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(ISC)2 has expanded its global education offerings to support the next phase of Department of Defense (DoD) Directive 8570.1 — a phase that will involve an unprecedented …

Research conducted by IT security and control firm Sophos has revealed that fifty percent of workers are being blocked from accessing Facebook by their employers who are …

A version of Apophis, a tool used by cyber-crooks to handle information stolen from users infected by several variants of the Nuklus family of Trojans, stores data belonging …

Nikto is an open source web server scanner which performs comprehensive tests against web servers for multiple items, including over 3300 potentially dangerous files/CGIs, …

Although a Russian security forum speculated about a possible exploit that caused major problems for the Skype network, Skype announced the following: “On Thursday, 16th …

Corsair launched the “Flash Padlock” family of affordable USB 2.0 drives, the safest way to secure your data while on the go. Priced starting at only $29.99 USD …

Trend Micro today published the TrendLabs Semi-annual Threat Roundup and Forecast. Analyzing malware trends that influence the economic growth of the malware world, the report …

Securing Ajax Applications covers basic security techniques and examines vulnerabilities with JavaScript, XML, JSON, Flash, and other technologies. Wells, also, clearly and …

“Computer Forensics Library Boxed Set” includes three previously published books: “Forensic discovery” (020163497X): Definitive guide that presents a …

Today, many attackers are part of organized crime with the intent to defraud their victims. Their goal is to deploy malware on a victim’s machine and to start collecting …

The focus of this week’s PandaLabs report are RegisteredLetter.A worm and ZLFake.A backdoor. RegisteredLetter.A is designed to make a series of changes on infected …

Sourcefire announced that it has acquired ClamAV, a leading open source gateway anti-virus and anti-malware project. Sourcefire’s first acquisition since its Initial …