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Bank security breaches destroy customer trust
85 percent of U.S. adults with banking accounts are at least somewhat concerned about online banking fraud, according to Entersekt. Such fraud can include phishing, malware, …
Switch secures confidential data on separate networks
Belkin expanded its secure product line with the addition of the Belkin DisplayPort KVM Switch. The new switch offers the ideal solution for federal and defense users who …
Tripwire updates Log Center solution
Tripwire announced the availability of its Log Center TLC 7.0 featuring the first phase of integration with IP360, as well as Tripwire’s new VIA Agent, log intelligence, …
Metrics: Valuable security indicator or noise?
Many organizations believe that IT, and by association IT security, is a wasted expense. They recognize that the financial investment needs to be made but few truly understand …
DDoS attacks are getting bigger, stronger and longer
Prolexic Technologies announced that the average packet-per-second (pps) rate reached 47.4 Mpps and the average bandwidth reached 49.24 Gbps based on data collected in Q2 2013 …
Social engineering tops list of help desk security threats
Help desks are most commonly asked to assist users in addressing common IT problems including password resets and application and connectivity issues. Often the performance of …
Vendors patch security vulnerabilities within 3 weeks
High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab released its statistics on web application security for the first half of 2013. The statistics is based on HTB Security Advisories that …
Many join EFF to sue NSA over illegal surveillance
Nineteen organizations including gun ownership advocates, and a broad coalition of membership and political advocacy organizations filed suit against the NSA for violating …
US retains spamming crown
Sophos has published the latest ‘Dirty Dozen’ of spam relaying countries, covering the second quarter of 2013. As the US retains the top spot among spam-relaying …
Email security: Perception vs. reality
When it comes to email security in the workplace, 98 percent of employees believe they demonstrate either equally secure or more secure behaviors than their colleagues. …
Rapid7 updates Metasploit, Mobilisafe and Nexpose
Rapid7 announced new innovations for its risk assessment and management portfolio. This simplifies remediation, testing and communication of security program performance to …
Oracle releases Critical Patch Update
Relatively quiet Critical Patch Update (CPU) from Oracle this quarter. Relative is of course subjective to Oracle, since this gigantic pile of unrelated code fixes includes 89 …
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