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FTC cracks down on international tech support scams
The Federal Trade Commission has launched a major international crackdown on tech support scams in which telemarketers masquerade as major computer companies, con consumers …
HSTS approved as proposed standard
The Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) has approved the HTTP Strict Transport Security protocol (HSTS) as a proposed standard, which means that we can look forward to …
Europe joins forces in massive simulated cyber attack
Hundreds of cyber security experts from across the EU are testing their readiness to combat cyber-attacks in a day-long simulation across Europe today. In Cyber Europe 2012, …
Authentication-as-a-Service designed for service providers
SafeNet announced SafeNet Authentication Service, a new cloud-based authentication service designed and engineered specifically for the service provider environment and allows …
Oracle Solaris 11.1 released
Oracle announced Oracle Solaris 11.1, delivering over 300 new performance and feature enhancements. Oracle Solaris 11 is the first cloud OS that allows customers to build …
SCAP scanning and CyberScope reporting
nCircle announced the debut of IP360 Federal, featuring a Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) 1.2 draft compliant scanner. SCAP combines a number of open standards and …
Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services 5 released
Trend Micro released Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services 5 incorporates new features that address the ways small businesses and managed service providers are …
Protection against DDoS and targeted attacks
Corero Network Security announced its First Line of Defense solution, which blocks L3-L7 DDoS and advanced targeted server attacks. Cyber criminals/terrorists have reached a …
Scareware marketer ordered to pay $163M fine
At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court imposed a judgment of more than $163 million on the final defendant in the FTC’s case against an …
Universal Man in the Browser attack targets all websites
Trusteer have discovered a new Man in the Browser (MitB) scam that does not target specific websites, but instead collects data submitted to all websites without the need for …
Why more bandwidth won’t save your network
A Vanson Bourne Omnibus survey of 100 IT managers in large UK enterprises revealed the trends that will affect the WAN over the next few years as the performance of the WAN, …
NIST selects winner of SHA-3 competition
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced the winner of its five-year competition to select a new cryptographic hash algorithm, one of the …
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