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Facebook tops the list of risky social networking sites

Social networks may represent one of the most common infection and data loss vectors today, but it’s patently obvious that they are here to stay. Looking at them from a …

Netgear releases new gateway security appliance

Netgear unveiled a new gateway security appliance – the ProSecure UTM5, which enables small companies to protect themselves using a wide array of defenses including …

Cloud computing not as safe as they want you to think

Cloud computing has been touted as the perfect solution for our increasingly mobile life-style – everything we need is always online and always accessible. The …

Multi-purpose fuzzer zzuf

zzuf is a transparent application input fuzzer. Its purpose is to find bugs in applications by corrupting their user-contributed data (which more than often comes from …

Rogue software details: WiniFixer

WiniFixer is a rogue security application. In order to remove it, find out what files and registry entries to look for below. Known system changes: Files …

SecureCloud 2010: The future of cloud security

SecureCloud 2010 is a premier educational and networking event hosted by ENISA, the Cloud Security Alliance and ISACA, three of the leading organizations shaping the future of …

Week in review: critical IE security issues, cybercrime increase and Facebook risks

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and interviews: Blippy, a great service for phishers? Blippy, a new service that lets you twitter …

New Google Chrome security features

The latest release of Google Chrome has integrated five new security features that “make it easier for developers to build secure web sites,” writes Adam Barth, …

Congressional web sites defaced

Visitors of websites of some Congressional representatives and of a few committees were greeted on Wednesday evening by a short message with colorful language. The websites …

Top 5 online privacy tips

Increasingly sophisticated spam and an ever-changing array of new email-borne malware continue to have a huge impact on the growing levels of loss of sensitive and personal …

Ultra-secure USB flash drive from Kingston

Kingston released the DataTraveler 5000 USB Flash drive which is FIPS 140-2 Level 2 certified with Level 3 pending, and features 256-bit AES hardware-based encryption. The …

Critical IE security issues to be detailed at Black Hat DC 2010

At the Black Hat DC 2010 conference Core SCS Security Consultant Jorge Luis Alvarez Medina will demonstrate cutting-edge browser manipulation techniques that can allow for …

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