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Compliance is more than just cost
Compliance investments, which are basically treated only as a spending to align with compulsory regulations, when extended to all processes including privileged and super …
WebGL: A new dimension for browser exploitation
WebGL is a new web standard for browsers which aims to bring 3D graphics to any page on the internet. It has recently been enabled by default in Firefox 4 and Google Chrome, …
Xerox and Cisco partner to deliver cloud services
Xerox and Cisco intend to form an alliance to simplify IT management by delivering cloud-based services and technology solutions that combine network intelligence and print. …
Skype for Mac message processing code execution vulnerability
Pure Hacking, a group of ethical hackers in Australia, reported directly to Skype what they believed to be a zero-day vulnerability in Skype for Mac 5.x The vulnerability in …
New McAfee cloud security platform
McAfee announced the McAfee Cloud Security Platform, a new approach to helping organizations safely and efficiently take advantage of cloud computing. The new platform …
Week in review: Poisoned Google image searches, rogue Mac AV and a Java botnet in the wild
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Osama bin Laden spam invades Facebook Facebook ads are already spreading using videos …
Facebook scam with aggressive spreading mechanism
In a new Facebook scam with an aggressive spreading mechanism, users are informed through the platform’s own notification system and by email that they have been made …
iPhone tracking software
Footprints is an iOS geolocation application that enables you to share locations with your friends and family anytime, privately. With Footprints, you can track locations in …
Two new malware variants targeting Facebook
Two new malware variants are targeting Facebook users, according to Fortinet. The malware, which is intended to look as though they’re coming from Facebook, claim that …
Microsoft to release two critical security bulletins
Microsoft is intending to release two security bulletins on Tuesday, May 10. Both bulletins are critical and they affect the following: Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2008 …
Metasploit 3.7 released
Metasploit, the open source penetration testing solution, just reached version 3.7. Metasploit users will notice an immediate improvement in product response time. Customers …
Governance on unstructured data
Businesses face challenges when implementing sound policies for dealing with their unstructured data, an ever-present thorn in the side of most enterprises today. It is …
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