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The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) announced the Industry Connections Security Group (ICSG), a global effort to pool experience and resources in combating the systematic …

Elcomsoft Advanced Office Password Breaker breaks passwords and unlocks password-protected MS Word documents and Excel spreadsheets instead of attacking and recovering complex …

The AWS Import/Export beta now supports export from Amazon S3. AWS Import/Export accelerates moving large amounts of data into and out of AWS using portable storage devices …

With over 50,000 iPhone apps to choose from, there’s a mind-boggling number of ways to make your favorite device do just about anything you can imagine – and …

Users should be wary of links to websites that are currently circulating on the web claiming to offer naked pictures of popular US film star Ashley Greene. Cybercriminals are …

Fluke Networks signed a definitive agreement to acquire AirMagnet. Terms of the agreement will not be disclosed. The agreement is subject to customary closing conditions and …

Qualys and Modulo have formalized a partnership agreement. As part of the agreement, the companies have integrated the QualysGuard Vulnerability Management and Policy …

Security experts at Red Condor are warning email users about a new virus currently undetected by most virus scanners. The virus is embedded in an email that appears to be a …

In its quarterly Global Threat Report issued today, ScanSafe reported that at its highest peak in the second quarter of 2009, 88% of malware blocks were zero day threats, …

This paper discusses Firewire-based physical security attacks on Microsoft Windows 7. In the course of his research, the author was successfully able to bypass the Windows 7 …

For the data collected between Aug. 3 and Aug. 9, ICSA Labs found that Brazil is the highest spam-producing country, with the Republic of Korea and Vietnam trailing right …

A new guide from Network Box advises companies to prevent employees from accessing P2P networks or technology on computers used for work, and gives free advice on how to …