Backdoor brute-forces Joomla and WordPress sites
A recently discovered backdoor with brute-forcing capabilities that are used against Joomla- and WordPress-managed blogs has shown, once again, the importance of keeping your …
NSA’s quest to subvert encryption, install backdoors
Journalists from the NYT and ProPublica have joined efforts and have published the most explosive article to date dealing with revelations about NSA spying efforts. Backed by …
Massive spike of Tor users caused by Mevade botnet
When Project Tor director Roger Dingledine recently drew the public’s attention to the unusual and considerable rise in the number of Tor users, he invited people to …
Fast USB 3.0 flash drives from Toshiba
Toshiba Electronics Europe has launched an updated range of Super Speed USB 3.0 flash memory USB drives. The TransMemory-EX IITM drives feature increased read and write speeds …
Microsoft to release 14 bulletins patching Office, Windows, IE and .NET
September’s edition of Microsoft’s patch Tuesday advance notification has emerged in all its glory. A hefty 14 bulletins are in the offing, split equally between …
Is mobile privacy a bigger concern than a phone’s brand?
A new Harris Interactive study provides a valuable barometer on current consumer perceptions and mobile privacy trends by examining issues, such as data collection, …
Protect yourself and don’t regret using social media
Those who have ruined their reputations and damaged their careers after posting inappropriate material on social networks include politicians, movie and sports stars as well …
NSA announces new schools for cyber initiative
Four new schools have been selected for the National Security Agency’s National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations Program, which was designed to …
AVG launches its 2014 product line
AVG launched its 2014 product portfolio. Spanning all the most popular operating systems and devices, the line-up is designed to help consumers and business owners secure, …
Lookout enters strategic partnership with Samsung
Lookout announced its expansion into business with a stand-alone mobile security offering for business coming later this year. Additionally, Samsung Electronics and Lookout …
GFI MAX gets a remote command line
GFI MAX announced the availability of remote command line, the first function of the new Remote Background Management feature in its GFI MAX RemoteManagement platform for …
PayPal unblocks MailPile’s account
MailPile, the open-source web-mail client with user-friendly encryption that has proved to be a hit with the Indiegogo crowd, has been slapped with some bad news: PayPal has …
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