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Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Third-party Firefox add-ons to be blocked automatically Mozilla has decided to put a …

Organizations with effective data analytics can make stronger business decisions by learning what is working and what is not, what they are doing well, and where they need …

First of all, if something has already been invented and has been seen in-the-wild more than once, it’s very likely to occur again and again, especially if the attacks …

According to a study of consumer sentiment toward online shopping and security by McAfee, only about a third of online consumers believe that most websites are safe for …

Tools used for penetration testing are often purchased off-the-shelf. Each tool is based on a programming language like Perl, JavaScript, Python, etc. If a penetration tester …

RSA announced updates to its CyberCrime Intelligence Service designed to help enterprises monitor and harden their infrastructure against malware infection and data loss. This …

Some vulnerabilities have been reported in RealPlayer, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user’s system, according to Secunia. 1. A …

This book teaches you the “how-to” of social engineering. Taking a hands-on approach, you will learn everything from the field-tested methods for reading body …

Lancope released a new version of its monitoring platform, the StealthWatch System 6.1. This version increases both the amount and types of flow data that can be processed by …

NitroSecurity and Palo Alto Networks have integrated content-aware SIEM and next-generation firewall technology into a complete enterprise security solution designed to …

Researchers have found a weakness in the AES algorithm. They managed to come up with a clever new attack that can recover the secret key four times easier than anticipated by …

Apple unveiled the Mac OS X Lion 10.7.1 Update which is recommended for all users running OS X Lion. The update is only 17.4 MB for an iMac and requires you to reboot after …