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Flock, a company known for its license plate readers, is facing significant challenges as multiple cities terminate contracts due to privacy concerns. In response to the loss of customers, Flock is implementing a voluntary severance program for employees. This trend highlights the increasing scrutiny and regulatory pressure on surveillance technologies, particularly in urban areas. Organizations in the surveillance sector may need to adapt to the growing demand for privacy and data protection. The situation underscores the ongoing tension between technological innovation and civil liberties.
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SecureWorks, the US managed information security services specialist, has acquired dns, its UK-based rival, in a cash-and-stock deal that remains private between the two companies.
After several months of testing with a few clients, Fortify has rolled out a software-as-a-service (SaaS) version of its application vulnerability technology, Fortify 360.
After several months of tests, PGP Corporation has announced that its Whole Disk Encryption (WDE) technology has been approved for use by the Ministry of Defence and British Armed Forces.
Market stimulus, not regulation, is the key to enhancing cybersecurity at a national level, according to a report issued by a cybersecurity advocacy group last week.
The issue of data leaks have been in the news constantly these last 12 months, with a litany of companies hit by publicly embarrassing leaks, losses and thefts.
How easy is it to steal an identity on Facebook, the popular social networking portal? Very, as Sophos Asia-Pacific discovered recently when it carried out the Facebook equivalent of a honeypot hacker trap.
The recent well-publicised worms affecting the Apple iPhone - Ikee and Ikee-B - have raised a stir in the mobile phone security arena, but, says ESET, the IT security vendor, many observers have failed to realise the real problem with mobile phone security - users.
Adobe has announced that it will be issuing a critical update for its Flash and Air products tomorrow - but isn't telling us what the vulnerabilities are.
Gridsure, the security specialist that has developed a highly secure pictorial authentication alternative to PIN / passwords, has received a major award in France.
Online criminals are stepping up their campaign to infectInternet users with the Zeus trojan, according to new research published by Atlanta-based managed security firm SecureWorks. Email campaigns in particular are on the rise, the company has said.
The Cameroon '.CM' domain tops the list of the riskiest top-level domains in terms of cybersecurity, according to a report from McAfee.
CARE International is challenging the IT industry to its 3 Peaks Challenge raising money to help fight poverty.
The federal government is tightening up hiring policies for cybersecurity professionals by launching cybersecurity competency models for its employees.
The latest monthly malware chart from BitDefender claims to show that the largest risk to computer users is currently Trojan.AutorunINF.Gen, a generic family of trojan malware abusing the autorun feature in Windows.
The inevitable H1N1 flu trojan attacks have started. Yesterday, McAfee detected a new H1N1-related spam campaign, spoofing emails from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and asking victims to fill out a 'vaccination profile' as part of a state-wide flu vaccination program.
Anti-malware firm Prevx has apologized to Microsoft after admitting that the 'black screen of death' - a condition that renders Windows unusable after bootup - was not caused by faulty system patches after all.
Infosecurity reports on the past week's news
Reports are coming in that hackers and malware authors have latched on to the weekend reports about golfing legend Tiger Woods being involved in a car accident close to his home.
Bit.ly the URL shortening service - which has been quietly overtaking Tiny.url, the industry first URL shortening service, over the last year - has stolen another march by adding security facilities.
After several weeks of rumour, IBM is reported to be acquiring Guardium, the enterprise database security specialist, for $225 million.