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Authentication management platform for any and every authentication factor

” border=”0″ align=”left” vspace=”5″ hspace=”5″>Hitachi ID Systems has released Password Manager 7.0, an authentication …

Google has two times more malware than Bing, Yahoo! and Twitter combined

Barracuda released its Barracuda Labs 2010 Midyear Security Report, revealing data from two key areas: search engine malware and Twitter use and crime rate. Searching for …

New assurance mark of software application security

Veracode unveiled the VERAFIED High Assurance mark of software application security for the CWE/SANS Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Errors. This industry “seal of …

Sourcefire’s open source framework for deep threat inspection

Sourcefire announced Razorback, an open source framework designed to deliver deep inspection capabilities for combating today’s most complex threats. Developed to help …

100 million Facebook pages published on torrent site

A compilation of Facebook pages (and personal information) of 100 million users of the popular social network is available for download on a torrent site, courtesy of hacker …

Cell-phone call interception demonstration at Defcon might not be a sure thing

Ethical hacker Chris Paget is scheduled to give a talk on cellphone insecurity at Defcon this Saturday, during which he means to demonstrate the possibility of interception of …

Critical ToolTalk Database Server Parser vulnerability discovered

Check Point announced that its IPS Research team has recently discovered a critical vulnerability in a function of the ToolTalk Database Server Parser that can enable a remote …

Fake AV masquerading as Firefox/Flash update

The well known “fake scanning page” that pops up a warning about your computer being infected has been switched with a fake Firefox “Just Updated” page …

Critical vulnerability in Apple QuickTime

A highly critical vulnerability (as dubbed by security researchers from Secunia) affects the latest version of Apple QuickTime Player for Windows. “The vulnerability is …

Mariposa malware author arrested in Slovenia

A 23-year old Slovenian hacker that goes by the handle “Iserdo” has been arrested for developing the code that allowed the three alleged Spanish Mariposa botnet …

The cost of cyber crime

ArcSight and the Ponemon Institute announced the results of the First Annual Cost of Cyber Crime Study (registration required). Over a four-week period, the 45 organizations …

Secure cell phone conference calling

Cellcrypt announced that it has launched a secure conference service that provides both device authentication and voice call encryption to participants using popular cell …

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