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January 2012 Patch Tuesday preview
Microsoft is starting 2012 with a surprisingly large first release of seven security bulletins covering eight separate vulnerabilities. In contrast, in past years we usually …
MetricStream IT-GRC integrates with QualysGuard Vulnerability Management
MetricStream and Qualys announced the integration of MetricStream IT-GRC Solution with QualysGuard Vulnerability Management (VM). The joint solution provides a single robust …
EFF: Don’t use the new AOL Instant Messenger
The Electronic Frontier Foundation advises AOL Instant Messenger users not to switch to the new version of the software because it “introduces important …
Open source computing platform Apache Hadoop 1.0 released
The Apache Software Foundation announced Apache Hadoop 1.0, the open source software framework for scalable, distributed computing. The project’s latest release marks a …
BackTrack 5 Wireless Penetration Testing
If you're considering a career in penetration testing, you probably already know that BackTrack is the Linux distribution favored by most pentesters due to it being preloaded …
Risk Control 6.0 released
Skybox Security announced Risk Control 6.0, featuring enhancements that help understand cyber security situations and act quickly to minimize risks that can lead to …
Nmap introduces 51 new scripts
Nmap is a free and open source utility for network exploration or security auditing. Many systems and network administrators also find it useful for tasks such as network …
Single packet authorization and port knocking
fwknop implements an authorization scheme called Single Packet Authorization (SPA). This method of authorization is based around a default-drop packet filter (fwknop supports …
Microsoft provides protection for ASP.NET vulnerability
Microsoft published Security Advisory 2659883 to provide a workaround to help protect ASP.NET customers from a publicly disclosed vulnerability that affects various Web …
Mac management tools from Google
Google’s internal Macintosh Operations team is starting to release the utilities, tools, and scripts for managing and tracking a fleet of Macintoshes in a corporate …
Pentagon officials allowed to use Android
US Department of Defense officials that need a mobile device are no longer restricted to using a BlackBerry, reports Muktware. The Pentagon has now also allowed the use of …
NAC system PacketFence 3.1.0 released
PacketFence is a fully supported, trusted, free and open source network access control (NAC) system. Boasting a feature set including a captive-portal for registration and …
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