Koobface worm on Facebook: The Christmas trick
Almost a month ago, TrendLabs detected a new Koobface worm component that makes Internet Explorer create Facebook accounts, join random Facebook groups, add friends, post …
Video surveillance for security applications
Conexant Systems unveiled a new video encoder for residential smart home and commercial security applications. The low-power CX93510 encoder allows video streams to be …
Host-based IDS OSSEC 2.3 released
The OSSEC team is pleased to announce the general availability of OSSEC version 2.3. The most notable additions are: Added support for the Nginx web server. Added support for …
New books: Windows 7, Python, project management
With Windows 7: Up and Running you get the essential information you need to upgrade or install the system and configure it to fit your activities, along with a tour of …
Week in review: iPhone data harvesting, encryption key laws and security trends in 2010
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Top 10 holiday threats As the holidays bring an increase in online shopping, …
Firewall management during the holidays
Tufin Technologies is offering some useful recommendations to make sure organizations don’t become a victim over the Christmas and New Year break – a time when …
iPhone data harvesting from non-jailbroken devices
Nicholas Seriot, a HES software engineer and iPhone developer and trainer held a presentation 2 days ago in Geneva. The subject of the talk was iPhone privacy. He demonstrated …
Security trends coming in 2010
Websense released its list of security predictions and trends anticipated for 2010. The emerging trends and predictions show an overall blending of security threats across …
Apple updates Java for Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
The latest Java updates from Apple deliver improved reliability, security, and compatibility for Java SE 6 and J2SE 5.0. Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 6 supersedes all …
Google Public DNS released
Today Google launched their own public Domain Name System (DNS) resolver called Google Public DNS that you can use as an alternative to your current DNS provider. Google …
12 tips for safe online shopping
Approximately ten million Americans have their identity stolen each year according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). As more business is conducted online and sensitive …
Feds sued for withholding social network surveillance info
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, an international non-profit organization that is dedicated to the preservation of civil liberties related to the use of the Internet and …
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