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Barracuda IM Firewall XSS and script insertion vulnerabilities

Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Barracuda IM Firewall, which can be exploited by malicious users to conduct script insertion attacks and by malicious people to …

Email marketing companies web accounts sending out malicious spam

The breach of the Atlanta-based Silverpop Systems back in December 2010 has resulted in the compromise of (some confirmed, some not) corporate mailing lists of over 100 big …

Free tool to combat Facebook security issues

Zscaler released a free security tool that protects against malicious threats, scams and spam propagated on Facebook through a technique called “Likejacking.” …

Netgear releases first VDSL UTM firewall

NETGEAR introduced the ProSecure UTM9S – the first Unified Threat Management (UTM) gateway with both VDSL and WiFi capability. Additionally, the UTM9S integrates with …

Does Facebook keep tracking users after they have logged out?

Australian hacker and blogger Nik Cubrilovic claims that Facebook keeps tracking its users after they have logged out from the site. To do that, the social network allegedly …

Multi Threaded TCP Port Scanner 2.0 released

Multi Threaded TCP Port Scanner allows you to scan 65535 TCP ports on an IP address. You can specify how many threads to run and the timeout. It will tell you the MAC address …

Week in review: SSL encryption cracked, new Mac Trojan and the new issue of (IN)SECURE Magazine

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Smartphone and tablet security tips ICSA Labs is offering a series of tips that …

New Mac Trojan copies successful Windows Trojan technique

Windows users have been warned time and time again of malware hiding behind icons and extensions belonging to files associated with legitimate software – most notably …

Over 300 cyberspy attacks against Russian targets discovered

Trend Micro researchers have discovered that 1465 computers belonging to 47 distinct political and economical entities in 61 different (mostly former Soviet Union) countries …

Suspected LulzSec and Anonymous arrested and charged

Three more alleged LulzSec and Anonymous members have been arrested by the FBI and/or indicted for their misdeeds, reports CNet. 23-year-old Cody Andrew Kretsinger (aka …

How to build a trusted virtualized platform

Trusted Computing Group (TCG) released the first Virtualized Platform Architecture, which describes how to build a trusted virtualized platform. With this specification, …

ICSA Labs launches network IPS testing program

ICSA Labs is launching a quarterly testing program for network intrusion prevention systems. The quarterly testing, which is available to all IPS manufacturers, is also an …

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