Social identity theft protection
Riskive unveiled FriendGuard, a free app that leverages advanced math and science to protect individuals and families against social identity theft and malware attacking their …
Barracuda unveils new firewall models
Barracuda Networks announced five new models of the Barracuda NG Firewall F600, which feature multiple port options and hot-swappable power supplies to accommodate varying …
Fraudware virus targeting Android users in China and South East Asia
NQ Mobile has identified, “Copycat App,” a new fraudware virus threat targeting Android users in China and several countries in South East Asia. “Copycat …
Lavabit users allowed to access accounts and retrieve data
Lavabit’s Ladar Levison has announced that the users of his recently closed down email service will be able to briefly access their accounts so that they can retrieve …
Video: Antivirus evasion techniques
This video from DerbyCon discusses the basics of the AV evasion problem, what techniques work, which ones don’t and why. The talk has a particular focus on AV evasion as …
CipherCloud delivers searchable strong encryption
CipherCloud has delivered techniques to improve the searchability, usability and security of cloud data protected with AES 256-bit encryption. The solution also enables …
Real-time operational risk and compliance monitoring
Corvil announced a real-time general purpose risk and compliance monitoring solution for all kinds of electronic trading businesses. The solution monitors and captures all …
Strengths and weaknesses of MS SmartScreen filter
Microsoft’s SmartScreen application control feature, introduced with Internet Explorer 8 and lately ported to Windows 8 is a good addition to the new OS. It might …
Video: DIY Command & Control for fun and no profit
Many security professionals have heard about Command & Control botnets, even more have been infected by them. Very few have had the opportunity to actually look inside …
Internet sites “fingerprint” users by secretly collecting browser info
A group of European researchers have released the results of their research into just how many of the most visited Internet websites track users without their knowledge with …
Week in review: Dangerous vBulletin exploit in the wild, Blackhole exploit kit creator arrested
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, videos, interviews and articles: How to establish trust in the cloud In order to enforce corporate …
The many security problems of ATMs
As much as they are useful, ATMs are also very vulnerable to tampering and attacks from individuals looking for money. eWeek reports that at the SecTor security conference …
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