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Cloud-based security through Amazon Web Services
Sourcefire is delivering cloud-based Intrusion Prevention services, based on its open source Snort technology. Snort and Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team (VRT) rules are …
ElcomSoft breaks passwords faster with NVIDIA Fermi based accelerators
ElcomSoft announced the support of NVIDIA Fermi chips for accelerating password recovery even further. By using NVIDIA’s newest high-end video accelerators for its …
Privacy breach detection package for healthcare providers
FairWarning released the HITECH Privacy Essentials, a bundled package for privacy breach detection designed for rapid deployment and compliance among healthcare providers. …
12 months in prison for hacking
A former senior database administrator for GEXA Energy in Houston was sentenced to 12 months in prison for hacking into his former employer’s computer network. Steven …
41% of IT pros admit to snooping on confidential information
The results of a Cyber-Ark global survey show that 35 percent of respondents believe their company’s highly-sensitive information has been handed over to competitors. …
Tax credits filing deadline phishing attacks
July 31st is the deadline to file a tax credits renewal with HMRC or pay the second instalment of income tax. The danger now, says Trusteer, is that tax credit filers will …
Ad-Aware releases Total Security
Released today, Ad-Aware Total Security is an all-in-one security solution that includes a firewall, anti-phishing, identity theft protection, anti-spam, parental control, …
Webroot acquires BrightCloud
Webroot acquired BrightCloud, a Web content classification and security services provider. Webroot will integrate BrightCloud’s technology with its own proprietary …
Free protection from malicious web pages
Trend Micro Browser Guard 2010 is a free browser plug-in which proactively protects users against Internet threats by identifying malicious web pages and blocking the threat …
Data breach at AMR Corporation
AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines, sent letters to potentially affected retirees, former employees, and a limited number of current employees about a …
Secure webmail platform with end-to-end encryption
Connect In Private debuted a secure enterprise-class webmail platform that adds encryption capabilities for all data contained in email messages, including attachments. The …
Risk of cyber threats seriously underestimated
A new study by the Ponemon Institute demonstrates that a vast majority of enterprises of all sizes regularly fall victim to advanced cyber threats, at the same time, more than …
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