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Oracle releases 127 security fixes, 51 for Java alone

The October 2013 CPU covers fixes for: Oracle Database Server, Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control, Oracle Supply Chain Products Suite, Oracle Siebel CRM, Oracle Industry Applications, Oracle Primavera Products Suite, Oracle and Sun Systems Products Suite, Oracle MySQL, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle PeopleSoft Products, Oracle iLearning, Oracle Financial Services Software, Oracle Java

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UTM and next-gen firewalls: What’s the difference? (Infographic)

As we explain below, next-generation firewalls are typically defined as firewalls enhanced with intrusion prevention and application intelligence. On the other hand, UTM systems include those features—plus additional technologies such as email security, URL filtering, wireless security, web application firewalls and virtual private networks (VPNs). In this view, UTM systems include NGFWs as components. Manager’s

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Spam-Bot Invaders: Which countries send the most spam?

When you consider the country’s huge online population, it’s not surprising that the U.S. sends so much spam. Spam comes from “bots” — computers infected with malware and under the control of a criminal. “Bot masters” can use servers anywhere in the world to give the bots instructions. So spam-bots in the countries on our

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Would you tell Google your Wi-Fi password? You probably already did…

Instead of just reinstalling your favourite apps and starting afresh, your new device will know how to get online straight away, how to get into your Twitter account, and how many Angry Birds levels you haven’t conquered yet. Clearly, Google keeps a raft of configuration data on your behalf, because if you have the option

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WD Introduces New Ultra-Compact Network Storage Plus Servers, WD Sentinel DS5100 and DS6100

“WD is using enterprise-class components to build a new family of network appliances for small businesses,” said Bill Evans, general manager of WD’s business storage solutions group. “The WD Sentinel S-series network appliances are engineered with Intel Xeon processors, pre-populated with WD Se datacenter 3.5-inch hard drives for rapid deployment, and feature dedicated 2.5-inch boot

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Sophos Awarded 5 Star Rating in CRN 2014 Partner Program Guide

A ‘channel-first, channel-focused’ company, Sophos continues to receive impressive recognition from CRN/The Channel Company, mostly recently with Michael Valentine, senior vice president, worldwide sales, and Kendra Krause, vice president of channel sales, North America, being named Channel Chiefs just last month. Late last year, Michael Valentine was also named a top IT executive for the

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AV-Test results show Sophos beats Kaspersky, Trend, McAfee and Symantec in stopping Mac malware

For the first time, AV-Test has released test results comparing malware protection for Macs among 18 major security vendors. The results show a wide disparity in protection against Mac OS X malware. Sophos came out near the top with a 96.6% detection rate. Our Mac protection was better than Kaspersky, Trend Micro, Symantec and McAfee. You

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Facebook pays $20K for easily exploitable flaw that could have led to account hijackings

As it is, Whitten explains, Facebook gives users the option of linking their mobile numbers with their accounts. Users then can receive updates via SMS and can also login using their phone number rather than their email address. Whitten found that when sending the letter F to Facebook’s SMS shortcode – which is 32665 in

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Sophos honoured with Partnership Award from Queensland Police Service

Steve Gollschewski, Deputy Commissioner, Strategy, Policy and Performance presented the award to Rob Forsyth, Director Sophos Asia Pacific, in recognition the team’s ongoing partnership with the Queensland Police Service, working closely with the community to provide education material for community groups, as well as hosting the Sophos Signature events to explore current and emerging issues,

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