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IT candidates should shift career perspectives
Recruiting in the technology sector is strong, despite weaknesses and structural changes the economy has experienced over the past several years. Enterprises seem to be …
Alternative app marketplaces prove profitable for cybercriminals
Avast researchers discovered a new batch of fake alternative marketplaces for downloading smartphone apps that trick users into sending premium rate SMS messages. Using a …
Secure online voting on iOS and Android
Scytl announced today the successful implementation of its online voting encryption technology for use on Android and iOS. By encrypting the ballot on the voter’s device …
Fuzz-o-Matic finds critical flaw in OpenSSL
Codenomicon helped identify and a critical flaw in widely-used encryption software. A flaw in the OpenSSL handling of CBC mode ciphersuites in TLS 1.1, 1.2 and DTLS can be …
Week in review: Massive carding ring bust, cyber attacks against US gas companies, and the creation and evolution of the superuser
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, podcasts and articles: Phishers mimic OpenID to steal credentials New spam email campaigns are …
Android Cookbook
“Android has gone from zero to one of the leading mobile platforms in a few years,” explains author Ian Darwin, who crowdsourced many of the 200 …
The creation and evolution of the superuser
When I think about managing identities and privileges within an organisation, one of my favorite analogies for the whole privileged identity lifecycle is biblical. Everything …
FixMeStick: USB device for removing malware
FixMeStick has launched the first ever, consumer-ready USB device for removing viruses from infected PCs. The principles of the FixMeStick are not new to security IT …
Cybersecurity model may benefit a new cloud-based network
In the online struggle for network security, Kansas State University cybersecurity experts are adding an ally to the security force: the computer network itself. Scott …
Open certification framework for cloud providers
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) announced the CSA Open Certification Framework, an industry initiative to allow global, trusted certification of cloud providers. The CSA …
Encrypted flash drive with two-factor authentication
GoldKey announced its line of GoldKey Tokens with Built-In Flash that provide hardware-encrypted secure flash along with a built-in Smart Card and GoldKey’s enhanced …
Belkin to release 802.11ac wireless dual-band routers
Belkin announced plans to become one of the first to market with a line of wireless dual-band routers supporting the new 802.11ac wireless networking standard. New Belkin …
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