New book: “Practical Oracle Security: Your Unauthorized Guide to Relational Database Security”
Published by Syngress Books, a division of Elsevier Publishing, “Practical Oracle Security: Your Unauthorized Guide to Relational Database Security” is a …
Vista compliant digital identification and storage device
Gemalto and Lexar Media today introduced the Smart Enterprise Guardian (SEG), a unique USB device that natively incorporates industry standards for protecting digital …
Be quick and get ZoneAlarm Anti-Spyware for free
Check Point announced a special 24-hour promotion whereby consumers can download ZoneAlarm Anti-Spyware, a $29.95 value, for free.  For the next 24-hours, Check Point will …
Database security suite for Oracle Database 11g
Application Security announced that its comprehensive database security suite DbProtect will support Oracle Database 11g, now that 11g is generally available on the Microsoft …
Top 10 vulnerabilities in Web applications in Q3 2007
Cenzic released their Application Security Trends Report for Q3, 2007. The report highlights the alarming trend among thousands of corporations and government agencies – …
Problems with the Windows random number generator
Leo Dorrendorf, Zvi Gutterman and Benny Pinkas published a paper titled “Cryptanalysis of the Random Number Generator of the Windows Operating System” that details …
Advance notification on November Microsoft security patches
This is an advance notification of two security bulletins that Microsoft is intending to release on November 13, 2007. As posted to the MSRC blog: As part of our regularly …
New ATM card skimming detection technology
Diebold released its new Advanced Skimming Detection technology for automated teller machines. This fraud-deterrence technology engineered into Diebold’s Opteva ATMs is …
The end of computer worms?
Worms, once responsible for some of the worst virus epidemics in history, are now on the decline and gradually fading into the background. Recent figures compiled by PandaLabs …
Playstation 3 gets a web security service
Trend Micro Web Security for PS3 is expected to be available on today and will be free of charge until the end of April 2008. This service is the first globally supported Web …
Many businesses block social networking sites
Barracuda Networks announced that an analysis of data contributed by thousands of its Barracuda Web Filter customers found that 50 percent of businesses using Barracuda Web …
Podcast: Securing laptops at Baylor University
Jon Allen, information security officer for Baylor University, describes the project to secure laptop computers for faculty and staff members at the university. Podcast in MP3 …
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