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Q&A: Analyzing the security, compliance and cost benefits of tokenization
Tokenization has been billed as the magic data security bullet for retailers, offering strong protection for stored sensitive data and an attractive cost-saving strategy for …
Cybercriminals imitating social networks to spread malware
The results of new research conducted by Websense Security Labs reveal a growing domain-name cloning trend among cybercriminals seeking to take advantage of the huge number of …
What keeps network administrators up at night
According to findings from the sixth annual “What Keeps Network Administrators Up At Night” security survey commissioned by VanDyke Software and executed by …
Telephone authentication key to increasing online consumer confidence
Telephone authentication can play a key role in increasing online transactions, boosting consumer confidence when shopping over the Internet by helping to eliminate any risk …
Websites infested with major new malware attack
Sophos has revealed that a new web-based attack, JSRedir-R, has blown all previous web-based malware out of the water, and is currently being found six times more often than …
Online credit card security lapse may be due to poor software code auditing
Fortify says an incident in which an Atlanta-based firm reportedly allowed an Aspire Visa card user online access to around 120 other card holder statements, was almost …
Virtual Branch Network solution for remote workers
Aruba Networks announced its new Virtual Branch Network (VBN) solution. The VBN transparently and securely connects remote users with enterprise applications and resources, …
Unlimited online backup from F-Secure
As more and more of our lives are in digital format, the danger of losing valuable, sometimes irreplaceable files is a major emotional and practical concern. Everyone knows …
New book: “Cloud Application Architectures”
The cloud is not simply the latest fashionable term for the Internet. Author George Reese explains: “Though the Internet is a necessary foundation for the cloud, the …
New variant of Sinowal rootkit
Kaspersky Lab has implemented detection and treatment for a new variant of a unique MBR rootkit, Sinowal. The new variant of Sinowal, a malicious program that is capable of …
Nmap 4.85BETA9 released
Nmap (“Network Mapper”) is a free and open source utility for network exploration or security auditing. Nmap 4.85BETA9 brings a lot of great stuff and this …
Facebook used to drive the rogue anti-malware business
PandaLabs has discovered that variant number 56 of the Boface family of worms has just appeared, Boface.BJ.worm. Largely due to the enormous global popularity of Facebook and …
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