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Trojan stole over 16,000 Facebook credentials
ESET discovered a social engineering Trojan horse that managed to steal the login credentials of more than 16,000 Facebook users. The ‘PokerAgent’ Trojan targeted …
Cross-site scripting attacks up 160%
Each quarter, FireHost reports on the Superfecta – a group of four cyberattacks that are the most dangerous – and warns that both Cross-Site Scripting and SQL …
The dangers of third-party code for cloud security
Imperva announced a new report which examines the dangers of third-party code in cloud computing. In December 2012, a hacker breached Yahoo! with an SQL injection attack that …
Privacy tips for social networking, apps and geolocation
Many people confuse data privacy and data security. While there are similarities, privacy and security are not the same thing. Data security focuses on the confidentiality, …
48% of IT staff fear unauthorized access to virtual servers
Data security in visualized environments is often neglected by IT organizations, with 48% either reporting or suspecting unauthorized access to files on visualized servers, …
HP helps organizations define a security strategy
HP announced a new set of security services that help organizations respond to, remediate and mitigate the impact of security breaches as they occur. Security breaches are …
cPacket Networks unveils network performance and monitoring solution
cPacket Networks announced a new network performance and monitoring solution that radically simplifies the way in which cloud and data center professionals pinpoint issues. …
Encrypted video and texting for iPhone and iPad
ZipaClip is a secure mobile video and texting application for iOS devices. The free version of ZipaClip allows users to send and receive fully-encrypted texts and video clips …
How taxpayers can protect themselves against identity theft
ThreatMetrix has identified the top precautions taxpayers should take when e-filing to protect their returns against cybercriminals. According to Forbes, more than 80 percent …
Vormetric Vault: Manage certificates, keys and security objects
Vormetric announced Vormetric Vault, an all-in-one scalable solution for protecting and managing digital certificates, encryption keys and other security objects such as …
WordPress 3.5.1 fixes 37 bugs
WordPress 3.5.1, now available for download, is a maintenance and security release for all previous versions that fixes 37 bugs. WordPress 3.5.1 also addresses the following …
Hackers the movie: A retrospective
In this lecture, Don A. Bailey will take a look back at another great milestone in information security: the movie Hackers. In this retrospective from Hack in The Box 2012, …