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Man charged with botnet-related crimes
A 19-year-old man has been charged with offences under the Criminal Law Act and Computer Misuse Act by officers from the Metropolitan Police Service’s Police Central …
Faster password hashes cracking based on the DES algorithm on CPUs
Openwall released an updated version of John the Ripper, a password security auditing tool and open source project, providing the community with improvements in the …
Disk encryption is an IT security priority
As data protection mandates become stricter and high profile instances of data loss proliferate in the media, a new survey by DigitalPersona found that 67 percent of …
Tenable releases SecurityCenter 4.2
Tenable Network Security announced SecurityCenter 4.2, a solution for enterprise-grade information protection and compliance. SecurityCenter 4.2 makes it faster and easier for …
New book: Practical Packet Analysis, 2nd Edition
Wireshark, the free and open source packet analyzer, lets users capture, examine, and reassemble packets in order to troubleshoot their network problems. But once the packets …
Bad software patches cause critical IT failure
Half of businesses have suffered at least one business critical IT failure as a result of installing a bad software patch, according to GFI Software. The research also …
SSL Analyzer: Free scanning tool
Comodo announced the Beta release of its SSL Analyzer, a free web site scanning tool which provides an instant summary of web server security levels. After typing a domain …
Increase in stolen digital certificates used to sign malware
A report unearths how “trusted malware” is continuing to grow at an alarming rate. In Q2, AVG has seen an increase in the number of stolen digital certificates …
IT data management now a major enterprise initiative
Evolving requirements for leveraging IT information have led to the emergence of IT data management (ITDM) as a major enterprise initiative, according to LogLogic. They also …
SAP NetWeaver multiple vulnerabilities
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in SAP NetWeaver, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks, disclose sensitive information, …
Portable Microsoft endpoint for secure cloud computing
SPYRUS announced Secure Pocket Drive, the first and only licensed device that boots Microsoft’s mobile, flagship operating system, Windows Embedded Standard 7, from an …
McAfee enhances security management solution
McAfee announced enhancements to their security management solution, providing automated and real-time security and risk analytics to proactively identify, assess, manage and …