US DHS asks public to share ideas on botnet mitigation
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Commerce have issued a public call for comments from “all Internet stakeholders” in order to …
CSA issues first Security as a Service white paper
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) announced that the Security as a Service working group has published its first white paper, “Defined Categories of Service 2011”. …
Enhanced enterprise mobility management platform
BoxTone announced an advancement to its EMM platform, delivering the first fully automated policy and compliance management engine with a real-time mobile security dashboard, …
Mysql.com hacked, serving malware
Mysql.com has been hacked and is currently serving malware, Armorize warns. The company has detected the compromise through its website malware monitoring platform HackAlert, …
Facebook changes raise serious security concerns
Facebook’s planned changes, while increasing interaction between users, could also flood the site with Twitter-style spambots and increase targeted attacks, according to …
Tiny Core Linux 4.0 released
Tiny Core Linux is a very small (
5 data-stealing apps offered on Android Market
Nearly a month ago, researchers have discovered a Chinese mobile phone monitoring service that allows users to compromise a target’s mobile phone running Symbian or …
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 …