That's one of the findings of a recent worldwide survey by Web security company McAfee.
In February, Web security firm Websense announced that CAPTCHAs at Google, Microsoft and Yahoo!
Web security cams can be awfully insecure, finds Tom Connor in Ars Technica.
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Other closures include Fast Flip, Google Desktop, Sidewiki, Google Pack, Google Image Labeler and Google Web Security.
Did you know that women business owners are often less likely to prioritize web security, including backups?
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The growth of SSL has been driven in part by a rapidly spreading awareness of Web security issues.
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Sagan says the company continues to benefit from four key trends: cloud, Web security, mobile and online video.
ICANN's approval of the seven new domain names could affect the Web security firm VeriSign (VRSN: Research, Estimates).
Cerf also plugged the contributions of Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) to Web security.
The moves are part of a reorganization of the company into three new groups: Web security, WAN optimization and cloud services.
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Graham Cluley, of Web security firm Sophos, warns that if such a scam spreads, it could encompass more than just blackmail.
Now, some Web security analysts are asking: How friendly is too friendly?
According to a report by web security company Barracuda Networks, 69% of companies allow employees to use Facebook, and 75% allow Twitter.
Capital Innovators, a tech accelerator, has graduated its first group of start-ups and is seeing results in companies like web security firm Norse Corp.
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Using a large database of known suspicious or bad source IP addresses, even URLs, has made dramatic improvements to spam filters and web security gateways.
Investors purged their portfolios of shares in the Sunnyvale, CA-based provider of Web security and WAN optimization solutions after the company reported disappointing first-quarter earnings.
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Even if publicizing Web-based malware attacks wouldn't actively prevent identity, it might shame site owners into patching their vulnerabilities, suggests SANS Web security researcher Johannes Ullrich.
Also, more than three of every 10 smartphone users have no password on their device according to a global survey by Web security firm McAfee.
He also said that the company is benefiting from strong cyclical trends in Web security, site performance, mobile site performance and delivery of high quality video.
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But herein lies the heart of the problem, because the entire web security architecture rests upon the integrity of the embedded SSL certificate authority (CA) system.
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According to CNET, 10 different businesses from desktop software to web security will be closed to allow Google to focus more on the markets with higher margins.
Sandboxed or not, the security of Chrome's users will depend on who finds those bugs first, says Web security guru and White Hat Security Chief Technology Officer Jeremiah Grossman.
Writing an exploit program that can break those virtual boundaries isn't easy, says SANS Web security researcher Johannes Ullrich, and sandboxing would add a significant layer to the Web's armor.
Blue Coat Systems shares are trading sharply lower this morning after the Web security and wide-area network optimization software company reduced its earnings outlook and disclosed a management shake-up.
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An application developed by a third-party developer might be easier to hack than the social networking site on which it runs, says Dan Hubbard, a researcher for the Web security firm Websense.
Given the fact that 40% of cyber attacks are against companies with fewer than 500 employees, web security and website backups should be a high priority for all small and mid-size businesses.
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VirusTotal also has a strong track record in web security, and we're delighted to be able to provide them with the infrastructure they need to ensure that their service continues to improve.
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Unlike other challenges released by Overthewire, Natas focuses exclusively on exploiting web security bugs in servers, according to its creator, Steven Van Acker, a computer science graduate student at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium.
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But with games like Natas, named for a virus that spread via floppy disk in 1992, Van Acker says he hopes to fill a niche for true beginners learning the basics of web attacks and web security.
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