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The BlueHat Prize contest asks security researchers to come up with a novel runtime mitigation technology, one that can prevent the exploitation of memory safety vulnerabilities.

Matt Thomlinson, Microsoft's general manager of Trustworthy Computing Group, said in a release announcing the contest, "As the risk of criminal attacks on private and government computer systems continues to increase, Microsoft re

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced a contest where an individual can win $200,000 for a design with the most effective computer defense security for Microsoft.

Last week, some 50 companies, including banks, retailers and hotels, announced that a computer hacker penetrated the online marketer Epsilon to gain email addresses, but nothing more.

Verizon Communications, Inc. (VZ) is down 1.43% to $37.83, after the company notified its customers that their email addresses have been exposed to massive online data breach, Reuters reports.

A data breach at Dallas based e-mail marketer Epsilon has put millions of users at risk. Customers of big companies such as Citibank, JPMorgan Chase, Target and Walgreens were affected, and now may be at increased risk of e-mail

The acquisition closed on April 1st, 2011, and NetWitness will now operate as part of RSA, the security division of EMC.

EMC does not expect the transaction to have a material impact to revenue or EPS for the full 2011 fiscal year.

Tom Heiser, President, RSA, The Security Division of EMC said, "The intensity and sophistication of advanced adversaries and zero day malware challenge every organization to rethink traditional a

EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) announced today its acquisition of the privately held NetWitness Corporation, a leading provider of network security analysis solutions.

This is what's in the news for Monday, April 4th. Reuters reports that a massive data breach exposed the names and e-mails of customers of several U.S. corporate giants over the weekend, …The Financial Times reports that JPMorga

Technology shares are trending lower in mid-day trading while Intel (INTC) announced today that McAfee, its wholly-owned security technology subsidiary, intends to buy Sentrigo, a private provider of database security and complian

The Libyan government headed by Col. Moammar Gadhafi has declared a cease-fire and halt to military action on Friday, following the U.N. Security Council's approval of the use of foreign military force to aid the country's civilia

The rare Saudi violence spread concerns about the world's largest oil producer, the evening before major protests and demonstrations have been planned.

The pro-Western monarchy has officially banned any protests and warned that security forces will take action against them.

The police fired percussion bombs, which was followed by gunfire, to disperse the protesting crowd, an anonymous witness said.

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Treasuries were up and oil prices spiked as news spread that Saudi police forces had opened fire on a crowd in the mainly Shiite eastern region of the Arab kingdom.

The Chinese company said the offer price was higher than the current stock price, which closed at $6.26 Friday, according to an AP report.

The company had about 27.6 million shares outstanding as of Nov. 8, implying that the purchase price was more than $172.7 million.

China Fire & Security Group Inc. (CFSG) is up 7.35% to $6.72 on a buyout offer from an undisclosed private equity firm.