Steganos Password Manager 14 released
Steganos Software announced the availability of Steganos Password Manager 14. Designed for individuals who want to want to securely store all of their account log-in …
Information Systems for Managers: Text & Cases, 2nd Edition
Information Systems for Managers is a text for MBA and other managerially-oriented courses on Information Systems. As with the first edition, the main focus of the book is on …
Week in review: Malware served form SourceForge mirror, Adobe breach and compromised certificate
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, interviews, videos and articles: Facebook turns off facial recognition in Europe Facebook has …
L0phtCrack 6
L0phtCrack 6 is the award-winning password audit and recovery tool for Windows and Unix passwords. L0phtCrack 6 is packed with powerful features such as scheduling, hash …
Major U.S. banks still under DDoS attack
PNC Bank seems to be the latest target of the organized DDoS attacks agains major U.S. financial institutions such as JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, …
Adobe admits breach, will revoke compromised code signing certificate
Adobe has confirmed that one of their build servers that has access to the Adobe code signing infrastructure has been compromised, allowing attackers to digitally sign two …
Mozilla launches its privacy-friendly website login system
Remember Mozilla’s introduction of the BrowserID browser-based system for identifying and authenticating users? Well, the login system that was created a …
The economy behind ransomware attacks
First spotted in Russia in 2005, ransomware attacks have since spread to other countries – mainly those of the Western world – by using geo-location to target …
Concerns about employee privacy for BYOD exposed
Business users are alarmed about employers’ ability to access and collect personally identifiable information (PII) through mobile devices, such as iPhones, iPads and …
Cloud Security Alliance releases new IAM guidance
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) announced that its Security as a Service (SecaaS) Working Group has completed its peer review process and has published implementation …
OpenStack Folsom adds network automation and Hyper-V support
OpenStack Folsom, the sixth release of the open source cloud computing platform, saw a 65 percent increase in contributors, as well as the addition of Networking and Block …
New cloud data protection guidelines
The Information Commissioner’s Office published guidelines that underline organisations’ sole responsibility for the protection of data, even if it has been …