Web advertising leader Google Inc. (GOOG.O) said on Friday it will acquire DoubleClick Inc., a leading online advertising network, for $3.1 billion, consolidating Google’s grip on the Internet ad market.
The deal represents the largest acquisition in Google’s history and comes just six months after Google paid $1.65 billion to acquire video-sharing site YouTube. Terms of […]
A massive spam outbreak, the largest in the last 12 months, which tries to trick recipients into opening an executable attachment file that can hijack their computers, has quickly driven global virus levels 60 times higher than their daily average, securities company said.
Postini, a security firm, says that the reported increased were based from the […]
The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world’s premier Linux certification organization (http://www.lpi.org), announced the world’s first recipient of the LPIC-3 Core certification: Kazufumi Ichikawa of Japan. In addition, LPI announced that Tzu-Wei Hsu of Taiwan was the first in the world to earn the LPI-302 Mixed Environment speciality certification while Michael Gisbers of Germany was […]
VirtualLogix Inc., a member of the ARM Connected Community, has joined the Linux Foundation, the non-profit organisation dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux.
By joining the Linux Foundation, VirtualLogix brings its real-time virtualization expertise to the organization, enabling device manufacturers to add the rich functionality of Linux into network infrastructure and mobile handset applications, while […]
A major Linux Wi-Fi driver contains a bug that can allow an attacker to take control of a laptop–even when it is not on a Wi-Fi network.
A bug has been found in a major Linux Wi-Fi driver that can allow an attacker to take control of a laptop — even when it is not on […]
Microsoft Corp., along with the Research and Education Networking Information Sharing and Analysis Center (REN-ISAC), established in 2003 by Indiana University, announced a new alliance this week that will extend the reach of the Microsoft® Security Cooperation Program (SCP) to include higher education institutions in its mission to enhance security measures worldwide.
Under the agreement, Microsoft […]
Attackers are trying to take advantage of a newly-disclosed vulnerability in several of Microsoft’s server products that could alow them to run unauthorized code on affected computers, the company has warned.
The attacks are limited so far, according to a Microsoft advisory issued late Thursday evening. The company is working on a patch but no release […]
Marvell, the leader in storage, communications, and consumer silicon solutions, today announced support for Microsoft Network Access Protection technology. By combining robust network security with Microsoft’s Network Access Protection, Marvell Total Solution (MTS) multilayer switching products now provide security professionals with a comprehensive framework to implement various levels of security within their enterprise networks.
“With the […]
Marvell, the leader in storage, communications, and consumer silicon solutions, today announced support for Microsoft Network Access Protection technology. By combining robust network security with Microsoft’s Network Access Protection, Marvell Total Solution (MTS) multilayer switching products now provide security professionals with a comprehensive framework to implement various levels of security within their enterprise networks.
“With the […]
Breach Security, Inc., the leader in web application security, today announced the company’s further expansion into the European market with the opening of new offices in London and continued operations in Herzliya, Israel. The two offices support both sales and product development staff for the company’s flagship web application firewall BreachGate WebDefend(TM), ModSecurity Pro(TM) M1000, […]
