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Neurotechnology updates entire biometric product line

Neurotechnology announced new releases across their entire line of biometric SDKs, including: MegaMatcher 4.5 multi-biometric SDK for large-scale applications, VeriFinger 6.7 …

Free online virus scan from BullGuard

BullGuard launched BullGuard Virus Scan, a free virus scanner that scans systems for active viruses and ensure users are protected against the latest threats. This virus scan …

Pirate Bay founder raising money for new encrypted messaging app

Peter Sunde, one of the Pirate Bay co-founders, is looking to enter the encrypted messaging market. Spurred by the recent revelations about the US government’s PRISM …

Hearings announced for EU Parliament inquiry into alleged spying

The Civil Liberties Committee inquiry will gather information and evidence to investigate alleged surveillance activities by the US authorities and EU countries. It will then …

Facebook scam packs double whammy

A new phishing / malware delivery scam is doing rounds on Facebook, warns ThreatTrack’s Chris Boyd. The lure is a message saying “I’m serious guys If you …

Microsoft gives app developers 180 days to fix bugs

This month’s Patch Tuesday has been a prolific one, and patches for a total of 34 vulnerabilities – six of which critical – have been made available for …

No more disconnection penalty for French file sharers

HADOPI, the French “three strikes” law for promoting the distribution and protection of creative works on the Internet, has been changed and can no longer be used …

12 trends in privacy and security

First identified as an industry issue a decade ago, data breaches are now part of the consumer vocabulary. Data breaches have evolved from credit card fraud with financial …

Cloud strategy and evaluation considerations

Wisegate, a private, practitioner-based IT research service for qualified senior technology professionals, released a new industry case study designed to help IT professionals …

Cyber security collaboration in Europe

The EU agency ENISA is supporting the development of standards for products and services in cyber security by today signing a collaboration agreement with two of the major …

StealthWatch gets enhanced threat detection

Lancope released the latest version of its StealthWatch flow-based monitoring system to enable faster, more effective threat detection and incident response. With StealthWatch …

App turns a mobile device into a personal authenticator

Passwords are at the root of online security problems because when typed into browsers, sent over open networks and centrally stored, they are easily compromised leaving the …

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