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Half of SMBs block employee access to Facebook
Companies are becoming more vigilant when it comes to their employees’ use of social networking sites, according to Webroot. The survey of more than 1,000 businesses …
40% of all rogueware was created in 2010
PandaLabs warned that 40% of all fake antiviruses ever have been created this year. That is, ever since this type of malicious code was first reported four years ago, …
Vulnerability assessment for Microsoft SQL Azure
Sentrigo announced Repscan 4.0 which offers expanded support for cloud-based and open source database platforms, productivity enhancements for database administrators (DBAs) …
VLC 1.1.5 fixes Windows vulnerability
The VLC development team introduced VLC 1.1.5, the sixth release of the 1.1.x branch of VLC. This release focuses on minor features, bugfixes and security issues: …
Security preparations for IPv6 migration must start now
The arrival of a slew of new and upgraded operating systems, smartphones and tablets that are enabled for IPv6 has the potential to open new and unrecognized security …
Top 10 security threats for 2011
Imperva announced their predictions for the top ten security trends for 2011 which have been compiled to help IT security professionals defend their organization against the …
Week in review: Firesheep countermeasure tool, Facebook bug and Barracuda bug bounty program
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles and reviews: Firesheep countermeasure tool BlackSheep Zscaler researchers have created, …
Interim findings of first EU cyber exercise
The interim findings and recommendations of EU Member States participants of the 1st Pan-European Cyber Security Exercise indicate that Cyber Europe 2010 was a useful cyber …
Free antispam for Linux mail servers
BitDefender released Free Antispam for Linux Mail Servers, aimed at small businesses and individuals who run mail servers in environments other than Windows but are …
Panda Cloud Internet Protection 3.2 released
Panda Cloud Internet Protection 3.2 includes monitoring and control of P2P protocols, even when encrypted, and protection for exploitable browser vulnerabilities. It also …
Nessus vulnerability scanner 4.4.0 released
The Nessus vulnerability scanner features high-speed discovery, configuration auditing, asset profiling, sensitive data discovery and vulnerability analysis of your security …
Security concerns make 1 in 3 users avoid online banking
According to a survey by Avira, 1 in 3 people don’t use online banking because they’re concerned with safety and almost 50 percent are at least wary of online …
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