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Test malware handling capabilities of network security devices
At RSA Conference 2013 in San Francisco, Spirent Communications announced the release of malware testing capabilities on Spirent Studio. With the addition of malware testing, …
Qualys FreeScan service expanded with vulnerability scanning and configuration auditing
At RSA Conference 2013, Qualys has expanded its popular FreeScan service to support scanning internal and external systems and web applications and also added new security and …
QualysGuard WAS 3.0 adds customers automation, accuracy and ease-of-use
At RSA Conference 2013, Qualys announced the release of QualysGuard WAS 3.0, adding malware detection and attack proxy support to provide customers and consultants with …
Symantec unveils new SSL algorithms and web security products
Symantec unveiled new updates to its Website Security Solutions portfolio with capabilities to meet the increasing security and performance needs for connected businesses. The …
Qualys and iViZ partner on cloud-based web application security
Qualys announced its partnership with iViZ to help companies ensure and validate the security of their web applications and web sites. The partnership combines the automated …
Flickr bug made users’ private photos public
A glitch in the Flickr matrix has resulted in intimate photos of a number of its users being made available for everyone to see after their permissions turned from …
Highlights from 450 global data breach investigations
Trustwave released details form a report that highlights details and trends from 450 global data breach investigations, 2,500 penetration tests, nine million Web application …
The dangers of third-party code for cloud security
Imperva announced a new report which examines the dangers of third-party code in cloud computing. In December 2012, a hacker breached Yahoo! with an SQL injection attack that …
WordPress 3.5.1 fixes 37 bugs
WordPress 3.5.1, now available for download, is a maintenance and security release for all previous versions that fixes 37 bugs. WordPress 3.5.1 also addresses the following …
Jobs offered to student kicked out of college for discovering security flaw
Ahmed Al-Khabaz, the student that has been expelled from Dawson College because of an unauthorized intrusion in the college’s systems to check whether a flaw he recently …
Video: History of the JavaScript security arsenal
In 2006 we had the first JavaScript port scanner. The same year we saw the incarnation of more advanced tools such as AttackAPI, Carnaval and Backframe. A year later we saw …
New nCircle security appliance cuts vulnerability scan time
nCircle announced the Device Profiler 4000 (DP 4000), a high performance vulnerability scanning appliance designed to support vulnerability scanning requirements including web …
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