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Discover what is happening across your IT infrastructure

Netwrix released Netwrix Auditor 6.0, which now delivers visibility into what is happening across the entire IT infrastructure. It provides the broadest available coverage of …

Why Google prefers numeric CAPTCHAs

Alphanumeric CAPTCHAs – those more or less difficult-to-read combinations that are used by many online services to discern whether a user is human or a bot – have …

Rolling Stones, One Direction fans scammed with fake free ticket offers

Rolling Stones and One Direction fans are being actively targeted by unscrupulous scammers, who encourage them to share a bogus offer of a free ticket to one of the …

Google account passwords stolen in phishing attack

Hackers have been stealing Google account passwords in a new and better crafted phishing attack that is hard to catch with traditional heuristic detection, according to …

Bitly breach details revealed

Bitly has released more details about the breach that made them reset user account credentials and disconnect all users’ Facebook and Twitter accounts late last week: …

Penetration testing device that fits in your pocket

Pwnie Express updated the Pwn Phone, a phone that doubles as a powerful penetration testing device making it easy to evaluate wired, wireless and Bluetooth networks. Pwn …

GE acquires Wurldtech to advance cyber security for key industries

GE announced a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Wurldtech, a Vancouver, British Columbia-based company. This move is one of several by GE to help protect …

Week in review: Android locker ransomware, password management done right, IE 0-day exploit details

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, podcasts, interviews, videos and articles: Researchers debunk severity of OAuth “Covert …

A month after Heartbleed, many servers are still vulnerable

A month has passed since the existence of the OpenSSL Heartbleed bug has been shared with the public. Given that this open-source implementation of the SSL and TLS protocols …

Snapchat promises of disappearing messages were false

Snapchat, the developer of a popular mobile messaging app, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers with promises about the …

Twitter makes password reset easier, account hijacking harder

Twitter has announced two changes aimed at helping protect user accounts and restore access to them. The company said that they are aware that many people reuse the same …

Microsoft to release eight bulletins on Tuesday

Tuesday, May 13 marks the next Microsoft security patch release. This release will contain eight bulletins, which is the most in a single release so far this year. The good …

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