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The year 2010 has been almost identical to the previous one in terms of malware evolution. Generally speaking, trends have not changed that much and nor have the targets for …

Hacktivism and more profit-oriented malware, social engineering and malicious codes with the ability to adapt to avoid detection will be the main threats in the coming year, …

Today’s security needs are different than they were a decade ago. People are ‘connected’ thanks to mobile devices so they can stay linked to their security …

In the presentation below, you can listen to Andy Bochman, the Energy Security Lead at IBM, looking back and looking forward on smart grid cyber security. Andy takes a look at …

Rapid7 announced that Metasploit Pro and Metasploit Express have achieved Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) compliance. CVE associates unique identifiers to security …

RSA announced their SecurID Software Token for Android that is engineered to enable an Android powered device to be used as an RSA SecurID authenticator, providing convenient …

Seagate introduced Constellation.2, the first 2.5-inch enterprise-class hard drive to reach 1TB capacity. The drive is designed for server storage applications and offers a …

Privacy has emerged as the number one concern related to data security and management, with data governance as an emerging concern, according to IDC Energy Insights. As …

Hacktivism is the use of cyber attacks and sabotage to communicate and promote politically motivated causes. It has been around as long as the internet. Sole hacktivists have …

The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) adopted a policy paper that sets out the framework within which he monitors, measures and ensures data protection compliance in …

A recent security breach at Gawker Media which involved the leaking of user passwords for sites such as Gizmodo and Lifehacker, has now been linked to a widespread spam …

Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in RealPlayer, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user’s system, according to Secunia. Users should …