$100,000 Information Security Scholarship awards
(ISC)2 announced it is accepting applications for the annual (ISC)2 Information Security Scholarship Program for 2008, offering US$100,000 in financial assistance to full-time …
New from Symantec: Backup Exec System Recovery 8
Symantec announced Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 8, the latest version of its complete and rapid Windows system recovery solution — now with flexible offsite …
16 Gbps firewalling performance record confirmed
Intoto announced independent testing results from The Tolly Group verifying that the iGateway Firewall version 4.0 achieves high network performance by supporting 16 Gbps …
Updates to the MIMEsweeper Web Appliance
Clearswift updated its appliance by adding full HTTPS content analysis, as well as reverse proxy deployment to protect web servers from Malware and inappropriate content. …
Cold boot attacks on encryption keys
The Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University released a paper that shows that disk encryption, the standard approach to protecting sensitive data on …
Outstanding Smart Card Achievement award nomination invitations
The Smart Card Alliance is accepting nominations for its “Outstanding Smart Card Achievement” (OSCA) awards, recognizing those who have significantly impacted and …
Canadian botnet busted
IT security and control firm Sophos has welcomed news that Canadian authorities have apprehended 17 people suspected of running the largest and most damaging cybercrime …
Eclipse Higgins, a free user-centric identity framework
The Eclipse Foundation released Eclipse Higgins 1.0, a freely downloadable identity framework designed to integrate identity, profile and social relationship information …
WorkBook: secure Facebook for the enterprise
WorkBook is a Facebook application that allows employees to use the social networking site to communicate securely. It has the same look and feel as Facebook, and is …
New GFI EventsManager allows extensive hardware monitoring
GFI Software announced today the release of a new version of GFI EventsManager. Version 8 allows administrators to monitor an extensive range of hardware devices from over 20 …
Poisoned adverts lead to PC and Mac scareware
IT security and control firm Sophos is advising firms to properly secure their users’ web activity following the discovery of a poisoned web advert campaign on …
Regionalized malware rising
Cybercriminals are increasingly crafting attacks in multiple languages and are exploiting popular local applications to maximize their profits, according to a new McAfee …
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