Best practices for web services interoperability
The Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) announced the publication of the WS-I Basic Security Profile (BSP) 1.1 as final material for public access. WS-I is an …
Baby steps for Russian online security
In a move that mirrors China’s from last year, Russia’s Coordination Center will insist that anybody who applies for a .ru domain – be it an individual or a …
AVG Rescue CD: Free toolset for repair of infected machines
The AVG Rescue CD is essentially a portable version of AVG Anti-Virus supplied through Linux distribution. It can be used in the form of a bootable CD or bootable USB flash …
Cloud computing: Risks outweigh the benefits
Research conducted across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) by ISACA has found that a quarter of enterprises that already use cloud computing believe that the risks …
Symbian-targeting SMS worms in-the-wild
A string of SMS worms targeting Symbian Series 60 3rd Edition devices has been spotted in-the-wild in China. Called MerogoSMS, this family of worms propagates in the most …
Rogue software details: PC Antispy
PC Antispy is a rogue security application. In order to remove it, find out what files and registry entries to look for below. Known system changes: Files …
Opera 10.51 addresses security issues
Opera 10.51 (build 3315) for Windows has been released. This release also addresses a couple of security issues, as well as various stability improvements and other bug fixes. …
Remote lock and wipe for Blackberry users
InnoPath Software announced ActiveCare for RIM Blackberry devices, including support for models such as the Bold 9700, Storm 2, Curve and Tour across both GSM and CDMA …
Firefox 3.6.2 fixes critical security issue
Mozilla released Firefox 3.6.2 that fixes a critical security issue as well as stability issues. WOFF heap corruption due to integer overflow Security researcher Evgeny …
Pushdo Trojan bypasses audio catpchas
Webroot researcher Andrew Brandt came across a variant of the Pushdo bot that makes it possible for the computer to bypass audio captchas used by Microsoft’s webmail …
Seattle is US riskiest online city
Symantec teamed up with independent research firm Sperling’s BestPlaces to find and expose the top 10 US cities most vulnerable to cybercrime. And here are the results …
Critical Firefox bug won’t be exploited at Pwn2Own
A critical Firefox vulnerability that could result in remote code execution was disclosed a month ago by Evgeny Legerov, the founder of Moscow-based Intevydis, renowned lately …