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Automated vs. manual security
In this video from OWASP AppSec Research 2010, David Byrne and Charles Henderson from Trustwave talk about automated vs. manual security.
Trojan attacks remain widespread
GFI’s statistics for the month of August show that users were under attack throughout the month primarily by the same Trojan horse programs that have persisted for …
Spammers attack Apple’s Ping social network
Scammers and spammers have deluged the new Ping musical social network, created by Apple and built into the new version of iTunes. Ping is a cross-between Facebook and …
Labor Day phishing warning
Due to the upcoming Labor Day holiday, consumers are at high risk for targeted phishing attacks due to the preponderance of online retail sales events over the holiday …
Rescue of Chilean miners used as lure by banker Trojan
PandaLabs uncovered a new malicious code, Banbra.GUC, which lures users with a video about the rescue of the trapped Chilean miners. This is a new variant of the infamous …
Phishing campaign targets McDonald’s fans
A widespread spam campaign that is promising cash in return for completing a McDonald’s customer satisfaction survey has been uncovered. The emails, claiming to be sent …
Nagios monitoring system 3.2.2 released
Nagios monitors your entire IT infrastructure to ensure systems, applications, services, and business processes are functioning properly. In the event of a failure, Nagios can …
Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner 7 released
Acunetix announced version 7 of its Web Vulnerability Scanner which features a new vulnerability verifying techniques, scanning engine, support for a wider variety of web …
(IN)SECURE Magazine issue 27 released
(IN)SECURE Magazine is a free digital security publication discussing some of the hottest information security topics. Issue 27 has been released today. Table of contents …
Cloud security certification from the Cloud Security Alliance
The Cloud Security Alliance’s Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK) is now open for testing. The industry’s first user certification program for secure …
QualysGuard PCI 5.0 released
Qualys announced QualysGuard PCI 5.0, giving customers a simplified way to meet the latest PCI DSS compliance requirements. It includes updates following new Approved Scanning …
Top scams on the web
PandaLabs has drawn up a ranking of the most widely used scams over the last few years. These confidence tricks, which are still in wide circulation, all have the same …
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