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Fake AV pushers poison US election search results

The US midterm elections are taking place today, and scareware pushers aren’t sitting with their hands crossed – they have poisoned related search results: Search …

Protect login credentials with key stroke encryption

SutiSoft released SutiKSE, a security solution that protects data being entered on the keyboard. The solution helps protect against keylogging software and malware threats …

Smartphone security and privacy protection

With the rapid adoption of smartphones, concerns about security and privacy of data on the phone are increasing. Consumers realize that they have an extensive amount of …

Free Mac anti-virus for home users

Sophos announced the availability of a free Mac anti-virus product for home users. Based on Sophos’s security software, which protects over 100 million business users …

Bluelog: Bluetooth site survey tool

Bluelog is a Linux Bluetooth scanner written to do a single task, log devices that are in discoverable mode. It is intended to be used as a site survey tool, determining how …

SOURCE Boston and Seattle CFP is now open

SOURCE Conference brings security experts and business professionals together in an intimate and personal environment to discuss the security industry’s most important …

Spying app kicked out of Android Market

Secret SMS Replicator, a spying application that forwards contents of a user’s text messages to the phone of the person who installed it in the first place, has been …

Webroot acquires Prevx

Webroot has acquired Prevx and will integrate Prevx’s technology into its cloud security services. “Webroot and Prevx share a common vision for revolutionizing …

RIAA’s sites downed by Anonymous DDoS attack

Anonymous continues its Operation Payback and has DDoSed two official websites belonging to the Recording Industry Association of America. Riaa.com and riaa.org have been …

Facebook discovers and “punishes” UID-selling developers

The recent discovery that some Facebook application were inadvertently forwarding users’ UIDs to advertising agencies and data collection companies has spurred the …

New DDoS Trojan used for downing dissident sites

A new DDoS Trojan connected with a slew of attacks against Vietnamese blogs has been discovered by SecureWorks. Dubbed Vecebot, the Trojan drops three files into the …

Secure USB drive with Windows Embedded Standard 7

Spyrus released a secure USB flash drive with Windows Embedded Standard 7 pre-installed. Unlike other USB flash drives that run the Windows operating system, the Secure Pocket …

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