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Global S.P.A.M. experiment
McAfee announced the launch of its global S.P.A.M. (Spammed Persistently All Month) Experiment. For the month of April, participants from around the world – ranging from …
PGP brings enterprise data protection to smartphone users
PGP released PGP Mobile, an encryption application that allows enterprise users to easily protect data on smartphones. While businesses have dramatically increased the use of …
TriCipher secures access to social networks
Today, employees often use the same login information to access multiple applications. If an attacker steals one username and password, that information could be used to gain …
Data Loss Prevention: Where Do We Go From Here?
DLP is fast becoming one of the most overused yet misunderstood acronyms in an industry known for its cryptic abbreviations. The popular label for data loss prevention is …
Apple Mac trojan horse aims to steal money from Mac users
Sophos announced the discovery of another Trojan horse for the Mac OS X platform. The Trojan, named Troj/MacSwp-B (also known as Imunizator), tries to scare Mac users into …
New release of Savant endpoint security solution
Savant Protection announced that it has released Version 2.0 of its Savant end-point security solution. The new release provides corporate security officers with a powerful …
Man accused for promoting bogus security software
According to media reports, Ron Cooke, owner of Messenger Solutions, is accused of violating Washington’s Computer Spyware Act and Consumer Protection Act when marketing …
Patent awarded for secure database key rotation
Protegrity Corporation has been awarded a patent for database key rotation that allows for zero application downtime. United States Patent 7,325,129, developed by …
Euro 2008 football ticket website used to to infect unwary fans
Sophos is warning football fans to be careful when buying tickets for the forthcoming Euro 2008 championships online following the discovery of malicious code on the website …
HNS Podcast: InfoSec World Conference & Expo
Jean Hey, Vice President of MIS Trainining Institute talks about InfoSec World Conference & Expo, event that the Help Net Security staff attended in early March. In this …
Altor Networks launches Virtual Firewall and Security Analyzer
Altor Networks launched industry’s first virtual switch traffic analyzer and Virtual Network Firewall. Each system supports multi-vendor virtual platforms and is …
cubeByte – new solution for tackling laptop theft
With 100 laptops reported to being stolen every single day , working on a laptop in a public place can leave you wide open to the opportunistic thief. In a bid to tackle the …
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