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The lastest news on IT Security from eWeek.com

Acquisitions, Social Networking and Other Security News From the Week
       A recap of a week of IT security news that included talk of acquisitions by CA Technologies and 3M as well as security moves by Facebook and Twitter. - Acquisitions, social network security and Google privacy were among the top items on the menu in IT security news this past week. CA Technologies started the week off by announcing plans to purchase Arcot systems for its fraud prevention technology. Arcot develops software-based digital signature ...



Google Pays $8.5M to Settle Buzz Privacy Lawsuit
       Google will pay $8.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that argued its Google Buzz social Web service violated users' privacy when it launched in February. - Google will shell out $8.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit with seven people who argued the Google Buzz social service violated users' privacy. Google appeared to launch Buzz Feb. 9 with good intentions, allowing users to opt in to a service that lets users share and discuss links, pho...



Google Privacy Policy Update Targets Simplicity
       Google is updating its privacy policy to make it "more transparent and understandable." The changes will go into effect next month. - Google is reworking its privacy policy in the name of simplicity. Google Associate General Counsel Mike Yang announced Friday that the search engine giant is making revisions to its policy to make it more comprehensible to regular users. “Long, complicated and lawyerly that's what most people th...




Sophos monthly Top 10 viruses

Troj/Invo-Zip
        1 New Troj/Invo-Zip 12%
W32/Netsky
        2 3 W32/Netsky 9.5%
Mal/EncPk-EI
        3 Re-entry Mal/EncPk-EI 7.8%