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EU debates NSA surveillance impact and media freedom
The impact of US National Security Agency and other surveillance programs on EU citizens’ privacy and media freedom and the lack of democratic oversight of these …
SAML 2.0 two-factor SSO without usernames or passwords
WWPass released Unified Security Manager, a virtual appliance that provides user authentication for applications that support Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) 2.0. …
BitSight launches information security risk rating service
BitSight launched a cybersecurity offering that delivers ratings on the information security effectiveness of organizations. The ratings, which are based on externally visible …
Facebook privacy application manages who sees your posts
AVG announced its first privacy app built on the Facebook API, AVG CrowdControl. The app allows users to manage who sees their default posts for improved privacy without …
Why the iPhone fingerprint reader is a good idea
Two new iPhones have been announced. According to Apple’s presentation, the most common way to secure a device is with a passcode and about half of smartphone users do …
(IN)SECURE Magazine issue 39 released
(IN)SECURE Magazine is a free digital security publication discussing some of the hottest information security topics. Issue 39 has been released today. Table of contents: …
Multiplayer games and DoS attacks
Prolexic, detailed the rampant problem of denial of service attacks within and from online gaming communities. The DDoS attacks, which can pack a powerful punch by the use of …
Free endpoint security inspection tool
Promisec announced a free, downloadable and automated security inspection for up to 100 endpoints. The free inspection process (available here) produces results in about five …
Big data spending to reach $114 billion in 2018
Global spending on big data by organizations will exceed $31 billion in 2013, finds a new market forecast by ABI Research. The spending will grow at a CAGR of 29.6% over the …
Secure mobile managed file transfer with MOVEit
Ipswitch File Transfer released MOVEit 8.0 – a software package that enables mobile workers to transfer files as part of key business processes, while providing IT the …
Microsoft releases 13 bulletins, axes .NET patch
September’s Patch Tuesday is live! The 14 bulletins predicted have been cut to 13, with the .NET patch landing on the cutting room floor. A patch getting pulled after …
Is BEAST still a threat?
Yesterday I changed the SSL Labs rating criteria to stop penalizing sites that do not implement server-side mitigations for the BEAST attack. That means that we now consider …
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