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8 out of 10 applications fail to meet security standards
Considered “low hanging fruit” because of their prevalence in software applications, XSS and SQL Injection are two of the most frequently exploited …
Zero-day Adobe Reader flaw exploited in ongoing attacks
Adobe has issued a security advisory notifying users about a newly discovered and still unpatched vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat which has been spotted being …
Patch management integration with Nessus
Tenable Network Security announced that Nessus and SecurityCenter now integrate with top patch management solutions.: Red Hat Network Satellite Server, Microsoft Windows …
QualysGuard Web Application Scanning
Yesterday, Qualys released version 2.1 of QualysGuard Web Application Scanning (WAS), that integrates with Selenium to help companies further automate scanning of web …
Ettercap 0.7.4 released
Ettercap is a network sniffer/interceptor/logger for ethernet LANs. It supports active and passive dissection of many protocols (even ciphered ones, like SSH and HTTPS). Data …
New version of Qualys web application scanner
Qualys announced a new release of QualysGuard Web Application Scanning (WAS) 2.1 that integrates with Selenium to help companies further automate scanning of web applications …
Download.com bundles Nmap with malware
“Hi Folks. I’ve just discovered that C|Net’s Download.Com site has started wrapping their Nmap downloads (as well as other free software like VLC) in a …
Kaspersky Lab Virus Scanner in the Mac App Store
Kaspersky Virus Scanner is a new lightweight application to secure Mac computers, available from the Mac App Store. Kaspersky Virus Scanner detects and removes both Mac and …
Sophos updates its endpoint protection
According to industry estimates, as many as 90 percent of successful attacks are against vulnerabilities in which a patch already exists. Despite this statistic, many …
Only U.S. customers targeted with Carrier IQ?
Carriers are yet to be affected greatly by the revelations made by researcher Trevor Eckhart. Even though most mobile phone manufacturers have denied installing the Carrier IQ …
Cain & Abel 4.9.43 released
Cain & Abel is a password recovery tool for Microsoft operating systems. It allows easy recovery of various kind of passwords by sniffing the network, cracking encrypted …
Tool to detect Carrier IQ
Bitdefender announced the availability of a new tool that identifies the presence of the controversial mobile network diagnostic tool from Carrier IQ. Dubbed Carrier IQ …
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