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Seagate self-encrypting laptop hard drives earn NSA qualification
Seagate announced that the National Security Agency (NSA) has qualified the Momentus 5400 FDE.2 hard drive for use in laptops and other computers deployed by U.S. government …
Secure online shopping and banking with virtualized browsing
Check Point announced the general availability of ZoneAlarm ForceField, virtualized browser security solution enabling consumers to bank and shop online, or surf the Internet …
Phone-based two-factor authentication for OpenID
JanRain and Positive Networks have developed a phone-based, two-factor authentication solution specifically designed to support users of myOpenID. myOpenID, the most popular …
IT departments struggle with vulnerability management
A new survey of IT professionals revealed that new regulatory compliance requirements – for implementing satisfactory technology solutions to address security …
Multispectral fingerprint sensor ensures reliability
Lumidigm and Alphatronics have teamed to create an outdoor biometric access control solution. Alphatronics has utilized the Lumidigm Venus fingerprint sensor to create the …
Simple two-factor authentication for full disk encryption
Gemalto and McAfee announced a new integrated solution that enables PC and laptop users secure and convenient access to fully encrypted disks through strong, secure, …
Audit and remediate highly-sensitive data-at-rest
Guidance Software released the EnCase Data Audit and Policy Enforcement, a software solution that enables organizations to proactively audit and remediate highly-sensitive …
Photobucket security incident
On Friday afternoon Photobucket team announced a security incident related to their service and is now recommending that all users change their password immediately. Copied …
Discovery of a crimeserver with over 1.4 gb of stolen data
Finjan announced its discovery of a server controlled by cyber criminals containing more than 1.4 Gigabyte of business and personal data stolen from infected PCs. The data …
Compromised file found inside a localized Firefox 2.0 language pack
Mozilla Security Blog reported a security problem found within the Vietnamese language pack for Firefox 2. The Vietnamese language pack for Firefox 2 contains inserted code to …
Free kits for launching phishing attacks
PandaLabs has discovered several free phishing kits on the Internet which allow cyber-crooks to send out fraudulent emails. These tools allow cyber-crooks to spoof bank pages …
New SDK for multi-biometric face-fingerprint identification systems
Neurotechnology announced the availability of MegaMatcher 2.1 SDK for the development of large-scale automated fingerprint identification systems (AFIS) and multi-biometric …
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