Social engineering definitely a massive threat
A report by Social-Engineer.Org reveals some alarming information regarding a DEFCON CTF contest which included targets such as BP, Shell, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Cisco …
Run Nessus on your iPhone
Tenable released an iPhone application for its Nessus Vulnerability Scanner, providing Nessus users the ability to remotely connect to a Nessus server, launch scans and review …
ZBot removal tool
ZBot (also known as Zeus, ZeusBot or WSNPoem) is a Trojan engineered to steal sensitive data from compromised computers. While ZBot focuses mainly on the online banking …
NPF: NetBSD’s new packet filter
The NetBSD Foundation announced NPF, a new packet filter designed for high performance on multiprocessor machines, and for easy extensibility. Highlights of NPF features …
Google fixes security issues in Chrome
Google Chrome 6.0.472.59 has been released to the Stable and Beta channels for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Security fixes: High use-after-free when using document APIs during …
Google engineer abuses power, violates privacy of minors
A Google Site Reliability Engineer was fired in July after an internal investigation by the company that confirmed that he violated the privacy of several underage users. …
Top security technologies that stem data breaches
Securosis announced the findings of a comprehensive independent data security survey of more than 1100 multinational IT security practitioners. The survey focused on …
F-Secure Internet Security 2011 released
F-Secure Internet Security 2011 has been designed to be non-intrusive. This means the product only asks for the user’s attention when it’s really necessary. The …
Microsoft patches 11 vulnerabilities
Microsoft released nine security bulletins which include four critical and five important updates to address 11 vulnerabilities affecting Windows, Internet Information …
Growing dangers of digital music and movies
A growing number of cyber threats are associated with the popularity of online music and videos, according to a McAfee report. Researchers found that adding the word …
Debunking the email privacy myth
Email communications are inherently risky, and information transmitted by email, including sensitive data and business-critical transactions, is more vulnerable than most …
Remote monitoring software for BlackBerry
SpectorSoft released eBlaster Mobile, remote monitoring and surveillance software. eBlaster Mobile allows you to remotely monitor the activity of anyone using a BlackBerry …