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Cisco reveals the importance of networks in daily life

Demonstrating the increasing role of the network in people’s lives, an international workforce study by Cisco revealed that one in three college students and young …

(IN)SECURE Magazine issue 31 released

(IN)SECURE Magazine is a free digital security publication discussing some of the hottest information security topics. Issue 31 has been released today. Table of contents: The …

QualysGuard VM integrates with Modulo Risk Manager

Qualys and Modulo announced the availability of QualysGuard VM integration with Modulo Risk Manager, providing customers a completely integrated, holistic view of IT risks …

NAC system PacketFence 3.0 released

PacketFence is a fully supported, trusted, free and open source network access control (NAC) system. Boasting a feature set including a captive-portal for registration and …

A botnet for the masses

Did you know that you can buy a bot for just 10 Euros? Researchers of German security firm G Data have discovered that a bot builder dubbed “Aldi Bot” is currently …

Android bugs allow attackers to secretly install malware

Jon Oberheide – the security researcher who has so effectively pointed out the existence of a major security bug in the Android platform nearly a year ago – has …

48% of enterprises targeted by social engineering attacks

48% of enterprises have been victims of social engineering attacks, experiencing 25 or more such attacks in the past two years at a average cost of over £15,000 per …

“We are going to sue you” spam campaign leads to malware

Every once in a while, security researchers spot an email spam campaign so poorly thought out and executed that I have to wonder: “Who would fall far this?” But …

Researchers crack SSL encryption

Two security researchers have found a way of breaking the SSL/TLS encryption that allows the information that passes from browser/user to server and back be reliable and, …

Bluetooth vulnerabilities becoming easier to exploit

Codenomicon warns consumers about the poor quality and security of Bluetooth equipment. Based on Codenomicon’s robustness test results using smart model based fuzzing …

BackTrack adds RandomStorm WordPress scanner

RandomStorm’s WPScan, the free WordPress security scanner, has been added to the latest version of BackTrack. BackTrack is an open source operating system that provides …

Cisco security solutions for urban environments

Cisco announced a series of safety and security innovations powered by a Medianet architecture. Together these innovations support the evolution of Cisco’s strategy …

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