Rogue Chrome extension hijacks Facebook accounts
Chrome users, beware of an extension by the name of “Business Flash Player”. According to Bitdefender senior e-threat analyst Bogdan Botezatu, the link to download …
25% of DDoS attacks in 2013 will be application-based
Twenty-five percent of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that occur in 2013 will be application-based, according to Gartner. During such incidents, attackers send …
Google account hijacking dramatically reduced
Google employs many security measures to thwart would-be Google account hijackers, and not all are highly visible as the two-factor authentication option introduced in 2010 …
Security is top reason why IT adopts single sign-on
Security is the number one reason why IT professionals implement single sign-on (SSO) and identity and access management (IAM) technology, according to new research from …
FireMon expands situational awareness with Security Manager 7.0
FireMon announced new capabilities in Security Manager 7.0 that improve organizational ability to identify, understand and manage changes in security posture – in …
Cenzic Enterprise integrates with F5 BIG-IP ASM
Cenzic announced the direct API integration of the Cenzic Enterprise 7.0 suite of products with F5’s BIG-IP Application Security Manager(ASM) 11.3. With this combined …
Check Point introduces high-performance data center security appliance
Check Point launched its new 21700 Appliance with 78 Gbps of firewall throughput, 25 Gbps of IPS throughput and a 2,922 SecurityPower unit (SPU) rating. Security gateways must …
Adobe patches Acrobat and Reader, Mozilla debuts Firefox built-in PDF viewer
Adobe has pushed out the announced update for Acrobat and Reader that patches the two vulnerabilities that were recently exploited in attacks in the wild. But, the popularity …
Twitter entreats users to use better passwords
Twitter is urging users once again to improve their passwords – both on Twitter and on other online services. Apart from the usual advice on using longer, more complex, …
$400 million risk lurking inside global enterprises
Ponemon Institute and Venafi announced a new report provides an extensive examination of how failure to control trust in the face of new and evolving security threats places …
Oracle, Apple release critical updates for Java
Oracle has released on Tuesday a new Java SE Critical Patch Update. “This Critical Patch Update includes all fixes provided in the Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update …
12.6 million identity fraud victims identified in the U.S.
In 2012 identity fraud incidents increased by more than one million victims and fraudsters stole more than $21 billion, the highest amount since 2009, according to Javelin …