Web safety score checklist
Are you sure your most sensitive financial and personal information is safe when you’re banking or shopping online? The Web Safety Score checklist by SafeCentral helps …
Community support for Tavis Ormandy, security researcher
The highly-publicized disclosure of a 0-day Microsoft vulnerability by Tavis Ormandy has divided security researchers. While some deem his action irresponsible, others support …
Critical infrastructure security booming in the EU
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan finds that market growth is fueled by government funds and private investments. EU security regulation compliance requirements and the …
Cloud-based security through Amazon Web Services
Sourcefire is delivering cloud-based Intrusion Prevention services, based on its open source Snort technology. Snort and Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team (VRT) rules are …
ElcomSoft breaks passwords faster with NVIDIA Fermi based accelerators
ElcomSoft announced the support of NVIDIA Fermi chips for accelerating password recovery even further. By using NVIDIA’s newest high-end video accelerators for its …
Privacy breach detection package for healthcare providers
FairWarning released the HITECH Privacy Essentials, a bundled package for privacy breach detection designed for rapid deployment and compliance among healthcare providers. …
Security firm discloses vulnerabilities to vendors who are willing to pay
VUPEN Security has had enough – no more freebies for software vendors. The security company – previously known as FrSIRT (French Security Incident Response Team) …
Facebook scam remotely executes actions on your account
You’re on Facebook. You notice that one (or several) of your friends “liked” a page named “99% of people can’t watch this video for more than 25 …
12 months in prison for hacking
A former senior database administrator for GEXA Energy in Houston was sentenced to 12 months in prison for hacking into his former employer’s computer network. Steven …
Fake Microsoft Security Update e-mail
Francophones around the world should be careful not to fall for the claims of an e-mail that offers a link for the user to follow in order to receive a Microsoft Windows …
41% of IT pros admit to snooping on confidential information
The results of a Cyber-Ark global survey show that 35 percent of respondents believe their company’s highly-sensitive information has been handed over to competitors. …
Tax credits filing deadline phishing attacks
July 31st is the deadline to file a tax credits renewal with HMRC or pay the second instalment of income tax. The danger now, says Trusteer, is that tax credit filers will …
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