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McAfee unveils new firewall solutions

McAfee released Firewall Enterprise 8. Next generation capabilities include advancements in firewall management, application discovery and protection, and integrated layers of …

Automated penetration testing tools

Codenomicon released a toolkit for automated penetration testing which eliminates unnecessary ad-hoc manual testing. The required expertise is built into the tools making …

Enigma self-encrypted drive

Origin Storage launched the Enigma self-encrypted drive (SED). Incorporating the 256-bit AES hardware encrypted 2.5″ hard drives from Toshiba it provides permanent full …

Elcomsoft uses new hardware to speed up password recovery

Elcomsoft announced the support of Tableau TACC1441 hardware to accelerate the recovery of Wi-Fi passwords and password-protected iPhone and iPod backups. The use of a single …

Tenable releases SecurityCenter 4

Tenable released SecurityCenter 4, the enterprise-class management console for Tenable’s Unified Security Monitoring suite of products. By centralizing system and event …

Snort 2.8.6 released

Snort is an open source network intrusion prevention system, capable of performing real-time traffic analysis and packet logging on IP networks. It can perform protocol …

Insecure web applications greatest data threat

Most businesses, despite having numerous mission-critical applications accessible via their websites, fail to allocate sufficient financial and technical resources to secure …

Plenty of credit card fraud and identity theft

A survey of 1000 commuters in London has found that a tidal wave of credit card fraud and Identity theft is sweeping the UK as 44 % of people said they have suffered from …

Netgear ProSafe Quad WAN Gigabit SSL VPN Firewall

Netgear announced the ProSafe Quad WAN Gigabit SSL VPN Firewall (SRX5308), the first business firewall to provide in excess of 1 Gbps performance for under $500, which …

Organizations resist automated IT security processes

Organizations are investing to improve their security processes, but very few have automated their compliance procedures. This is one of the findings of a research report by …

Week in review: Facebook credentials for sale, Fake AV issues and rising security threats

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, reviews and podcasts: OWASP releases list of top 10 web application risks OWASP has released an …

VLC media player 1.0.6 fixes several vulnerabilities

The VLC development team introduced a new version of its ‘Goldeneye’ branch. This release bridges the gap between version 1.0.5 and the upcoming 1.1.0 VLC release. …

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