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Free security tool detects vulnerable and outdated software
Secunia released version 2.0 of their Personal Software Inspector (PSI), a popular free security tool for home users that protects their personal and financial information …
Performance concerns make 25% of users turn off AV
More than 60 percent of respondents have tried multiple anti-virus products over the course of a year, according to Avira. In addition, 25 percent of the users admitted to …
Tracking protection lists for Internet Explorer 9
Microsoft recently announced that IE9 will enable users to import independently curated lists of third party domains, which can be blocked or allowed access to a user’s …
MySQL 5.5 released
MySQL 5.5 delivers significant enhancements enabling users to improve the performance and scalability of web applications across multiple operating environments, including …
Voice encryption app for the iPhone
Kryptos is a secure VoIP application for the iPhone. It utilizes 256-bit AES military grade encryption to encrypt voice communications between users, while using 1024-bit RSA …
Metasploit 3.5.1 adds Cisco device exploitation
Metasploit now enables security professionals to exploit Cisco devices, performs passive reconnaissance through traffic analysis, provides more exploits and evaluates an …
Network access control system PacketFence 2.0 released
PacketFence is a free and open source network access control (NAC) system. It can be used to effectively secure networks – from small to very large heterogeneous …
Metasploit achieves CVE compliance
Rapid7 announced that Metasploit Pro and Metasploit Express have achieved Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) compliance. CVE associates unique identifiers to security …
Multiple vulnerabilities in RealPlayer
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in RealPlayer, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user’s system, according to Secunia. Users should …
Advanced iPhone spy application
Mobistealth launched an advanced iPhone spy application which can be installed on any iPhone and runs completely in the background. The application is virtually undetectable …
Deploy and remotely execute programs on Windows networks
RemoteExec for Windows is an agentless, encrypted software solution that allows IT pros to: Quickly and easily deploy MSI packages, Service Packs, patches, hotfixes, etc. …
Run Nmap on Android
Droidmap is an Android application for root users that implements some functions of Nmap in a GUI. This program comes with installer scripts for the installation of the …