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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 …

Ipswitch releases WhatsUp Gold 16

Ipswitch released WhatsUp Gold 16, which comes loaded with network, server and application monitoring, automated layer 2 discovery and mapping, wireless infrastructure …

Solera Networks enhances appliance for big data security

Solera Networks announced enhancements to its DeepSee Virtual Appliance that provides visibility of network traffic—including traffic between applications running in the …

Kaspersky Mobile Security helps Android users recover stolen smartphones

Kaspersky Lab announced the addition of new features to Kaspersky Mobile Security designed to aid in the protection of data residing on lost or stolen smartphones and the …

Police raids controversial Swedish web host, Pirate Bay site is down

The Pirate Bay’s website is unreachable and has been down for over a day now, prompting speculation that Monday’s police raid of the premises of Stockholm-based …

One in three companies take compliance risks

Despite having corporate security and compliance policies and solutions in place, there is a widespread lack of confidence in their effectiveness. According to a DataMation …

Twitter account hijacking exposes easy-to-exploit security flaw

The hijacking of the Twitter account that belongs to user Daniel Dennis Jones and his subsequent investigation into the matter has revealed a Twitter security weakness that …

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