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Week in review: Washington Post Jobs site and Fox News Politics Twitter account breached
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, reviews and articles: Breached Fox News Politics Twitter account announces Obama’s death A …
Speaker line-up for B-Sides Las Vegas 2011
Security B-Sides announced the event details and speaker lineup for B-Sides Las Vegas 2011, being held August 3-4, 2011 at The Artisan Hotel Boutique from 9 a.m. – 6 …
Syringe: Windows injection utility
SecureState released Syringe, a general purpose injection utility for the windows platform. It supports injection of DLLs, and shellcode into remote processes as well as …
Security threats: Unwrapping 2011
2011 has been a busy year so far for cyber criminals. No one can say IT security incidents went under reported, they have certainly been prominent in the headlines. HBGary …
Facebook Forensics
Facebook activities have grown in popularity along with its social networking site. However, many cases involve potential grooming offences in which the use of Facebook …
The Washington Post Jobs site breached
The Washington Post Jobs web site was breached and roughly 1.27 million user IDs and e-mail addresses were impacted by the hack. The attacks occurred on June 27th and 28th. As …
What’s your online reputation?
A new survey found that an almost equal number of respondents claim no negative information exists about them on the Internet while the other half has no idea if damaging info …
CSA to use CloudTrust Protocol
Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) announced that it has received a no‑cost license for the CloudTrust Protocol (CTP) from CSC. The CTP is being integrated as the fourth …
Highlights of recent phishing attacks
GFI Software announced the top 10 most prevalent malware threats for June 2011. Highlights for the month included continued phishing attacks, notably one affecting …
Security vulnerabilities in ISC BIND 9
Internet Systems Consortium today released two new security advisories detailing a couple of newly found security issues within ISC BIND 9. ISC BIND 9 Remote packet Denial of …
Security precautions for mobile business applications
Mobile applications have become one of the hottest trends, but this has come at a price. The sharp rise in popularity means businesses are rushing their apps to the market, …
World Wide Web inventor to keynote RSA Conference Europe
Acclaimed computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee, well known for his invention of the World Wide Web, is confirmed as the Closing Keynote Speaker at the 12th annual RSA …