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Ruby on Rails 2.3.5 was released over the weekend which provides several bug-fixes and one security fix. It should be fully compatible with all prior 2.3.x releases and can be …

Pkviz is a tool for plotting and cycling through and animating a series of network packets captured by tcpdump. What makes it unique is that the packets’ structure is …

ENISA has just published a seven minute video overview of the recent NIS Summer School 2009. The short documentary follows up on the topic of this year’s event – …

There has been a lot of talk this year about the increasing sophistication of cybercrime threat – even going so far as to claim that virus creation has moved into the …

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, interviews and articles: Workers stealing data for competitive edge 85% of people admit they know …

When evaluating an automated web application security tool, such as Acunetix WVS, the first two questions that typically one would ask are “Does this tool perform an …

A new paper by the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) focuses on authentication risks with European eID Cards. It analyzes 7 vulnerabilities, identifies …

Amazon’s coveted Kindle e-reader just got a firmware update that among other things, gives users the ability to read native PDF files. Naturally we had to investigate …

Red Condor issued a warning about the latest spam campaign that contains a phishing ploy and a malware threat. The email requests that recipients click on a link in the body …

A survey of 104 enterprise mobility professionals showed that more than two thirds of European organizations surveyed are not fully aware what sensitive data is stored within …

Ori Eisen, Chief Innovation Officer at 41st Parameter, highlights the top five financial security threats which emerged as the biggest money makers for fraudsters and where he …

The new ISO standard for effective management of risk ISO 31000 provides principles, framework and a process for managing any form of risk in a transparent, systematic and …