Microsoft testing EMET’s new protection mechanisms
Just as researchers made public their successful attempt of creating attack code for bypassing the protections of the latest version of Microsoft’s Enhanced Mitigation …
Non-profit tax forms posted by IRS expose 630,000 SSNs
An estimated 630,000 social security numbers (SSNs) on non-profit organizations’ tax returns— Form 990s—have been posted online by charities and the IRS since 2001, …
New free online software security training courses
The Software Assurance Forum for Excellence in Code (SAFECode), a non-profit organization working to increase trust in technology products and services through the advancement …
Qualys introduces Continuous Monitoring cloud service
Qualys introduced Continuous Monitoring, the most recent addition to its QualysGuard Cloud Platform, at the RSA Conference in San Francisco. This new offering gives …
DB Networks’ virtual IDS stops advanced SQL injection attacks
DB Networks introduced the IDS-6300v intelligent security virtual appliance, a new solution based on the next-generation Core Intrusion Detection System (IDS) platform …
Nearly half of companies assume they have been compromised
A majority of organizations are operating under the assumption that their network has already been compromised, or will be, according to a survey conducted by the SANS …
Qualys releases Web Application Firewall
Today at the RSA Conference, Qualys announced the availability of its QualysGuard Web Application Firewall (WAF) service for web applications running in Amazon EC2 and …
Identify and fix vulnerabilities in your SSL certificates
DigiCert announced DigiCert Certificate Inspector, a tool designed to quickly find problems in certificate configuration and implementation, and provide real-time analysis of …
Free vulnerability management service for SMBs
Tripwire debuted Tripwire SecureScan, a free, cloud-based vulnerability management service for up to 100 Internet Protocol (IP) addresses on internal networks. This new tool …
Microsoft EMET’s protections can be bypassed, researchers show
Microsoft’s Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) is a good piece of software and helpful for protecting non-kernel Microsoft applications and third-party …
Egnyte appoints new CSO, unveils security roadmap
Today at the RSA Conference, Egnyte formally introduced Kris Lahiri as the company’s new Chief Security Officer and unveiled his FY14 security roadmap, which details the …
Photos: Innovation Sandbox at RSA Conference 2014
The Innovation Sandbox is usually one of the most interesting events at the RSA Conference and draws quite a crowd, and this year is no exception. Dr. Herbert (Hugh) Thompson, …
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