The dark side of Twitter
In this video, Paul Judge, chief research officer for Barracuda Networks, talks about measuring and analyzing malicious activity on Twitter. He talks about identifying the bad …
45TB of storage in a Linux NAS
Synology released the DS1511+, a five-bay NAS will accept up to two DX510 expansion units for a total of up to 15 drives. Using 3TB drives yields up to 45TB of storage. The …
Older Facebook apps threaten your and your friends’ privacy
Facebook users that are concerned with keeping their privacy have probably become more careful with the years about adding applications to their account, since many ask access …
Execution flow-based web application testing
In this video, Rafal Los, the Security Evangelist at HP, talks about web application security testing and offers a variety of practical tips. The video was recorded at the …
Geolocation, mobile devices and Apple top the list of emerging threats
McAfee unveiled its 2011 Threat Predictions report, outlining the top threats that researchers at McAfee Labs foresee for the coming year. The list comprises 2010’s most …
Security information and event management tips
As organizations continue to collect, process and store larger amounts of data from an increasing number of sources, costs related to system and staff resources are soaring. …
The secure coding practices quick reference guide
In the video below, Keith Turpin talks about the secure coding practices quick reference guide. It’s a technology agnostic set of general software security coding …
Man makes career out of suing e-mail spammers
There may be a lot people who thought about it, but there is one who decided to actually do it – Daniel Balsam from San Francisco quit his job and started his new …
Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Lotus Mobile Connect
A weakness and two vulnerabilities have been reported in IBM Lotus Mobile Connect, according to Secunia. These can be exploited by malicious people with physical access to …
Carders.cc, Exploit-db.org and others hacked on Christmas
Waking up on Christmas morning and finding out you’ve been hacked must be pretty annoying, and that it what happened to the administrators of Carders.cc – an …
The security landscape from 2010 to 2011
Vendor-neutral testing and certification firm ICSA Labs offers its thoughts on the security landscape spanning 2010 and 2011. Mobile security 1. While most hackers heavily …
Week in review: DDoS attacks, anti-Facebook worm and identity in the digital age
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, interviews, videos, reviews and articles: How to keep mobile devices secure while traveling …
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