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Free protection from malicious web pages

Trend Micro Browser Guard 2010 is a free browser plug-in which proactively protects users against Internet threats by identifying malicious web pages and blocking the threat …

Data breach at AMR Corporation

AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines, sent letters to potentially affected retirees, former employees, and a limited number of current employees about a …

Secure webmail platform with end-to-end encryption

Connect In Private debuted a secure enterprise-class webmail platform that adds encryption capabilities for all data contained in email messages, including attachments. The …

Facebook security cracked by company employees

Two weeks ago, Twitter has settled FTC charges that it deceived consumers and put their privacy at risk, since security lapses allowed hackers to obtain administrative control …

Risk of cyber threats seriously underestimated

A new study by the Ponemon Institute demonstrates that a vast majority of enterprises of all sizes regularly fall victim to advanced cyber threats, at the same time, more than …

AV-lacking photo printing kiosks propagating malware

Users of the Windows-based Fuji photo kiosks set up in Big W retail stores all over Australia are in danger of having their USB drives – and, consequently, their …

iTunes accounts plundered, Apple’s App store needs better control mechanisms

YouTube isn’t the only online service whose regular operation has been disrupted this weekend – the Apple App store has been targeted and even some iTunes accounts …

Vacation security advice, caution with travel planning

With the boom in social networks and the numerous applications now available for sharing information across the Internet, PandaLabs advises users to take extra precautions to …

TCPSniffer 0.2 released

TCPSniffer is a simple and straightforward raw Winsocket based sniffer implementation. It reads all incoming and outgoing TCP packets and searches the payload after predefined …

YouTube hack: No virus, just a XSS flaw – and it’s already fixed

This Independence Day weekend seemed like the perfect time for hackers to take advantage of a cross-site scripting vulnerability in YouTube’s comments to bombard the …

ATM vendors threaten researcher, stop his presentation on ATM flaws

In an unexpected turn of events, a presentation about “The Underground Economy” by Italian white hat hacker and security expert Raoul Chiesa at the Hack In The Box …

Twitter Kit, a spammer’s dream come true

Cyber criminals and spammers have been (mis)using Twitter for a long time. Twitter has tried to stop or at least limit their use of the platform by defining some Web page …

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