CNET News Daily Podcast: Cybersecurity outlook goes from grim to worse

by Charles Cooper November 11, 2008 12:51 PM PST

The fourth edition of the Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report is out and it makes for somber reading. Not only are attacks larger in size, but most of them are stretching the upper limits of companies' security resources in order to deal with the challenge.

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Windows XO laptop heads to Colombia

Former Oracle executive Wookey joins SAP

AST co-founder seeks room inside the PC

HomeAway opens door to $250 million funding round

Study: DDoS attacks threaten ISP infrastructure

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