The San Francisco Giants had an open spot in their rotation on Friday (April 27) due to a rain delay on April 22 and a doubleheader on April 23 that saw both Tim Lincecum and Madison Bumgarner pick up victories – Lincecum's first of the season. So in order to…
ValidEdge Unveils First Portable Malware Intelligence System
LONDON–(Marketwire -04/24/12)- Infosecurity Conference — ValidEdge, a wholly owned subsidiary of LynuxWorks, Inc., has unveiled a truly secure real-time malware analysis engine built into a standard laptop, delivering the power to analyze up to 1000 malware samples per day in a fully functional laptop without compromising the integrity of the…
How the Mac Got Its First Malware Epidemic
Apple has long touted the fact that the Mac "doesn't get PC viruses" as a selling point for its brand of personal computer. But over half a million Macs have now been hit with a type of malware called the Flashback trojan, making about 1 in 100 Macs worldwide that…
Microsoft issues first Windows 8 patch for Consumer Preview
Microsoft has delivered six security updates to patch 11 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Office and several other products, including one bug that attackers are already exploiting, while the company also issued the first patch for Windows 8 Consumer Preview, the beta-like build Microsoft released at the end of…
2012-04-02 – SANS First Annual Survey Results on Mobility Security: Lack of Awareness, Chaos Pervades with BYOD
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Chimpanzee cops were the first police officers
Indo-Asian News Service LONDON — Some of the high ranking chimps practically uphold the 'law of the jungle' and maintain peace among warring groups and individuals of their kind, says a new study. They may not wear helmets and carry handcuffs, but chimps engage in impartial 'policing' of conflict, according…
#Ebook Deal/Day: Head First iPhone and iPad Development – $19.99 (Save 50%)
Get “Head First iPhone and iPad Development” today and save 50%! This sale ends at 2:00 AM 2012-03-29 (PDT, GMT-8:00). View full post on O’Reilly News and Commentary View full post on National Cyber Security
Local bank gives Mass. PD it’s first ever AED
By Debbie LaPlaca Worcester Telegram & Gazette CHARLTON, Mass. — First responders from the Charlton Police Department are equipped with a new portable device that can save the lives of victims struck by sudden cardiac arrest. The department's first Automated External Defibrillator was recently donated by the Charlton branch of…
Cisco takes first step in realising SecureX vision
A year Cisco put forward its vision called SecureX about how it would devise ways that its network products, first its firewalls, would be able to capture information related to user devices, especially tablets and smartphones, to exert context-based security control. Today, Cisco took the first step to deliver on…
First US government CTO Aneesh Chopra stepping down
Aneesh Chopra, who has served for the past two-and-a-half years as the first CTO for the US government, is stepping down in early February. Chopra, appointed by President Barack Obama to the new position in May 2009, focused on technology policy at the White House. Chopra worked on modernising the…