Check Point introduces high-performance data center security appliance
Check Point launched its new 21700 Appliance with 78 Gbps of firewall throughput, 25 Gbps of IPS throughput and a 2,922 SecurityPower unit (SPU) rating. Security gateways must …
Adobe patches Acrobat and Reader, Mozilla debuts Firefox built-in PDF viewer
Adobe has pushed out the announced update for Acrobat and Reader that patches the two vulnerabilities that were recently exploited in attacks in the wild. But, the popularity …
Twitter entreats users to use better passwords
Twitter is urging users once again to improve their passwords – both on Twitter and on other online services. Apart from the usual advice on using longer, more complex, …
$400 million risk lurking inside global enterprises
Ponemon Institute and Venafi announced a new report provides an extensive examination of how failure to control trust in the face of new and evolving security threats places …
Oracle, Apple release critical updates for Java
Oracle has released on Tuesday a new Java SE Critical Patch Update. “This Critical Patch Update includes all fixes provided in the Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update …
12.6 million identity fraud victims identified in the U.S.
In 2012 identity fraud incidents increased by more than one million victims and fraudsters stole more than $21 billion, the highest amount since 2009, according to Javelin …
Apple confirms being hit in recent watering hole attack
Apple has become the latest big company to confirm they’ve been affected by the watering hole attacks that resulted in the compromise of Twitter and Facebook networks, …
How CSOs are enabling secure BYOD
Wisegate released a new report that answers the industry’s most complex “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD) questions while providing expert insight to help CSOs …
Tips to overcome PHI security obstacles
Healthcare organizations’ privacy programs are still understaffed and underfunded, even while millions of patients’ protected health information (PHI) are …
SmishGuru simulated attack service launches
Wombat released SmishGuru, a simulated attack service for security officers to train employees how to recognize and avoid the most subtle yet potentially harmful smishing …
Alert Logic releases new log manager
Alert Logic announced a new release of Log Manager which enables real-time security monitoring of critical security logs. By combining correlation with on-the-fly parsing of …
Qualys CEO to address security in a hyperconnected world at RSA Conference 2013
Qualys Chairman and CEO Philippe Courtot will examine the evolution of security in a hyperconnected world in his keynote at RSA Conference 2013. Courtot’s keynote, which …