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Nigerian scam goes 2.0 – targets LinkedIn and other social networking sites
Researchers from BitDefender have detected that social networks are the newest medium for Nigerian “4-1-9” scams. The scam has been put to use on the professional …
Latest Microsoft Security Intelligence Report
Microsoft released the fourth volume of its Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR). The report focuses on the second half of 2007 and uses data derived from a range of …
World’s first security mini-computer inside computer
Yoggie Security Systems released the world’s first laptop embedded ExpressCard based mini-computer, designed to provide the most comprehensive Internet security. The …
Free SysInspector for free in-depth computer diagnostics
ESET released SysInspector, a free comprehensive utility that examines various operating system elements, including running processes, registry content, startup items and …
The Fundamentals of Physical Security
Deviant Ollam works as a network engineer and security consultant but his strongest love has always been teaching. A supporter of First Amendment rights who believes that the …
A chunk of Olympic themed targeted trojans
The world’s athletes and hackers now share a common focus – the Beijing Olympics. Whilst the athletes have a legitimate reason to concentrate on the Games, …
New IBM security services for mid-sized businesses
IBM introduced several new services to help mid-sized businesses better manage risk and improve the security of their IT systems. IBM developed these services in response to …
Latest spam statistics
Spam continues to plague computer users, with Sophos research revealing that 92.3 percent of all email was spam during the first quarter of 2008. Millions of new messages are …
Hacked sites pose greatest risk to IT security
From January to the end of March 2008, Sophos identified an average of more than 15,000 newly infected webpages each day. Most worrying for computer users, is the fact …
VPN Analyzer helps with understanding and exploring VPN policies
AlgoSec unveiled the AlgoSec VPN Analyzer. For the first time, enterprises now can easily and automatically explore and understand their VPN policies to improve overall …
Two supplements to the PCI Data Security Standard
The PCI Security Standards Council announced the availability of two Information Supplements providing further clarification for PCI DSS requirement 11.3, regarding …
Free Mac data loss prevention tool kit
Paragon Software released the free Rescue Kit for Mac OS X – Lite which allows users to recover quickly and easily from system problems by rescuing important data and …
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