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Protect login credentials with key stroke encryption
SutiSoft released SutiKSE, a security solution that protects data being entered on the keyboard. The solution helps protect against keylogging software and malware threats …
Smartphone security and privacy protection
With the rapid adoption of smartphones, concerns about security and privacy of data on the phone are increasing. Consumers realize that they have an extensive amount of …
Free Mac anti-virus for home users
Sophos announced the availability of a free Mac anti-virus product for home users. Based on Sophos’s security software, which protects over 100 million business users …
Bluelog: Bluetooth site survey tool
Bluelog is a Linux Bluetooth scanner written to do a single task, log devices that are in discoverable mode. It is intended to be used as a site survey tool, determining how …
Secure USB drive with Windows Embedded Standard 7
Spyrus released a secure USB flash drive with Windows Embedded Standard 7 pre-installed. Unlike other USB flash drives that run the Windows operating system, the Secure Pocket …
Privacy and cleaning tool CCleaner 3.0 released
CCleaner is a system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet …
Fabric weaves security into program code
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could build security into a program as it is written? This idea spurred a number of researchers from Cornell University to try and develop …
One-touch secure access to corporate data
Check Point announced its new Mobile Access Software Blade that delivers fast and secure access to corporate email, data and business applications from mobile devices. It …
Past, present and future of Metasploit
HD Moore is the CSO at Rapid7 and Chief Architect of Metasploit, an open-source penetration testing platform. HD founded the Metasploit Project with the goal of becoming a …
RSYaba: Modular brute force attacker
RSYaba allows you to run brute force attacks against various services in a similar way to Hydra and Medusa. The tool is written in Ruby so modifying the scripts is a lot …
Integrating Hydra with Nessus
The video below shows you how to integrate custom username and password dictionaries with Hydra to your Nessus scans.
Metasploit Framework 3.5.0 comes with over 600 exploits
The Metasploit Framework is a development platform for creating security tools and exploits. The framework is used by network security professionals to perform penetration …