages the company has had some success in predicting the future of telemedicine and nanotechnology.

• IBM Predicts the Next Five Years in Tech

  By John P. Mello Jr. | 20 December, 2011 13:35

  Every year, IBM picks five technologies that it predicts are going to change our lives in the next five years. This year's crop of life changers includes efficient capture of renewable energy, proliferation of biometric identification to authenticate your identity, control of machines with your mind, elimination of the digital divide and the end of spam.

• Warning: Tips for secure mobile holiday shopping

  By Tony Bradley | 07 December, 2011 04:10

  I’m dating myself, but I remember when holiday shopping involved pouring through ads in the Sunday paper, placing actual phone calls from tethered land lines to research product stock and availability, and actually driving places to pick things up. Now, holiday shoppers can do all of that from a smartphone or tablet in a few seconds, but there are some security pitfalls to be aware of.

• Mobile malware crisis? Not so fast

  By Katherine Noyes | 22 November, 2011 07:22

  There's been a flurry of coverage of mobile malware over the past few days, including two separate reports declaring both 2011 and 2012 "the year of mobile malware".

• Hotmail's 'graymail' filter will help business

  By Katherine Murray | 09 October, 2011 09:19

  All the major Web-based email services have junk mail folders and spam filters that strain out obvious offenders. Categorizing messages and filtering out those you don’t want may help, but limits control. It would be nice just to tell your email program which messages you want to receive and when--and dump the rest. Windows Live Hotmail may be coming a step closer to that, with changes announced this week.

• McAfee Delivers Comprehensive Protection for Mobile Devices

  By Tony Bradley | 21 September, 2011 22:31

  Just when you were starting to get ahead of the curve when it comes to locking down the network and protecting PCs, everything went mobile. Not just laptops--but tablets, and smartphones that run unique operating systems and applications on completely different hardware. To help you combat the dramatic rise in mobile security threats, McAfee has developed Enterprise Mobility Management.

• Microsoft, Adobe unleash flood of security updates

  By Tony Bradley | 14 September, 2011 05:45

  Today is Patch Tuesday again. The ninth of the year already. Microsoft has released five new security bulletins, and Adobe has joined the party with some security patching of its own today. With all of the vulnerabilities and updates, though, you need to take a step back to prioritize and figure out which patches are most urgent.

• Google's war against scraper sites continues

  By John P. Mello Jr. | 28 August, 2011 04:03

  Google appears to be getting ready to launch another offensive against website scrapers.