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The Taliban are posing as attractive women on Facebook to trick Australian soldiers into revealing military secrets online, a shocking new review reveals.

LinkedIn assures users that no accounts were breached following last week's password hack, with compromised passwords swiftly disabled to prevent access.

8% of company's workforce to go by end of fiscal 2014. So what does CEO Meg Whitman plan to do with the money?.

Spam declines by 32%, but cyberattacks surge as scammers exploit social networks and mobile phones, says Symantec's 2011 report.

Sourcefire is seeking a New Zealand distributor to capitalise on heightened security awareness, as it reports a 40% revenue surge to USD $53.2 million in Q4.

Security provider Sourcefire is on the prowl for a New Zealand distributor as the company looks to capitalise on increasing awareness of the need for security.

Despite grappling with supply chain issues, Intel stunned investors with quarterly revenue of USD $13.9 billion, surpassing its revised forecast.

CIOs are leveraging tech for innovation rather than just organisation, despite tight budgets, according to a new Gartner survey of 2335 tech leaders.

Buying a hard drive can safeguard your valuable data from potential crashes. Here's a guide on choosing between internal, external, SSD, and HDD options.

Darren Read, Director HP Networking, South Pacific, offers some tips for resellers on network infrastructure management advice for customers.Earlier this yea.

Five key mega-trends—cloud, virtualisation, mobility, threats, and info growth—present massive opportunities for resellers, says Symantec's David Dzienciol.

SonicWALL will unveil its SuperMassive E10000 Series firewall at a Wellington event, with insights from experts on security challenges in the digital age.

Intergen COO Simon Bright predicts Office 365 will spur businesses to adopt cloud IT services, with varied approaches from gradual transition to immediate jump.

Mobile devices are increasingly lost or stolen during business travel, posing significant risks, especially to SMBs, warns AVG's security expert Lloyd Borrett.

A new position has been created at CodeBlue allowing the company to provide a 'Virtual CIO' to its SMB customers.

In response to rising high-profile cyber breaches, a British firm unveils Pin+, a pattern-based system aiming to provide robust, hacker-resistant passwords.

Security software company Clearswift has appointed Connector Systems as a distributor as the company strengthens its Asia Pacific presence.

Norton 360 Version 5.0 offers minimal new features, but excels in performance and user experience, earning our Editor's Choice for a third year.

The lure of 'adult' content online continues to prove too strong for many people, despite the fact that a lot of these sites host malware.

Recognising the differences between true cloud solutions and cloudwashed hosted software is crucial for CIOs to avoid costly and inefficient investments.