Microsoft on Thursday said it is delaying the release of its Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 antimalware product for Windows desktops and servers until the second half of next year.

Forefront Endpoint Protection is a component of the upcoming Forefront Protection Suite, formerly code-named “Stirling.”

“Based on customer feedback and market …

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Microsoft said on Thursday it is delaying the release of its Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 anti-malware for Windows desktops and servers until the second half of next year.

Forefront Endpoint Protection is a component of the upcoming Forefront Protection Suite, formerly codenamed “Stirling.”

“Based on customer feedback and market trends, …

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Microsoft said on Thursday that it will provide a fix next week for zero-day flaws in Microsoft Server Messaging Blog (SMB) and Internet Information Services (IIS) that could allow an attacker to take control of a computer.

Those are just two of the 34 vulnerabilities addressed in 13 bulletins (eight …

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Comcast is launching a trial on Thursday of a new automated service that will warn broadband customers of possible virus infections, if the computers are behaving as if they have been compromised by malware.

For instance, a significant overnight spike in traffic being sent from a particular Internet Protocol address …

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With security and cloud-computing both hot-button topics, Verizon Communications and McAfee are joining forces to offer customers a combination of the two.

Verizon’s business unit and McAfee announced Thursday a new joint venture to sell cloud-based security products and services to large businesses and government agencies. With more companies …

Phishing attacks have been around for a while and you might think that most people are savvy enough to avoid them. But, as CNET’s Elinor Mills discovered, even FBI Director Robert Mueller finds it hard to distinguish a rouge phishing site from a legitimate bank website.

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SAN FRANCISCO–No one is immune from cyberthreats, not even the head of the FBI.

FBI Director Robert Mueller was banned by his wife from doing online banking after he nearly fell for a phishing scam, he said on Wednesday during a talk at the …

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