Oracle Solaris 11.1 released
Oracle announced Oracle Solaris 11.1, delivering over 300 new performance and feature enhancements. Oracle Solaris 11 is the first cloud OS that allows customers to build …
SCAP scanning and CyberScope reporting
nCircle announced the debut of IP360 Federal, featuring a Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) 1.2 draft compliant scanner. SCAP combines a number of open standards and …
Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services 5 released
Trend Micro released Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services 5 incorporates new features that address the ways small businesses and managed service providers are …
Protection against DDoS and targeted attacks
Corero Network Security announced its First Line of Defense solution, which blocks L3-L7 DDoS and advanced targeted server attacks. Cyber criminals/terrorists have reached a …
Google alerts users about new state-sponsored attacks
Remember when in June Google announced its intention to start warning Gmail users that their account might be targeted by state-sponsored attackers? A clear warning above the …
Scareware marketer ordered to pay $163M fine
At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court imposed a judgment of more than $163 million on the final defendant in the FTC’s case against an …
Universal Man in the Browser attack targets all websites
Trusteer have discovered a new Man in the Browser (MitB) scam that does not target specific websites, but instead collects data submitted to all websites without the need for …
Why more bandwidth won’t save your network
A Vanson Bourne Omnibus survey of 100 IT managers in large UK enterprises revealed the trends that will affect the WAN over the next few years as the performance of the WAN, …
Malicious spam campaign targets QuickBooks users
Intuit-themed malicious spam campaigns pop up every couple of months or so, given that the company’s tax preparation, accounting, financial management and billing …
NIST selects winner of SHA-3 competition
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced the winner of its five-year competition to select a new cryptographic hash algorithm, one of the …
Hackers leak 120,000+ records raided from top universities
Team GhostShell, a hacker group affiliated with Anonymous, has leaked online information from over 120,000 user accounts stolen from the databases of over 100 higher education …
UK at greatest risk of identity fraud in Europe
The UK is at the greatest risk of identity fraud throughout Europe, according to new independent research. As National Identity Fraud Prevention Month starts, a taskforce of …