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The mayor of San Francisco has intervened in the case of the city’s FiberWAN network being taken over by a rogue administrator. Data security solution provider, Sophos, intends to make a cash offer for shares in Utimaco Safeware to strengthen its leadership in the IT market. PatchLink has completed its acquisition of endpoint security vendor SecureWave. HP ProCurve has completed the takeover of Colubris Networks. Sophos has completed its acquisition of German-based data security and encryption vendor Utimaco Safeware. Symantec on Tuesday revealed that the latest version of the Adobe Flash Player contains an unpatched vulnerability that is being actively exploited. Apple has issued its largest Mac OS X security update ever, delivering fixes for more than 80 vulnerabilities. Cisco sewed up two serious vulnerabilities in its widely deployed IP telephony software that could allow attackers to initiate a system shutdown or takeover. Microsoft issued four "critical" patches, including one for the zero-day Excel vulnerability reported in January, in its March Patch Tuesday round of bug fixes. In all, the company corrected 12 vulnerabilities, all client-side problems associated with its Microsoft Office productivity suite. Secure Computing kicked-off the 'Paul Henry seminar series introducing Scott Montgomery' in Sydney yesterday where IT security professionals were treated to a candid session of insights in the security space and emerging trends. A dismal earnings forecast this week from intrusion prevention maker Sourcefire underscores some of the challenges facing public IT security companies, a pair of analysts said Friday. Large-scale data breaches across both the private and public sectors dominated the news throughout the year. Rob Buckley looks back. MessageLab's CEO and co-founder are determined to get a bigger slice of the American pie. Paul Fisher meets two men on a mission. Investigators at eBay believe a fraudster was trying to generate panic when he posted what appeared to be the credit card numbers for 1,200 members to an eBay forum that deals with user safety and security.
Microsoft has said it plans to send out six security bulletins, three of which it has rated as "critical" (its highest severity rating), in its monthly Patch Tuesday release on 10 July. Apple on Thursday released 13 patches, fixing 17 vulnerabilities in Mac OS X. Symantec announced Monday that it has completed its acquisition of the IT management software company Altiris. Google takeover could cause problems, say anaylsts. RSA's acquisition by EMC was one of the big stories of 2006. The area VP of international marketing tells Paul Fisher why it's a golden opportunity. Quantum is quietly confident that its investment in the emerging area of data de-duplication will change the face of the storage market.