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Cisco CCNA Security video training
Professional computer training company Train Signal announced the release of the latest in the Cisco CCNA video training series, Cisco CCNA Security. This advanced topic …
New phishing attack that infiltrates secure website sessions
Trusteer has identified a new phishing attack method designed to trick users into surrendering confidential information after they have logged on to an online banking, …
Accelerating wireless network security audits
ElcomSoft announced the availability of GPU-accelerated version of Elcomsoft Wireless Security Auditor 1.0, a product to audit wireless network security by attempting to …
USB encryption drive defense against autorun malware attacks with Hydra PC
SPYRUS announced the Hydra Privacy Card (Hydra PC) family of USB encrypting devices is immune from USB autorun malware attacks. Hydra PC, which utilizes the most advanced …
Details on the Downadup worm that is causing new outbreaks
Win32.Worm.Downadup worm made its first appearance late November 2008, exploiting the MS08-067 vulnerability to spread unhindered in local area networks. Its purpose was to …
Video: Barbara Hershey, Blogspot and fake anti-virus software
In the video below, Paul Baccas of SophosLabs explores how fake anti-virus software designed to scare the unwary out of money is being planted into Google Search results …
Gartner survey shows IT spending to be flat in 2009
As enterprises face a challenging economic environment, IT spending budgets will be essentially flat with a planned increase of 0.16 percent in 2009, according to results from …
2009 to see more malware on virtualization platforms and mobile devices
AppRiver published of its year-end spam report, State of Security 2008, and the Threat and Spamscape Forecast for 2009. According to report author, AppRiver Senior Security …
IBM unveils Rational AppScan Standard Edition 7.8
IBM Rational AppScan Standard Edition is a Web application security testing tool that automates vulnerability assessments. Here’s a short list of the interesting new …
Tackling the authentication nightmare
In the new edition of the HNS podcast, Jonathan Craymer, chairman of GrIDsure talks about tackling the authentication nightmare by getting the right balance between security …
Anonymous proxies a major security concern for IT managers
Web filtering specialist Bloxx announced the results of its independent Anonymous Proxy Survey, which reveals that an alarming 90% of IT Managers in the educational sector …
IT security standards planetarium
atsec information security today published the “IT security standard planetarium”, which depicts the relationships among many IT security standards. You can choose …
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