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Tips to keep kids safe online
Malware is just a step-away when children click on games, free shoes, Justin Bieber videos or gift cards offered on social networks. Hackers use social engineering techniques …
Sharp rise in malware targeting Android
The number of new malicious programs targeting the Android platform has almost tripled in the second quarter of the year, according to Kaspersky Lab. Over the three months in …
Top mobility challenges facing C-level executives
Mre than fifty percent of the companies surveyed are now planning Mobile Productivity projects to allow employees to access, sync and share documents using mobile devices, …
NSS Labs expose inadequate AV products
NSS Labs testing showed that 9 of 13 popular consumer anti-virus products tested failed to provide adequate protection against exploits targeting two recent critical Microsoft …
Cloud-based management for self-encrypting drives
Wave Systems launched Wave Cloud, a cloud-based service for enterprise-wide management of self-encrypting drives (SEDs). The subscription-based service introduces a …
Google ups prizes in Chromium bug bounty program
Since a vulnerability rewards program for open source web browser project Chromium was instituted in early 2010, many vulnerabilities have been found and dealt with, and …
Rackspace launches OpenStack-based private cloud
Rackspace released the Rackspace Private Cloud, powered by OpenStack – making it simple for companies to install, test and run a multi-node OpenStack based private cloud …
Recovery for Linux and UNIX systems
Storix announced System Backup Administrator (SBAdmin) version 8.1, which includes new features and enhancements to simplify system recovery. SBAdmin goes beyond just data …
Critical vulnerabilities in popular DDoS toolkit exposed
Prolexic Technologies exposed weaknesses in the command and control (C&C) architecture of the Dirt Jumper DDoS Toolkit family that could neutralize would-be attackers. …
Organizations lack protocols to protect data in the cloud
While sixty-two percent of survey respondents are leveraging the cloud and/or virtualization, only 33 percent of these organizations test data recovery plans regularly to …
Huge jump in number of fines for data breaches
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has revealed a huge increase in the number of penalties handed out for organisations in breach of the Data Protection Act. …
Cyber-Ark enhances security of files in-transit
Cyber-Ark Software announced version 7 of its Sensitive Information Management Suite to support secure file exchange environments. The suite isolates sensitive data sent over …