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Cisco is warning of multiple vulnerabilities in its Firewall Services Module (FWSM) for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches and Cisco 7600 Series Routers

The words Windows and security have not always been compatible. In the past, Microsoft's quest to make its operating system as easy to manage as possible for the "typical" user has often meant sacrificing adequate safeguards against intrusion and infection.

Google Wave, the online product that was supposed to change how we communicate and collaborate online, was killed by the company today, a victim of slow user adoption.

Leading up to the arrival of version 2.6.35 of the Linux kernel, The H published the final two parts of the Coming in 2.6.35 series, GNOME 3 was been delayed until March of 2011 and Oracle shut down PostgreSQL test servers. Anti-virus makers offered protection against LNK malware, 170 million Facebook data sets were collected and a hole in WPA2 was discovered

The conference features ten tracks covering a wide range of topics. It's been said time and time before that the security industry is recession proof so it's no wonder that unofficial data shows that attendance up 35% from last year. By looking at the halls, it's easy to believe those numbers since they are packed with attendees from all over the world.

A Web application security researcher has uncovered several security issues in the Black Hat Uplink portal. The bugs allowed users to view the real-time video streams from the security conference without paying the access fee.

The recent announcements from Google and Mozilla that revealed their intent of paying up to $3,133 and $3,000 (respectively) for an eligible vulnerability discovered by outside researchers, has been welcome news to all those security researchers who would like to get more than a mention of their name as thanks for discovering a vulnerability that could affect millions of people.

Security firm, AVG, says a two-month study has resulted in its discovery of a network of 1.2 million malware-infected computers controlled by cybercriminals who were using the Eleonore exploit toolkit, commercial attack software which enables cyber criminals to infect and monitor compromised PCs.

Wikileaks, the document-leaking organization that has previously released internal U.S. military videos, on Sunday disclosed more than 75,000 confidential files related to the war in Afghanistan.

Microsoft has confirmed the presence of a zero-day vulnerability in Windows, following reports of sophisticated malware-based hacking attacks on industrial control systems that take advantage of the security flaw.