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Open source tool trawls Github repositories for sensitive data

Michael Henriksen, a member of the SoundCloud security team, has been recently tasked with creating a system that will constantly check the company’s GitHub …

Encrypted messaging and file storage app Peerio goes open beta

Canada-base Peerio has released the beta version of an app of the same name which combines secure messaging, file sharing and storage, and adds encryption to it. Peerio is …

Unlock your digital world with True Key

Intel Security recently previewed True Key, a new way to unlock your digital world. It combines both password management with simple and secure multi-factor …

GFI adds multi server tools to mail security in MailEssentials 2015

GFI Software released GFI MailEssentials 2015, an evolution of the email security platform that adds major enhancements including scalability and load balancing capabilities …

Corel DLL hijacking vulnerability could allow arbitrary command execution

Corel has developed a wide range of products including graphics, photo, video and office software. When a file associated with the Corel software is opened, the directory of …

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Information Security Analytics

Authors: Mark Talabis, Robert McPherson, I. Miyamoto, Jason Martin Pages: 182 Publisher: Syngress ISBN: 0128002077 Introduction We’ve all heard about Big Data and …

Rails security scanner Brakeman 3.0.0 released

Brakeman is an open source vulnerability scanner specifically designed for Ruby on Rails applications. It statically analyzes Rails application code to find security issues at …

Phish out WPA networks’ password with Wifiphisher

Greek computer geek George Chatzisofroniou has released a stable version of Wifiphisher, a tool aimed at automating phishing attacks against WPA networks in order to discover …

The hidden dangers of third party code in free apps

Research from MWR InfoSecurity has shown the various ways hackers can abuse ad networks by exploiting vulnerabilities in free mobile apps. When people install and use free …

Researcher publishes JavaScript DoS tool

Trigger-happy attackers looking for additional ways to bring websites to their knees by means of a DoS attack have been given another tool that can aid in their efforts: …

30+ bugs found in Google App Engine

Adam Gowdiak, CEO of Polish firm Security Explorations, has announced that his team of researchers have discovered over 30 serious security issues in the Java security sandbox …

Software security in a market for lemons

There is little doubt that it’s difficult to develop secure software. First, you need to be aware of the need for security, accepting it as an important element of …

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