Teen exploits three 0-days to hack Chrome, earns $60K from Google
The end of this year’s editions of the Pwn2Own and Pwnium contests has been marked by another Chrome hack, executed by a teenage security researcher that goes by the …
Higher education breaches significantly down
In a year highlighted by the biggest data security breaches on record, the higher education vertical appears to have had a reprieve relative to prior years in terms of overall …
SafeNet acquires Cryptocard
SafeNet has acquired Cryptocard, a provider of cloud based authentication solutions. Financial terms were not disclosed. By combining SafeNet’s authentication solutions …
DirectPass: Password management and login convenience
Trend Micro announced DirectPass, a password management solution. Designed to organize and manage passwords, DirectPass provides consumers with a way to manage their online …
Carnegie Mellon researchers unveil iOS and Android security app
Carnegie Mellon University CyLab researchers have developed a new smartphone app that leverages the growing proliferation of these devices to establish a secure basis for …
Facebook scam uses fake CAPTCHA to spread
In order for a Facebook survey scam to be successful, it has to make users do two things: propagate the scam further by “endorsing” it and complete at least one …
New IEEE standards for the smart grid
IEEE announced five new standards, as well as a modified standards-development project, that are all intended to aid the efficient rollout of the smart grid worldwide. The new …
CompTIA Network+ Lab Manual
Think of the most common and challenging tasks that network administrators face, then read this book and find out how to perform those tasks, step by step. CompTIA Network + …
Week in review: LulzSec hackers arrested, inadequate Android AV solutions, and the GitHub hack
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, podcasts and articles: Pinterest users targeted with scams Pinterest, the pinboard-styled social …
Anonymous continues defacing websites, releases Norton AV code
It is hard to predict whether this week’s arrest of six prominent LulzSec and AntiSec members will have a destructive enough effect on the loosely organized hacker …
Users hammered by fake AV resurgence
GFI Software released its VIPRE Report for February 2012, a collection of the 10 most prevalent threat detections encountered during the month. Most notably, GFI Labs has been …
IE 9 hacked at Pwn2Own, Google patches Chrome bugs
After the success they had with attacking Google’s Chrome browser, the team of vulnerability researchers from French firm VUPEN has also managed to hack …
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