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Biometric solution matches more than 10 million fingerprints per second
Neurotechnology is now offering MegaMatcher Accelerator, a packaged hardware and software solution for extremely fast 1-to-many (1:N) biometric fingerprint and face matching …
Facebook application “Error Check System” bombards users with bogus messages
Sophos reported that a rogue application, called ‘Error Check System’ has bombarded some members of the social networking site with bogus notification messages …
Man sentenced to 41 months in prison for selling counterfeit software
A 24-year old from Texas, was sentenced to 41 months in prison for selling counterfeit computer software through the Internet in violation of criminal copyright infringement …
VectorLinux Standard Edition 6.0 has been released
The final release of VectorLinux 6.0 (code name ‘Voyager’) is now available. The main desktop is based on Xfce-4.4.3 with a custom theme and artwork again unique …
Final beta of PC lifecycle management solution NxTop 1.0
Virtual Computer announced its final beta and release candidate of NxTop 1.0. The NxTop solution tackles core PC management functions currently addressed with legacy …
Vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat
A critical vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9 and earlier versions. This vulnerability would cause the application to crash and could …
Encrypted payment card processing, transmission and repository service
ProPay launched ProtectPay, a fully encrypted payment card processing, transmission and repository service. ProtectPay enables merchants with a complete end-to-end secure …
New Web application/XML firewall appliance
Fortinet announced the debut of a new web security appliance that provides application and XML firewalling to protect, balance and accelerate web applications, databases and …
2009 Public Sector Survey shows big shift in attitude towards data security
UK’s encryption and data security specialist BeCrypt has announced that data security awareness has shown a marked increase in the Public Sector since a year ago. …
Upcoming Counter-eCrime Operations Summit in Barcelona
Electronic crime responders, investigators and counter-electronic crime technologists will join law enforcement and public policy officials from across the globe in Barcelona …
AirMagnet introduces entry-level RF and Wi-Fi troubleshooting tool
AirMagnet announced AirMedic, a new entry-level Wi-Fi tool. Unlike other Wi-Fi spectrum analyzers that require expensive, single use dedicated spectrum cards or adapters, …
Financially motivated virus with old school type of infection
Sality.AO is a virus that combines the features of traditional viruses (infecting files and damaging as many computers as possible to achieve notoriety for creators) with the …
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