Sunday 05 September 2010
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Industry News - September 2010

Heartland pays another $5.4m for malware infection
03-09-2010 | SC Magazine
The United States' fourth largest credit card payments processing company Heartland Payment Systems has agreed to pay a US$5 million ($5.4 million) se...

Women did well on Defcon social engineering test
03-09-2010 | Computerworld
Of the 135 people Fortune 500 employees targeted by social engineering hackers in a recent contest only five of them refused to give up any corporate...

Dell pulls out of battle with HP for 3Par
02-09-2010 | BBC News
Dell has pulled out of bidding for 3Par after rival Hewlett-Packard raised its offer for the data storage company to $33 a share, or $2.1bn (£1....

Botnet takedown may yield valuable data
02-09-2010 | Computerworld
Researchers are hoping to get a better insight on botnets after taking down part of Pushdo, one of the top five networks of hacked computers responsib...

Advertising Standards Authority to regulate online ads
01-09-2010 | v3.co.uk
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has been granted new powers to regulate all online adverts, in a move that will put increasing pressure on w...

Global spam hits all-time high
01-09-2010 | InfoWorld
Spam hit an all-time high this year, with more unwanted messages pouring in from a smorgasbord of countries, thanks in part to globalization. Such are...