Facebook partners with McAfee
McAfee and Facebook have jointly created security solutions that include McAfee security software, a custom scanning and repair tool, and consumer friendly education materials …
Microsoft patches critical security issue
In today’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft delivers one bulletin that fixes a vulnerability targeting Windows. Vulnerability in the Embedded OpenType Font Engine Could Allow …
Zend Framework updates fix security vulnerabilities
Three versions of the Zend Framework, 1.9.7, 1.8.5, and 1.7.9, have been released. In addition to over 40 bugfixes between them, these three releases are the first releases …
PDF exploit takes the lead in amount of infections
BitDefender’s top e-threat for December is Exploit.PDF-JS.Gen, with 12.04 percent of the total amount of infections. This generic detection deals with specially crafted …
Twitter plans to tighten security
Twitter announced it plans to hire 27 new people on jobs ranging from executive assistant to data analyst, software engineer to interaction designer. For a company as small as …
Eliminate vulnerabilities with source code analysis tool
CodePeer is a source code analysis tool that detects run-time and logic errors in Ada programs. Serving as an efficient and accurate code reviewer, CodePeer identifies …
Secret DNA database in danger of breach
The Children’s University hospital in Temple Street, Dublin, has been the target of a theft of two computer servers back in 2007. They contained medical records of …
Kismet 2009-11-R1 released
Kismet is an 802.11 layer2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system. Kismet will work with any wireless card which supports raw monitoring (rfmon) …
Fake Amazon email ships malware
The image of an open Amazon delivery box has a prominent place in the latest spam campaign that aims to trick users into downloading an alleged order update coming from the …
Rogue Android banking applications
Following a couple of announcements made in December by the likes of Travis Credit Union and First Tech Credit Union, a big brouhaha was raised about some mobile banking …
Scholarship for unemployed security pros at RSA Conference 2010
RSA Conference announced the return of a special scholarship program for unemployed information security practitioners. RSA Conference 2010 will award delegate passes to 25 …
BackTrack 4 Final released
BackTrack is a Linux-based penetration testing arsenal that aids security professionals in the ability to perform assessments in a purely native environment dedicated to …