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Only 27% of organizations use encryption
According to a Check Point survey of 224 IT and security administrators, over 40% of businesses in the last year have more remote users connecting to the corporate network …
What you need to know about backing up virtual machines
The benefits of using virtualization to consolidate data center infrastructure and provide a more flexible platform for moving, provisioning and backing up workloads are …
Second wave of electronic IDs in Europe
With the recent announcement that a national electronic ID (e-ID) project will be rolled out in early 2011, Poland injects optimism for further momentum in e-ID rollouts in …
Cybercriminals target school districts
Local school districts across the United States have emerged as a prime target for cybercriminals. In the fall of 2009, districts in Colorado, Illinois, Oklahoma and …
Rogue software details: WindowsEnterpriseDefender
WindowsEnterpriseDefender is a rogue security application. In order to remove it, find out what registry entries to look for below. Known system changes: Registry entries …
Facebook partners with McAfee
McAfee and Facebook have jointly created security solutions that include McAfee security software, a custom scanning and repair tool, and consumer friendly education materials …
Microsoft patches critical security issue
In today’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft delivers one bulletin that fixes a vulnerability targeting Windows. Vulnerability in the Embedded OpenType Font Engine Could Allow …
Zend Framework updates fix security vulnerabilities
Three versions of the Zend Framework, 1.9.7, 1.8.5, and 1.7.9, have been released. In addition to over 40 bugfixes between them, these three releases are the first releases …
PDF exploit takes the lead in amount of infections
BitDefender’s top e-threat for December is Exploit.PDF-JS.Gen, with 12.04 percent of the total amount of infections. This generic detection deals with specially crafted …
Eliminate vulnerabilities with source code analysis tool
CodePeer is a source code analysis tool that detects run-time and logic errors in Ada programs. Serving as an efficient and accurate code reviewer, CodePeer identifies …
Kismet 2009-11-R1 released
Kismet is an 802.11 layer2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system. Kismet will work with any wireless card which supports raw monitoring (rfmon) …
Scholarship for unemployed security pros at RSA Conference 2010
RSA Conference announced the return of a special scholarship program for unemployed information security practitioners. RSA Conference 2010 will award delegate passes to 25 …