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Healthcare industry overlooks critical gaps in data security
As the healthcare industry prepares for a major shift to electronic health records (EHRs) over the next several years, a new bi-annual report provides data that shows that …
Control Windows desktop administration rights for free
ScriptLogic introduced Privilege Authority, a free solution that allows IT administrators to maintain control of administrator rights while giving end users specific and …
Insufficient employee security training for the cloud
Symantec and the Ponemon Institute announced the findings of a joint survey of IT professionals. The survey revealed that most organizations lack the procedures, policies and …
Free random password generator
The IObit Random Password Generator enables you to produce strong, not easy to crack, passwords for privacy protection – for free. The tool can store randomly generated …
Week in review: Exploitable PDF feature, Google phishing detection and Facebook privacy changes
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: 90% of critical Windows 7 vulnerabilities are mitigated by …
Beware fake eBay security alert
Red Condor issued a warning of a new blended email threat that appears to be a security alert from eBay. The email message with the subject line “eBay Procedural Warning …
Botnets drive the rise of ransomware
Ransomware is the dominating threat with nine of the detections in the malware top ten list resulting in either scareware or ransomware infesting the victim’s PC. …
OSSEC 2.4 released
The OSSEC team is pleased to announce the general availability of OSSEC version 2.4. There are lots of new features and bug fixes, but these are the main changes: Added daily …
Trojans are the most constant infectious vector
The generic mechanism that spreads using removable devices – Trojan.AutorunInf.Gen – is the top e-threat for March with 13.40 percent of the total amount of global …
Games on social networks increase spam and phishing by 50%
In order to reach high scores, social entertainment applications require users to gather a considerable number of friends and supporters to play the same game, leading to …
Wireshark 1.2.7 released
Wireshark is a popular network protocol analyzer. It is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development, and education. The following bugs have been fixed: SNMPv3 Engine ID …
Advice on securing Web applications
In this podcast, Cenzic’s Mandeep Khera talks about the latest trends in Web application security. According to their latest report, 80 percent of published …