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Jet-set’s “Facebook” hacked
Ever heard of ASmallWorld? Dubbed “Snobster” by critics, it is an exclusive invitation-only online social network service similar to Friendster. To quote their …
Gigabit speed network encryption appliance
Engage has announced the Black-Door GIG Encryptor, the latest in their line of packet encryption products for both private and public network security. It enables enterprises …
US security policies for IT executives traveling to China
Apparently, the US Government doesn’t want to take any risks. According to CRN and Mark Bregman, CTO at Symantec, they look with suspicion on everything that comes from …
Contactless smart card reader and software development kit from SCM Microsystems
SCM Microsystems announced the SCL3711, a new portable contactless smart card reader capable of supporting multiple contactless applications, from mobile payments to …
53% of German companies had one or more data breaches in the last 12 months
PGP Corporation announced the results from The Ponemon Institute’s third annual study on encryption usage in the enterprise – The 2009 Annual Study: German …
Is your personal information compromised?
TrustedID and Lucid Intelligence announced a partnership that allows U.S. consumers to uncover direct evidence that their personal identity information has been compromised by …
“Chat-in-the-Middle” – new breed of phishing attack
According to RSA FraudAction Research Lab, there is a new type of phishing attack. Colloquially called “chat-in-the-middle”, it’s a never before seen …
eBay and Verizon – do they deserve privacy awards?
According to Dana Oshiro at ReadWriteWeb, the 6,486 consumers that took part of a survey conducted by Ponemon Institute and TRUSTe about the privacy policies and practices of …
Mixed grades for Obama Administration on privacy issues
The Electronic Privacy Information Center released its Privacy Report Card for the Obama Administration (grading four key privacy subjects). The grades are as follows: …
Radware combines IPS and DoS mitigation
Radware announced DefensePro 5, an enhanced version of its intrusion prevention system designed to protect application infrastructure against cybersecurity attacks and …
Latest tax spam scam leads to data theft
Trend Micro reports about the latest spam scam to target US taxpayers – people who have Foreign Bank and Financial accounts have been sent messages (supposedly by the …
Report: Zeus Trojan bypasses anti-virus software 77% of the time
Trusteer reported that the Zeus online banking Trojan infects machines that are running up-to-date anti-virus programs up to 77 percent of the time. These findings are based …
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