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The business of using blackhat Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques to impregnate legitimate sites has become a huge money-spinner for cybercriminals. Every day scores …

While social media is pervasive in organizations worldwide, usage has far outpaced controls, according to the latest study conducted by Palo Alto Networks. The degree of …

With the tax filing deadline less than three weeks away, we’re entering the busiest time of the tax season according to the IRS. Last year, almost 95 million people …

A survey on software security assurance conducted during the Security B-Sides conference shows 50% of software companies say security is “always a concern.” More …

Korea has taken over from the US as the world’s largest producer of Internet viruses, according to analysis of internet threats in March by Network Box. Korea now …

Microsoft released a cumulative security update which resolves nine privately reported vulnerabilities and one publicly disclosed vulnerability in Internet Explorer. The most …

In this podcast, Laura Heather, Marketing Manager for Infosecurity Europe gives an update on this year’s event, which will be opening its doors on the 27th of April in …

The latest version of Passware Kit Forensic has become the first commercially available software to break TrueCrypt hard drive encryption without applying a time-consuming …

Search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning is an increasingly popular method of attack for cybercriminals and one that shows they are using more sophisticated techniques. In …

PandaLabs published its report analyzing the IT security events and incidents of the first three months of the year. The amount of new malware in circulation has continued to …

Nmap is a free and open source utility for network exploration or security auditing. Nmap 5.30BETA1 was released today. Top features include: 37 new NSE scripts, bringing the …

The OpenSSL Project is a collaborative effort to develop a robust, commercial-grade, full-featured, and open source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) …