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Korea becomes world’s biggest malware producer

Korea has taken over from the US as the world’s largest producer of Internet viruses, according to analysis of internet threats in March by Network Box. Korea now …

Microsoft releases out-of-cycle IE security patch

Microsoft released a cumulative security update which resolves nine privately reported vulnerabilities and one publicly disclosed vulnerability in Internet Explorer. The most …

15 years of Infosecurity Europe

In this podcast, Laura Heather, Marketing Manager for Infosecurity Europe gives an update on this year’s event, which will be opening its doors on the 27th of April in …

Break TrueCrypt hard drive encryption quickly

The latest version of Passware Kit Forensic has become the first commercially available software to break TrueCrypt hard drive encryption without applying a time-consuming …

What’s your SEO poison?

Search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning is an increasingly popular method of attack for cybercriminals and one that shows they are using more sophisticated techniques. In …

61% of new threats are banker Trojans

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 includes detection script for major remote vulnerability in Mac OS X

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 …

OpenSSL 1.0.0 released

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) …

Microsoft releases Process Explorer 12

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 patches plenty of vulnerabilities in Mac OS X

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. …

Distributed test lab monitoring and network troubleshooting

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

90% of critical Windows 7 vulnerabilities are mitigated by eliminating admin rights

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 …

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