Qualys adds security experts to CTO/CSO advisory board
Qualys announced today the newest additions to its CSO/CTO Advisory Board. The four new members join information security leaders from eBay, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, PayPal, …
Cloud data encryption for Hosted Exchange
Vaultive announced Vaultive for Hosted Exchange, a cloud data encryption solution that enables customers to encrypt data-at-rest and data-in-use within the Hosted Microsoft …
Adobe backs down, will patch old software for free
Following Adobe’s recent release of Creative Suite 6 and its statement that it will not be patching critical security vulnerabilities in previous versions of the popular …
“Diablo 3 free download” scams target impatient users
Impatient gamers searching for the third installation of the popular Diablo role-playing game, hoping that has somehow been leaked ahead of its scheduled release on Tuesday, …
IT candidates should shift career perspectives
Recruiting in the technology sector is strong, despite weaknesses and structural changes the economy has experienced over the past several years. Enterprises seem to be …
Alternative app marketplaces prove profitable for cybercriminals
Avast researchers discovered a new batch of fake alternative marketplaces for downloading smartphone apps that trick users into sending premium rate SMS messages. Using a …
Secure online voting on iOS and Android
Scytl announced today the successful implementation of its online voting encryption technology for use on Android and iOS. By encrypting the ballot on the voter’s device …
Fuzz-o-Matic finds critical flaw in OpenSSL
Codenomicon helped identify and a critical flaw in widely-used encryption software. A flaw in the OpenSSL handling of CBC mode ciphersuites in TLS 1.1, 1.2 and DTLS can be …
Week in review: Massive carding ring bust, cyber attacks against US gas companies, and the creation and evolution of the superuser
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, podcasts and articles: Phishers mimic OpenID to steal credentials New spam email campaigns are …
Android Cookbook
“Android has gone from zero to one of the leading mobile platforms in a few years,” explains author Ian Darwin, who crowdsourced many of the 200 …
47 arrested in massive carding ring bust
47 individuals were arrested on Wednesday by the officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police following an investigation of a highly organized and disciplined criminal ring …
Fake HD repair tool targets Windows users
In the last year, ransomware infections have taken over from scareware as the cybercriminals’ favorite mode of squeezing money out of their victims, but that …
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