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Beware of fake emails from Twitter Support
As evidenced by the tweets on their official Safety account, Twitter is warning their users not to open emails purportedly coming from Twitter Support (support@twitter.com) …
Portable PHP password hashing framework
phpass is a portable public domain password hashing framework for use in PHP applications. It is meant to work with PHP 3 and above, and it has actually been tested with at …
Metasploit Express: Easy-to-use penetration testing
Rapid7 introduced Metasploit Express, a comprehensive penetration testing solution built on the open source Metasploit Framework. Metasploit Express is designed specifically …
TinyIDS: Distributed intrusion detection system
TinyIDS is a distributed Intrusion Detection System (IDS) for Unix systems. It is based on the client/server architecture and has been developed with security in mind. The …
Rogue software details: Vistop
Vistop is a rogue security application. In order to remove it, find out what folders and registry entries to look for below. Known system changes: Folders …
Facebook profound privacy concerns
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg may believe that “the age of privacy is over,” but users of world’s most popular social networking site are actively …
Passive Vulnerability Scanner 3.2 released
Tenable Network Security released version 3.2 of the Passive Vulnerability Scanner (PVS), a passive technology that monitors network traffic and provides real-time …
Rising security threats in 2010
In this podcast, Roel Schouwenberg, Senior Anti-Virus Researcher for Kaspersky Lab, talks about rising security threats in 2010. Using the January attacks against Google and …
Cloud computing and social networking expose businesses to attacks
Business use of technology is evolving faster now than at any point in the last decade. Internet use has moved way beyond email and websites and into the realms of social …
Online protection tips
To help individuals of all ages stay safe online and protect themselves against identity theft and the repercussions of risky online behavior, RSA shared the following safe …
Apache: Authentication and authorization against an LDAP server
mod_psldap is an Apache module for leveraging LDAP services built on the OpenLDAP library and the Apache APIs, to include web based A&A, web based updates to the LDAP …
Study: Security vulnerabilities in 38% of network devices
A new report presents real-world results – including common security vulnerabilities and violations – unearthed by Dimension Data during the 235 Technology …
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