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A closer look at Microsoft Security Essentials
Microsoft has released a free (for personal use) anti-malware service that protects against viruses, spyware and other malicious software. Security Essentials is designed to …
Five best practices for mitigating insider breaches
Mismanagement of processes involving privileged access, privileged data, or privileged users poses serious risks to organizations. Such mismanagement is also increasing …
Malicious PDF files
In this video, recorded at BruCON, security researcher and expert on malicious PDF files Didier Stevens discusses how these files work and offers protection tips.
Encryption is the equivalent of a seat belt for data
The quantity of electronic data relied upon by both the private and public sectors alike are increasing at a rapid rate. Before we go further let’s just clarify what is …
A closer look at IObit Security 360 1.0
IObit Security 360 is a malware and spyware removal tool that detects, removes the deepest infections, and protects your PC from spyware, adware, trojans, keyloggers, bots, …
Q&A: Splunk
In this interview the Splunk team discusses Splunk in detail. What is Splunk? Splunk was born from its founders’ frustration in running some of the worlds largest IT …
BruCON: Hackers descend on Belgium
After visiting several computer security events and being impressed by the energy and the open exchange of knowledge, a small group of people dreamed of creating a hacker …
Dissecting the hack: the f0rb1dd3n network
In this video, recorded last week at BruCON, Jayson Street talks about his book – “Dissecting the hack: the f0rb1dd3n network” – published by Syngress. …
Q&A: Information assurance
Ravinderpal “Ravi” Sandhu is The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)’s Lutcher Brown distinguished chair in cyber security and the executive director …
A closer look at Trend Micro HijackThis 2.0.2
HijackThis is a tiny program helps you get rid of persistent spyware by examining vulnerable or suspect parts of your system, such as browser helper objects and certain types …
Firewall management today and tomorrow
What features are real game changers when it comes to firewall management, and how far along is the market in the development cycle? A brief history of firewall management …
Q&A: 1Password
Carl Slawinski is the Chief Evangelist for Agile Web Solutions, the company behind 1Password, a hugely popular Mac software title. In this interview he takes us down memory …
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