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New web application firewalls from Fortinet

Fortinet announced two new appliances for its FortiWeb family of web application firewalls – the FortiWeb-1000C, designed for mid-to-large enterprises, and …

Free protection against Blackhat SEO threats

Zscaler released Search Engine Security (SES), a free solution specifically designed to combat Blackhat SEO attacks. Such attacks leverage Search Engine Optimization (SEO) …

Colleges breach students’ sensitive information

College students nationwide can be especially vulnerable to identity theft because they often give out personally identifiable information. Some universities have even been …

VirtualBox: Full virtualizer for x86 hardware

VirtualBox is an open source general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware, targeted at server, desktop and embedded use. Some of the features of VirtualBox are: …

Alleged RBS WorldPay hack ringleader extradited to the U.S.

26-year old Estonian Sergei Tsurikov – one of the 3 alleged alleged masterminds behind the massive RBS WorldPay hack executed in November 2008 – has been …

Former SF network admin Terry Childs sentenced to prison

After a drawn out trial that saw City of San Francisco administrator Terry Childs being convicted of violating California state hacking laws by deliberately locking the …

How to render SSL useless

In this video from OWASP AppSec Research 2010, Ivan Ristic from Qualys talks about breaking SSL.

Week in review: Signs of computer infection, iPhone jailbreaking and Facebook mobile privacy

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and videos: Web 2.0 security in the workplace The use of social networking applications has …

Private browsing modes not as private as one might wish

The four most used web browsers – Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and Safari – all have private browsing modes. Yes, they are designed to delete the most …

Rogue AV misuses VirusTotal’s name

Using well-known names and brands in order to elicit trust in potential victims is a tried-and-true technique used by online criminals, and this latest malware-pushing scheme …

Facebook virus hoax spreading rapidly

Sophos is advising Facebook users to think before passing on a virus warning that is rapidly spreading across the social network. A large number of users are currently …

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Best Practices

Apply best practices for administering Exchange Server 2010 and SP1 and optimize your operational efficiency. Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Best Practices captures the …

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