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AVAST Software launched avast! 2014 – the latest version of the antivirus solution used by a quarter of all protected PCs worldwide. The new version improves …

You can throw lots of time and money at scanning your systems for unknown malware, but the reality is that you will only identify a small portion of the bad stuff. Changing …

Smartphones carry a lot of sensitive data that in theory should be accessible only to their owners. In practice, a lot of it can be exfiltrated from the devices and from the …

Wisegate released a new report that shares how CISOs successfully gain executive buy-in on security budgets and strategically manage them. Most CISOs face significant …

Does the Internet of Things scare you? It probably should. This DerbyCon video discusses why embedded device security is laughably bad, handling vendor notification, and …

Arbor Networks released data on global DDoS attack trends for the first three quarters of 2013. The data shows that DDoS continues to be a global threat, with alarming …

Malwarebytes launched a free mobile security application for Android devices. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Mobile, available on

In the maritime business, Automated Identification Systems (AIS) are a big deal. They supplement information received by the marine radar system, are used for a wide variety …

ZeroAccess (or Sirefef) is a piece of malware that is very adept at hiding its existence from users, and brings in huge sums of money to its masters by performing click-fraud …

The story here is that Oracle has synced up their Java patching with the rest of their patching cycle and, when it comes to vulnerabilities, Java always steals the show. The …

A pretty convincing email phishing campaign is targeting one of the largest user bases out there – those who use Microsoft’s Windows OS – by taking advantage …

In this DerbyCon video, John Strand will demonstrate the Active Defense Harbinger Distribution, a DARPA funded, free Active Defense virtual machine. He will debunk many of the …