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In a way it's a server-side anti-viral, aimed at catching injections of malware as they happen. Thus any Web host which wants to be honest and fight the bad guys can, proactively and in the background. by Dana Blankenhorn

Rackspace tries to put an end to the guessing game behind PCI solutions.

Two weeks after ICANN's own domains were hijacked by Turkish hackers, the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers says it was its registrar -- not ICANN's servers themselves -- that were attacked. On June 26, a number of ICANN sites popped up with this message: ...

As we commented on, ICANN, the group that manages top-level domain TLD naming systems for the web, recently had several of its domains hijacked by a Turkish hacking group.  ICANN has now commented that the hijacking was due to a security breach at the registrar that manages those URLs.  From...

* Ryan Naraine is on vacation. Guest editorial by Aviv Raff Apple's Safari for Windows is a nice browser. It really is. It has slick user interface, some pretty cool features, and benchmarks show that it is really fast. But, saying that...

Microsoft announced 4 "Important" security bulletins today that cover 9 separate vulnerabilities.  Of note were vulnerabilities reported in Windows DNS server and client, and within SQL Server.  The following bulletins were released: MS08-037 Maximum severity of Important: This update resolves two newly discovered and privately...

(Source: Sunbelt Software) Email threats are growing in number, sophistication and severity making it critical to deploy a messaging security infrastructure that can protect your organization from these threats. This Osterman Research paper outlines a number of factors to consider when evaluating competing email security appliances and explains how Sunbelt software's Ninja Blade is solution worth short listing.

(Source: Sunbelt Software) Messaging, internal and Web-based threats are increasing in number and severity. The risks to organizations large and small are real problems that users and their employers face if they do not establish adequate defenses against this growing variety of threats.Read this Osterman Research paper to learn how organizations must implement a layered defensive strategy to protect against all types of threats and how Sunbelt software can help.

Give victims chance to report crimes directly, say Lords

Say banks should pay for fraud Peers are calling for a reversal of rules that stop UK victims reporting cybercrimes directly to the police. The House of Lords science committee is also encouraging the government to introduce a data breach notification law..