Heartbleed bug: What regular users need to do
As the news of the existence of the Heartbleed bug in OpenSSL and the implications of its existence trickles down into mainstream media, users are trying to figure out what …
New IDS project spots anomalous system behavior
A team of researchers from Binghamton University have been working on a new intrusion detection approach based on monitoring the behavior of systems and spotting when it …
Whitehat hacker breaches UMD servers to jump-start security remediation
Daving Helkowski, a software architect/engineer working for software consultancy Canton Group, has made a serious mistake that has already cost him his job and might end up …
Breaches expose 552 million identities in 2013
After lurking in the shadows for the first ten months of 2013, cybercriminals unleashed the most damaging series of cyberattacks in history. Symantec’s Internet Security …
TCG releases TPM 2.0 specification for device security
The Trusted Computing Group (TCG) has announced the TPM (Trusted Platform Module) 2.0 library specification, which provides a technology response to the global need for a more …
Lie detection technology that accurately reads eye behavior
A company has discovered how to not just open the window to the soul via one’s eyes, but also accurately determine whether or not that soul is lying. For years, …
Demand for security and Big Data experts grows
A new survey by TEKsystems compares current market conditions to the state of spending, skills needs, and impact areas. The survey represents the views of 244 IT leaders …
Email management lacks innovation, businesses turn to cloud
SolarWinds released survey results highlighting the growing challenge organizations face managing email in an increasingly complex environment where BYOx, mobility and other …
How does the Heartbleed bug affect me?
By now, you have surely heard about the “Heartbleed” bug discovered in Open SSL, and you’re wondering how its existence affects you. The situation is, …
Heartbleed OpenSSL vulnerability: A technical remediation
OpenSSL released an bug advisory about a 64kb memory leak patch in their library. The bug has been assigned CVE-2014-0160 TLS heartbeat read overrun. According to OpenSSL, the …
WordPress releases important security update
WordPress 3.8.2 is now available. This is an important security release for all previous versions and you should update immediately. This releases fixes a weakness that could …
Highest EU court rejects EU-wide Data Retention Directive
It’s a good thing that the European Union is working on a new Data Retention Directive, as the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled on Tuesday that the one issued …
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