Apple Dev Center was hacked via remote code execution bug
Apple’s ever expanding article listing researchers’ credits for finding and reporting potential security issues in Apple’s web servers has some new entries, …
Miranda battles to have seized stuff back, Guardian details drive destruction
David Miranda, the partner of The Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald, has employed UK lawyer firm Bindmans LLP to inform the British Home Office that they will challenging the …
Barracuda Web Filter 7.0 targets social media harassment
Barracuda Networks released firmware version 7.0 for its Web Filter. Highlights of the new release include transparent inspection of SSL-encrypted traffic, proactive alerts …
Analysis of Poison Ivy remote access tool
A new FireEye report highlights the resurgence of Poison Ivy, a malware Remote Access Tool (RAT) that has remained popular and effective eight years after its original release …
The mobile cybercrime landscape is becoming more defined
McAfee found that Android-based malware achieved a 35 percent growth rate not seen since early 2012. This rebound was marked by the continued proliferation of SMS-stealing …
Rapid7 unveils analytics for security controls and user risk
Rapid7 showcased two new IT security insight solutions at the UNITED 2013 security summit. Lee Weiner, senior vice president of products and engineering at Rapid7 comments: …
Veeam Backup & Replication 7 released
Veeam Software announced Veeam Backup & Replication 7, which introduces built-in WAN acceleration and backup from storage snapshots. Built-in WAN acceleration copies data …
Is evading an IP address block to access a website against the law?
A ruling in a lawsuit mounted by Craigslist and against ad indexing firm 3Taps has once again brought attention to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), its vague wording, …
MitB malware targets steam
When cybercriminals use Man-in-the-Browser (MitB) malware to commit online fraud, financial institutions are not their only targets. Dating, eCommerce, hospitality, and travel …
Groklaw shuttered because email is no longer safe
Since 2003, Pamela Jones – then a simple paralegal, now a journalist and editor – covered legal news regarding free and open source software on her law blog …
UK agents detain Greenwald’s partner, destroy The Guardian’s hard drives
It has been an eventful weekend for The Guardian newspaper, its reporter Glenn Greenwald and his partner David Miranda, as the British police held the latter and questioned …
Nmap 6.40 released
Nmap is a free and open source utility for network exploration or security auditing. Nmap uses raw IP packets in novel ways to determine what hosts are available on the …
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