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PandaLabs published its report analyzing the IT security events and incidents of the first three months of the year. The amount of new malware in circulation has continued to …

Nmap is a free and open source utility for network exploration or security auditing. Nmap 5.30BETA1 was released today. Top features include: 37 new NSE scripts, bringing the …

The OpenSSL Project is a collaborative effort to develop a robust, commercial-grade, full-featured, and open source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) …

Ever wondered which program has a particular file or directory open? Now you can find out. Process Explorer (ZIP) shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes …

Apple released Security Update 2010-002 which improves the security of Mac OS X. AppKit A buffer overflow exists in the spell checking feature used by Cocoa applications. …

Codenomicon launched a Network Analyzer that records test behavior and automatically visualizes network traffic. It provides testers with a clear picture of actual network …

The removal of administrator rights from Windows users is a mitigating factor for 90% of critical Windows 7 vulnerabilities, according to research by BeyondTrust. The results …

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Law firms are the new banks The new favorite targets of cyber …

Tax season. It’s not a favorite time of year for most people, but the deadline for filing income taxes for many countries is quickly approaching. And, especially in …

So you received another spam e-mail message. On the surface it seems rather ordinary. It’s an advertisement for a handful of brand-name prescription drugs. When viewed …

Home Personal Antivirus is a rogue security application. In order to remove it, find out what files and registry entries to look for below. Known system changes: Files …

Even though over 80% of email users are aware of the existence of bots, tens of millions respond to spam in ways that could leave them vulnerable to a malware infection, …