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Sophos finds unauthorized RATs on server, takes partner portal offline

Renowned security firm Sophos has taken down one of its partner portals (located at ) following the discovery of a compromise of the server on which it’s hosted. …

Searching for Easter eggs leads to malware

Blackhat SEO is a popular tactic for malware peddlers to distribute their wares to unsuspecting victims, and the weeks before major holidays are always a perfect time for …

Microsoft to release four critical bulletins

The Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for April 2012 contains six bulletins. The number of bulletins isn’t huge but the potential harm is great. Of the …

Polymorphic Facebook scam targets users

An insidious scam that can result in multiple malware downloads is currently targeting Facebook users, warns Bitdefender. It starts rather predictably, as users inadvertently …

It’s official, corporate passwords are cheap

Nearly 50 per cent of employees would readily sell their corporate passwords for less than £5, according to Ping Identity. 30% would do the deed for even less, happily …

Free malware scanning and blacklist monitoring for websites

Comodo released SiteInspector, a free malware scanning and blacklist monitoring for websites. The free service allows website owners to set up recurring, daily checks on any 3 …

Private cloud solution designed to meet compliance requirements

Terremark, a Verizon Company, launched Enterprise Cloud Private Edition. This private cloud solution is designed as a single-tenant environment to meet the security compliance …

Agentless deployment option for McAfee MOVE AV

McAfee announced a new agentless deployment option for McAfee MOVE AV solution which provides defenses against all types of physical and virtual attacks through a single high …

How Google Tests Software

Testing expert James Whittaker, a former Google testing leader, and two top Google experts reveal exactly how Google tests software, offering best practices you can use. How …

Microsoft gains innovative security ideas at a low cost

April 1 marked the deadline for submissions for this year’s edition of Microsoft’s BlueHat Prize competition and, according to Katie Moussouris, a senior security …

Instagram users targeted with spam

It’s almost a given that any social service, network or app that attracts a large number of users will eventually be facing the spam and scam problem. It happened to …

Sustained drop in spam levels

Industry and government efforts have dealt a significant blow to spam, according to a Commtouch report that is compiled based on an analysis of more than 10 billion …

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