NIST updates Transport Layer Security (TLS) guidelines
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released an update to a document that helps computer administrators maintain the security of information …
Week in review: IE 0-day patched, Windows XP gets unexpected update, and tips on how to learn information security
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, reviews and articles: XSS bug in popular Chinese site exploited to launch DDoS attack DDoS …
Facebook unveils Anonymous Login
At the F8 developers conference on Wednesday, Facebook announced that users will soon be offered the choice to login to third-party apps anonymously. “People tell us …
Beware of “free Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2.0” offers
As soon as the release of a new version of Malwarebytes’ popular AV solution has been announced, cyber crooks and scammers began exploiting the news. Hosted on random …
US bank customers targeted with vishing messages
Customers of a number of US banks have recently been hit by Voice over IP phishing (vishing) attacks orchestrated by eastern European cyber crooks, warns John LaCour, founder …
Red Hat to acquire open source storage systems’ firm Inktank
Red Hat announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Inktank, a provider of scale-out, open source storage systems. Inktank’s flagship technology, …
SANS revamps its Memory Analysis Course
To provide digital forensic and incident response professionals with a more exact and efficient way to investigate advanced attacks, SANS Institute today announced a complete …
CISOs anxious about possible data breaches, employees not so much
If you are a Chief Information Security Officer, chances are you may not be getting much sleep lately according to a recent survey of IT security executives at companies of …
Stanford professor scrutinizes India’s biometric identification program
The cutting edge of biometric identification — using fingerprints or eye scans to confirm a person’s identity — isn’t at the FBI or the Department of Homeland …
Microsoft updates IE against latest 0-day, updates also XP
Microsoft has issued an out of band security update to patch the zero day vulnerability that affects all versions of Internet Explorer and is being actively exploited in the …
Sales drop as corporate data breaches rise
Consumers avoid doing business with a breached organization at an alarming rate, according to a new study commissioned by Identity Finder, the results of which were revealed …
ManageEngine fortifies enterprise security log analytics
ManageEngine announced the general availability of new features to its enterprise security log analytics portfolio. EventLog Analyzer, the security information and event …
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