Microsoft patches 64 security vulnerabilities
Today Microsoft released 17 bulletins to address 64 security vulnerabilities. The bulletins address vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, Visual Studio, .NET …
Lack of admin rights mitigates most Microsoft vulnerabilities
The removal of administrator rights from Windows users is a mitigating factor in 75 percent of Critical Windows 7 vulnerabilities. Microsoft and its partners regularly …
Personal info of 3.5 million Texans was accessible to public
The records of about three and a half million Texans were erroneously placed on the server with personally identifying information, and the Texas Comptroller’s office is …
Barracuda Networks breached by automated SQL injection attack
Barracuda Networks is the latest security firm to be shamed by a successful attack against its assets. Barracuda’s chief marketing officer Michael Perone has confirmed …
Personal data of 3,000 US Airways pilots leaked by insider?
A data breach that goes back to October 2009 has recently been brought to light by the US Airline Pilots Association (USAPA), which admitted that it has been working for …
Holes found in majority of leading network firewalls
Firewalls are well understood as the main barriers between an organization’s internal and external networks. Over the past 25 years, they have become the foundation of …
Email malware jumps 400% after Rustock takedown
Malware sent via email increased by 400% in the last week of March 2011, Commtouch reported today. The significant increase was detected two weeks after the takedown of the …
Enterprises don’t understand IT risk
A global survey of more than 1,240 IT decision makers at large enterprises – 72% of which have more than 1,000 employees – found that one third (33%) of …
Secunia Vulnerability Intelligence Manager 3.1 released
Secunia announced enhancements to the award-winning Secunia Vulnerability Intelligence Manager (VIM). The Secunia VIM is compliant with the vulnerability database requirements …
Ransom Trojan locks Windows
Ransomware is slowly becoming quite a problem, and the latest one spotted by F-Secure tries a rather innovative approach: it locks the victims out of Windows and doesn’t …
7 steps to protect against online fraud
Of the three million respondents to a SonicWALL quiz, only 7.4% answered all of the questions correctly. When asked to determine whether a suspect email was a phishing e-mail …
IEEE launches 40Gb/s ethernet optical interface standard
IEEE announced the ratification of IEEE 802.3bgTM-2011, 40Gb/s Ethernet Single-mode fiber optical interface, a new standard enabling 40 Gb/s serial Ethernet interfaces to be …