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Our randomizer picked four winners of complimentary Black Hat DC Briefings access passes. They are: 1) Vincent W. 2) Matt L. 3) Bill T. 4) Douglas C. Information regarding the …

Sourcefire has learned of a remotely exploitable vulnerability in the Snort DCE/RPC preprocessor. This preprocessor is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow that could …

Almost 64 percent of spyware detected in January by ActiveScan, the online solution from Panda Software, was adware. There are currently three sub-categories of spyware: …

PC Tools announced the results of an independent comparison by Enex Testlab of anti-spyware software including Microsoft’s own Windows defender. PC Tools hired …

The FSA has just fined Nationwide ?980,000 for information security lapses following the theft of a laptop from an employee’s home last year. On top of that, it cost the …

Experts at Sophos are reminding computer users to be wary of unsolicited emails posing as breaking news reports, following the widespread distribution in Australia of a …

Andrew White is the Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Route1, a provider of security and identity management network solutions. Since enterprises are always …

GFI announced today the beta release of GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner (N.S.S.) 8, the latest version of its award-winning 3-in-1 security scanning, patch management …

eSoft announced the availability of its Desktop Anti-Virus/Spyware Suite, which allows administrators to manage PC security across the entire organization through a single …

Symantec Security in conjunction with the Indiana University School of Informatics has uncovered a significant new security threat. In this attack, dubbed “Drive-by …

Nurech.B is the second variant of the Nurech family detected over the last few days. Like its predecessor, Nurech.A, this worm has used the days running up to …

Sophos reported that the police in the Turkish city of Izmir have arrested 17 members of a gang who broke into online bank accounts and stole $300,000 from internet users. Law …