PC Lock protects from identity theft, privacy invasion
Laplink released PC Lock, data encryption software with cloud management. Its Web Management Console lets users modify preferences, change settings, reset passwords, lock the …
Unattended Linux VM configuration tool for Hyper-V
Set-LinuxVM is a tool provided as a Windows PowerShell module which is able to create Linux Virtual Machines on a Hyper-V host. It supports Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, …
Microsoft releases two security updates
Microsoft released two security updates addressing one Critical vulnerability in Microsoft Windows and two Important vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. MS11-035 (Windows) is …
Multiplatform Java botnet spotted in the wild
Cross-platform malware is still a rare occurrence, so when it’s detected, it usually attracts more attention than the malware engineered to affect only one particular …
Governance on unstructured data
Businesses face challenges when implementing sound policies for dealing with their unstructured data, an ever-present thorn in the side of most enterprises today. It is …
Work with NTFS and HFS+ under Mac OS X
Paragon Software released two cross-platform technologies – NTFS for Mac OS X 9.0 and HFS+ for Windows 9.0, designed to eliminate barriers between Windows and Mac …
App employs facial recognition to prevent visual eavesdropping
Oculis Labs released PrivateEye Enterprise, a desktop security application that employs facial recognition and detection algorithms with a standard webcam to actively protect …
Microsoft patches 64 security vulnerabilities
Today Microsoft released 17 bulletins to address 64 security vulnerabilities. The bulletins address vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, Visual Studio, .NET …
Lack of admin rights mitigates most Microsoft vulnerabilities
The removal of administrator rights from Windows users is a mitigating factor in 75 percent of Critical Windows 7 vulnerabilities. Microsoft and its partners regularly …
Cain & Abel 4.9.40 released
Cain & Abel is a password recovery tool for Microsoft operating systems. It allows easy recovery of various kind of passwords by sniffing the network, cracking encrypted …
Servers breached at Fortune 100 company
The Connecticut-based Hartford Financial Services Group – a Fortune 100 company and one of the largest investment and insurance companies in the US – has suffered …
Highly targeted attacks exploiting Windows MHTML vulnerability
A recent surge in attacks against a variety of sites that exploit a MHTML XSS vulnerability publicly disclosed in January – and which still hasn’t been patched by …