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Trustwave revokes “MitM” certificate, vows never to issue one again

Certificate authority Trustwave has revoked a subordinate root certificate it issued to a company that allowed it to intercept their employees’ private email …

More bogus ad-serving Android apps evade Google’s Bouncer

Users searching for games on the official Android Market have lately been heavily targeted by ad-pushing scammers. First it was the fake Temple Run app, and now a string of …

How online communication connects generations

AARP and Microsoft released “Connecting Generations,” a research report that examines how people of all ages are using online communication and social networking …

Security architecture for trusted execution environments

Elliptic Technologies introduced the tVault Security Architecture – a technology that enables end-to-end security in connected devices. tVault provides robust security …

Improved data recovery from SSDs

Data recovery from new types of data storage can be extremely time-consuming because of the need to research the algorithms used to originally store the data. Previously, …

Visibility and control of cloud services

Fidelis Security Systems announced a new cloud security solution which provides necessary visibility and control to decrease risks associated with using SaaS. The solution is …

Security for IT consumerization

Lancope announced that its StealthWatch System extends network visibility to mobile devices for the security of bring-your-own-device (BYOD) environments. By analyzing mobile …

Symantec releases Backup Exec 2012

Symantec announced Backup Exec 2012 to help users eliminate complexity, perform backups in 100 percent virtualized environments and deliver instantaneous and cloud-based …

Public beta of Flash Player sandbox for Firefox is out

A little over a year after the implementation of a Flash Player sandbox into Google Chrome, Adobe has announced the release of a public beta of its new Flash Player sandbox …

pcAnywhere code allegedly leaked after failed extortion attempt

Late Monday evening a 1.2GB file named “Symantec’s pcAnywhere Leaked Source Code” was posted on The Pirate Bay. The security firm has downloaded and is …

Fake Temple Run app found on Android Market

Android users who were looking forward to playing the popular Temple Run game – currently available only for iOS devices – have probably thought that the happy day …

Convincing tax-themed spam leads to malware

With the US tax season underway, users are constantly being targeted with tax-themed spam. The latest one to be spotted is an email purportedly coming from Inuit, a US company …

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