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The Vulnerability Economy
Jeff Moss, the founder of DEFCON and Black Hat, discusses the unfolding of the vulnerability economy. Nowadays, instead of exposing high profile zero-day vulnerabilities at …
PGP delivers a new endpoint protection solution
PGP Corporation today announced general availability of PGP Endpoint, a centrally managed data loss prevention solution that provides integrated data encryption and device …
Disaster recovery protection for Citrix XenServer virtual machines
SteelEye Technology announced general availability of SteelEye Protection Suite, a comprehensive solution that provides disaster protection of virtual machines running on …
Antivirus2008Pro adware and spammer trojan
This week’s PandaLabs report provides information about the Sinowal.VPB and Spammer.AIT Trojans and the Antivirus2008Pro adware.Sinowal.VPB uses the Windows API to …
Spammers steal free e-mail providers’ reputations
Roaring Penguin Software Inc. analyzed three weeks worth of data collected via its RPTN data-collection system and revealed a worrying trend: Spammers are increasingly using …
WordPress logins made more secure than most online bank accounts
Positive Networks announced that PhoneFactor, its phone-based authentication technology, is available as a free plug-in to WordPress, the largest self-hosted blogging tool in …
Malware up 278% in first half of 2008
ScanSafe found that en masse compromises of legitimate websites exploded in June, accounting for 66 percent of all malware it blocked and contributing to a 278 percent …
Convenient security for ASUS ultra mobile portable PCs
AuthenTec’s small form factor AES1610 fingerprint sensor is now integrated as a standard feature on two new ASUS ultra mobile portable PCs (UMPCs). These new UMPCs are …
Increasing threat of confidential information loss
A national security and privacy survey sponsored by CA showed that security threats from within an organization now are a bigger problem than attacks from external sources. At …
First ruggedized NAC appliance
Mirage Networks released a ruggedized appliance that is designed for environments where standard equipment cannot be deployed. The new appliance withstands temperature …
Security Power Tools
By reading through security web sites, traversing through software depositories and using Google, you can keep your self updated with the latest tools and attack/defense …
Advanced VFS301 fingerprint sensor
Validity Sensors launched the VFS301 fingerprint sensor. The durable and cost-effective VFS301 fingerprint sensor offers lower power, improved performance, a smaller form …
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