Microsoft has confirmed that its free security software, codenamed Morro and now known as Security Essentials, ships Tuesday. The free offering replaces the highly criticized OneCare Live product, which never really caught on (and which I wouldn't have trusted with my PC).

One of the biggest foundations in the Unites States is contributing millions of dollars to promote peace efforts in Asia with some of that money going to build greater cooperation and ease tensions with North Korea.

It's the latest Facebook phishing scam, relying on the fact that Facebook is popular and many Internet users are correspondingly gullible. Via a message that asks users to "check areps.at," scammers are attempting to once again steal username / password information.

Facial recognition systems perform some very challenging tasks such as checking an individual’s photo against a database of known or suspected criminals.

In the world of "cut and thrust," humans try to bank money to obtain financial security, and often form cooperatives to reduce risks and increase gains. Many humans also end up in poverty traps, where because of meager resources and an increasingly high cost of living they find themselves unable to raise their heads above the parapet and "never make it."

As the worldwide financial crisis deepens, typical of any such event, there are those who are going to try to take advantage of it. You'll recall phishing upticks that occurred after events such as Katrina or the Asian tsunami in 2004, for example.

With the availability of the Internet, citizens are increasingly expected to search themselves for information on security risks in their living environment. Until now, however, too little was known about the willingness of citizens to do this and the factors that promote this information-seeking behaviour.

Former MessageLabs Executive Joins Webroot to Support Demand for Webroot® Security SaaS Solutions

Although rich in oil, gas, copper, iron, gemstones and other resources, years of deforestation, desertification, over-grazing and a quarter century of violence have ruined Afghanistan’s environment and economy. Additionally, security problems and a predilection for corruption at almost every level have led to it being ranked as the most difficult country in Southwest Asia to do business with.

We arrived at the FDA visitor parking lot at 7:45 AM ready to protest at 8:00. There were already many visitors parked there and the FDA lot was already full of cars. We walked across the street so we were right in front of the 5600 Fischer, the FDA Parklawn building.

Bloxx, the enterprise web filtering specialist, today announced the results from its first annual anonymous proxies security survey, revealing that 90% of respondents deem this kind of site to be a problem and 52% of these considered it a serious issue. The sample of over one hundred respondents was drawn from a cross section of business and education IT and Network managers. A copy of the report can be downloaded at www.bloxx.com/apsurvey.pdf.

Comsec Consulting Outlines The Challenge For Businesses To Stay ‘In Control’ Of Security At This Year’s Forrester’s Security Forum EMEA