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OPSWAT's latest report includes market share of antivirus products in North America and worldwide and features a new section with usage data for leading antivirus products. San Francisco (PRWEB) September 11, 2012 OPSWAT released their quarterly antivirus market share report today, featuring a new section covering antivirus product usage. The report compares the most popular antivirus vendors and products in North America and worldwide, as well as Windows operating system usage in...

CLEARWATER, Fla., Sept. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GFI Software(TM) today released its VIPRE(® )Report for August 2012, a collection of the 10 most prevalent threat detections encountered last month. In August, GFI threat researchers examined the privacy of users downloading mobile apps released by both the Barack Obama and Mitt Romney U.S. presidential campaigns. Researchers also uncovered a variety of new attacks targeted at Android(TM) device owners including phony antivirus...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Austin, Texas based Jumpshot is trying to achieve the impossible: bringing the ease of owning a Mac to the PC. It’s an old debate, one that’s been rendered moot in recent months, what with a couple bouts of malware and Java vulnerabilities. For years, Macs have not only been known as the safer choice (no viruses!) but also as the choice of those who want a simple computer, a computer that “Just Works.” And perhaps...

Top Cybersecurity Trends to Watch for During the Holiday Season 2012 San Jose, CA (PRWEB) September 10, 2012 ThreatMetrix™, the fastest-growing provider of integrated cybercrime prevention solutions, announced today new threats online retailers should be aware of for the upcoming holiday shopping season and how to best protect against the rise in fraudulent transactions. As mobile commerce is still relatively new, many retailers have yet to make their applications and mobile sites as...

CUPERTINO, Calif., Sept. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704;TSE:4704), a global leader in cloud security and the fight against cybercrime, today released Trend Micro(TM) Titanium(TM) Internet Security 2013, a new family of security software that promises to consumers "Protection Made Easy" combining state-of-the-art protection from cyber threats for your device, your important files and data, your privacy and your family. (Photo:...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Mobile phones and tablet computers are increasingly becoming targets of thieves and cybercriminals using viruses or other types of malware, security experts revealed in a series of reports released last week. According to BBC News reports published Friday, mobile security development firm Lookout revealed that the percentage of mobile-platform malware programs designed to steal money increased from 29% to 62% over the past nine...

Learn how mobile advocacy will change the direction of the 2012 election and optimize campaign field organizing. Santa Monica, CA (PRWEB) September 06, 2012 GOTV mobilization is one of the most challenging and critical aspects of a campaign. How a campaign allocates its resources in this late and critical stage of the election can make the difference between winning and losing. There are so many questions to address, should we hit the field with another mail piece or do we do another ad...

Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Cyber terrorism fighters everywhere have scored a small victory this week as Joshua Schichtel was sentenced to thirty months in prison for running a botnet that infected some 72,000 computers. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) said Schichtel sold command and control access to his botnet and confirmed that he was being paid $1,500 by at least one customer to have access to it. Schichtel plead guilty last year to a single count of...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ThreatMetrix(TM), the fastest-growing provider of integrated cybercrime prevention solutions, has identified the top strategies to protect against online threats facing college students as they begin the 2012/2013 academic year. The 2012 back-to-school season promises to be a particularly vulnerable timeframe for U.S. college students as learners are becoming increasingly reliant on Internet technologies for study groups, data...

Agentless Virtualization Security Solution for Windows Server Virtualization Platform, Featuring Extensibility of New Hyper-V Virtual Switch. New York, NY (PRWEB) September 04, 2012 Today 5nine Software announced the Release of 5nine Security Manager for Hyper-V - agentless Anti-Virus (AV), Anti-Malware and Virtual Firewall for Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8. The critical need for security and compliance solutions designed specifically for private and public clouds is increasing due to...