Free USSD exploit blocker app
Avira released a free security app for Android phone users to protect them from remote USSD attacks. The Avira USSD Exploit Blocker app is available on Google Play. …
Contrast security plugin invisibly monitors applications during testing
Aspect Security announced Contrast, an application security service that creates a real-time dashboard of intelligence and vulnerabilities. Contrast is an IAST solution, …
Tool prevents hackers from obtaining Android app source code
RIIS announced HoseDex2Jar, a mobile security tool that can prevent Android decompilation by hackers on mobile devices. Android runs applications in .dex format. Dex2Jar is …
New wireless APs and 2-factor authentication products from Fortinet
Fortinet announced four new wireless access points along with three new two-factor authentication products. Fortinet is introducing four new additions to its wireless access …
Pen-testing Cookie Cadger continues where Firesheep left off
When the Firesheep extension was revealed to the world in late 2010, its developer said that his main goal was to get sites to switch to full end-to-end encryption, i.e. SSL. …
Visual Android Trojan as virtual theft aid
The rise of mobile malware in the last few years has been well documented, and the latest reports show that malware sending out text messages to premium rate numbers is the …
Oracle releases MySQL 5.6 RC
Oracle announced the availability of the Release Candidate for MySQL 5.6, the popular open source database. MySQL 5.6 RC provides enhanced linear scalability, helping users to …
White House Military Office breached by Chinese hackers
Following the recent confirmation by a senior intelligence officer with the U.S. Cyber Command that the Pentagon systems and networks are constantly under cyber attacks and …
IEEE password compromise was due to proxy “anomaly”
Romanian researcher Radu Dragusin has revealed last week that he found the usernames and passwords of 100,000 members of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers …
HD Moore: The wild west
HD Moore is the CSO of Rapid7 and Chief Architect of Metasploit. In the video below, recorded at Derbycon last week in Kentucky, he talks about ghost towns, highways, and …
Coverity releases development testing platform
Coverity announced the next generation of its Coverity Development Testing Platform, an integrated suite of software testing technologies for identifying and remediating …
Adobe unveils Acrobat XI with cloud services
Adobe unveiled Adobe Acrobat XI software with cloud services, a new solution that features newly integrated cloud services, including Web contracting with Adobe EchoSign and …