Fraud 101 for universities
“Colleges and universities are becoming more aware of the fraud threats they face, but there is still a lot of room for educating the educators,” says James Gifas, …
Dell updates cloud software for iPad and Windows RT
Dell announced enhancements to its PocketCloud app portfolio, which enables users to easily create a “personal cloud” to search, view, organize, and share content …
Xen Cloud Platform 1.6 released
Xen Cloud Platform is a virtualization platform for companies to create and manage virtual infrastructures for servers, desktops and clouds. XCP 1.6 strengthens its server …
Hardcoded account in Samsung printers provides backdoor for attackers
US-CERT has issued an alert warning users of Samsung printers and some Dell printers manufactured by Samsung about the presence of a hardcoded account that could allow remote …
Researchers finds 23 vulnerabilities in SCADA software
The recent revelation that Malta-based start-up ReVuln is offering only to paying customers information about SCADA zero-day vulnerabilities has spurred security researcher …
Piwik.org compromised, offered Trojanized version of analytics software
The official website of popular free web server analytics system Piwik has been compromised and made to serve a Trojanized version of the software that opens a backdoor on the …
SCADA software bugs leave national critical infrastructure vulnerable
This week, 23 vulnerabilities in industrial control software – specifically SCADA software – from several vendors have reportedly been found by a researcher at …
Go Daddy says DNS records hijacking was due to phishing
Last week malware peddlers have managed to compromise the DNS records of Go Daddy hosted websites so that they would redirect victims to malicious sites hosting the Cool …
Cyber-Ark secures privileged accounts
Cyber-Ark Software announced its Privileged Identity Management Suite for Critical Infrastructure Protection (PIM/CIP), which secures critical infrastructure by preventing the …
Fake Facebook alert leads to Blackhole, malware
Due to the huge popularity of Facebook and its one billion active users, bogus emails impersonating the social network are constantly hitting users’ inboxes. The latest …
New consumer authentication service from Visa
Visa announced a new solution in its information products line up to help issuers reduce the risk of eCommerce fraud using real-time, risk-based transaction analysis. Called …
Panorama9 unveils patch management for Mac
Managing mixed OS environments is an especially pressing concern for technology startups, which have been on the leading edge of adopting more relaxed BYOD policies. IT …
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