New release of NetShred X Mac privacy software
Mac software developer Mireth Technology has released version 4.0 of NetShred X, its easy to use internet track eraser that erases internet tracks such as cache, history and …
Attend Black Hat USA 2007 Briefings for FREE! – Winners announced
Our randomizer picked four winners of complimentary Black Hat DC Briefings access passes. They are: 1) Andew M. 2) Douglas F. 3) John D. 4) Sajeev N. Information regarding the …
New Samsung ultra-mobile portable PC with a fingerprint sensor
AuthenTec’s AES1610 fingerprint sensor will be used in Samsung’s new Q1 Ultra model ultra-mobile PC for consumers. Samsung’s Q1 Ultra combines extreme …
New gateway-to-endpoint products from Trend Micro
Trend Micro announced two new gateway-to-endpoint product suites — NeatSuite Standard, for medium-sized business customers, and NeatSuite Advanced, for enterprise …
Google to acquire messaging security company
Google Inc. announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Postini, a company which services include message security, archiving, encryption, and policy …
Collection of security news, happenings and articles from the past week
This is a weekly roundup of all the security news, articles, software releases, vendor advisories and webcasts that were published on Help Net Security during the past week. …
77% of security professionals back UK data-breach disclosure law
The push for the European Directive on Data Protection to be passed as UK law is gathering pace, according to database security company, Secerno. A survey of IT security …
Financially motivated threats the most frequent malware in June
According to PandaLabs, Trojans and adware accounted for 49.6% of infections detected by Panda ActiveScan in June. Trojans, which increased by 0.75% this month, caused 26.89% …
90% of corporate e-mail in the past quarter was spam
During the second quarter of 2007, spam accounted for more than 90% of corporate mail received. This data has been compiled from companies who have contracted TrustLayer Mail, …
Virses using iPhone, Harry Potter and sex
Aiphone.A is a Trojan that takes advantage of the anticipation surrounding iPhone to steal users’ banking data. This will be the subject of this week’s PandaLabs …
Technology that prevents taking screenshots of protected PDF content
LockLizard, specialists in PDF and web based information DRM solutions, announced a major new step forward in anti-piracy controls – preventing screen grabbing of their …
New software authenticator generates one-time passcodes on mobile devices
Secure Computing announced the availability of SafeWord MobilePass, a new software authenticator that allows a user access to Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Citrix, Outlook …
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