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Who is the typical Russian hacker?

Security analyst Fyodor Yarochkin and a senior researcher from security firm Coseinc that calls himself “Le Grugq” have spent 6 months on various Russian web …

Security software market to grow 11% this year

Worldwide security software revenue is forecast to surpass $16.5 billion in 2010, an 11.3 percent increase from 2009 revenue of $14.8 billion, according to Gartner. Although …

Security information and event management platform

LogLogic 5 was released today. This is a product suite for centralizing and structuring IT data and its features are outlined below. Universal Collection Framework (UCF): The …

Security toolbox for .NET development and testing

In this video from OWASP AppSec Research 2010, Johan Lindfors and Dag K?¶nig from Microsoft talk about a security toolbox for .NET development and testing.

Week in review: Breaking SSL, geotagging risks and the first SMS Android Trojan

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles and videos: How to render SSL useless In this video from OWASP AppSec Research 2010, Ivan …

Geotagging risks and solutions

The ubiquitous automatic geotagging of pictures taken with smartphones and digital cameras and then posted on the Internet could prove to be a real security risk. Here’s …

Cisco IOS Software TCP DoS vulnerability

Cisco IOS Software Release, 15.1(2)T is affected by a DoS vulnerability during the TCP establishment phase. The vulnerability could cause embryonic TCP connections to remain …

Spamhaus disputes with Latvia’s top-level domain registry over blocked IP ranges

An email and open letter spat between anti-spam organization Spamhaus and NIC.LV, Latvia’s top-level domain registry has brought attention to the fact that .lv web …

3,000 online banking customers robbed through targeted ZeuS attack

It took only a month to compromise some 3,000 private and business accounts with one of the largest financial institutions in the U.K., warns M86 Security in its latest white …

PCI standard changes ahead

The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) published documentation highlighting the expected changes to be introduced with version 2.0 of the PCI DSS and PA-DSS in October …

Real-time iPhone tracking app

Life360 launched its iPhone application, Family & Offender GPS Tracker. By leveraging the real-time location capabilities of iOS4, the product enables parents to …

Regulating for the cloud

This videos focus on the regulatory issues on the topic of cloud computing, in terms of the EU Data Protection Framework. The topic is of particular interest from both a …

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