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Elcomsoft uses new hardware to speed up password recovery

Elcomsoft announced the support of Tableau TACC1441 hardware to accelerate the recovery of Wi-Fi passwords and password-protected iPhone and iPod backups. The use of a single …

Tenable releases SecurityCenter 4

Tenable released SecurityCenter 4, the enterprise-class management console for Tenable’s Unified Security Monitoring suite of products. By centralizing system and event …

Snort 2.8.6 released

Snort is an open source network intrusion prevention system, capable of performing real-time traffic analysis and packet logging on IP networks. It can perform protocol …

Insecure web applications greatest data threat

Most businesses, despite having numerous mission-critical applications accessible via their websites, fail to allocate sufficient financial and technical resources to secure …

Plenty of credit card fraud and identity theft

A survey of 1000 commuters in London has found that a tidal wave of credit card fraud and Identity theft is sweeping the UK as 44 % of people said they have suffered from …

Netgear ProSafe Quad WAN Gigabit SSL VPN Firewall

Netgear announced the ProSafe Quad WAN Gigabit SSL VPN Firewall (SRX5308), the first business firewall to provide in excess of 1 Gbps performance for under $500, which …

Organizations resist automated IT security processes

Organizations are investing to improve their security processes, but very few have automated their compliance procedures. This is one of the findings of a research report by …

Week in review: Facebook credentials for sale, Fake AV issues and rising security threats

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, reviews and podcasts: OWASP releases list of top 10 web application risks OWASP has released an …

VLC media player 1.0.6 fixes several vulnerabilities

The VLC development team introduced a new version of its ‘Goldeneye’ branch. This release bridges the gap between version 1.0.5 and the upcoming 1.1.0 VLC release. …

SplashID for iPhone introduces finger pattern login

SplashID 5.3 includes a unique new pattern-based option for accessing a user’s secure database of passwords, web logins, account numbers, PINs, and other sensitive …

Survey: 71% of companies monitor employee social media use

Over seventy percent of corporations have visibility into employee use of social media, according to a recent survey from nCircle. The online survey of 257 security …

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) …

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