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Self-encrypted 2.5″ SATA SSD from Microsemi

Microsemi announced a secure, half-terabyte SSD for mobile video surveillance operations, SANs and other high capacity storage applications requiring superior real-time data …

Researchers hack femtocells, record mobile phones’ calls, SMS traffic

Intercepting voice calls, SMS messages, and web traffic coming and going from a target’s mobile phone may be as simple as waiting for his phone to associate to a …

Snowden given asylum by Russia, leaves Moscow airport

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has been granted temporary asylum in the Russian Federation and has left the transit zone of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, RT reports. …

Free first aid kit for computer viruses

Avira launched the Avira Rescue System, a software first aid kit for scanning and repairing PC computers that are already infected with malware. It can be downloaded for free …

All Facebook users get secure browsing by default

After having introduced secure browsing as an option in 2011, and having begun rolling out always-on HTTPS by default for users in North America late last year, Facebook is …

Keep your laptop safe while using Wi-Fi hotspots

The relaxing atmosphere of surfing at the beach makes it easy to forget about the sharks. Connecting to an unsecured network poses serious risks to your laptop and data. In a …

Malware attacks via malicious iPhone chargers

Do you ever think twice about using someone else’s charger for recharging your iPhone? Well, you will now, as three Georgia Tech researchers have managed to install a …

NSS Labs unveils Threat Modeling and Threat Forecasting

NSS Labs announced availability of two new advisory services – Threat Modeling and Threat Forecasting – helping clients to better understand their risk and distill …

Universities are putting private financial data at risk

HALOCK found that over 50% of the colleges and universities investigated allow for the transmission of sensitive information over unencrypted (and therefore unprotected) email …

Automated remediation for APTs and 0-days

ThreatTrack Security unveiled The Spyder Initiative, a development strategy for solving the challenges cyber security professionals face, including the creation of custom, …

HackShield bags prevent physical and digital intrusion

Das Keyboard launched highly secure, radio frequency blocking bags. Known as HackShield bags, the company’s one-of-a-kind backpack and messenger bags empower …

Accuvant launches Threat Intelligence Briefing service

Accuvant announced at Black Hat USA 2013 the availability of its new Threat Intelligence Briefing (TIB) service. Delivered by Accuvant LABS research experts, the service gives …

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