Monday, November 16th, 2009 Nearly 80 percent of security products fail to perform as intended when first tested and generally require two or more cycles of testing before achieving certification, according to a new ICSA Labs report. The “ICSA Labs Product Assurance Report” - co-authored by the Verizon Business Data Breach Investigations Report research ...
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 Security is never black and white. If someone asks, "for best security, should I do A or B?" the answer almost invariably is both. But security is always a trade-off. Often it's impossible to do both A and B -- there's no time to do both, it's too expensive to ...
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Saturday, October 31st, 2009 Thousands of downloads. Countless positive reviews on software blogs around the Internet. It's been quite a ride so far for Microsoft Security Essentials.In AV Comparative's most recent report on malware removal, MSE was the only free antivirus rated Advanced+. That ranking placed it alongside big names like Norton, Kaspersky, and ...
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 Microsoft Security Essentials, the company's new anti-malware software, will be available Tuesday, according Bob Muglia, the president of Microsoft's server and tools division.The release of the software, which was code-named Morro, has been rumored for days, but Muglia on Monday confirmed that the free software would be available for download ...
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Monday, June 15th, 2009 I recently came upon a few articles that once again offered the computer security tip to use onscreen keyboards to defeat keyloggers. Most of these tips are suggesting to install an onscreen keyboard or make use of the default one of the operating system to defeat keyloggers while making transactions ...
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