Popular web stores vulnerable to “free shopping” exploits
A recently published paper titled “How to Shop for Free Online” presents the depressing results of a security analysis of some of the most popular online stores, …
“Request rejected” spam campaign leads to fake AV
A spam email campaign carrying a malicious attachment designed to download and run a fake AV solution on the recipient’s computer is currently hitting inboxes around the …
French hacker and alleged Anonymous member arrested after bragging on TV
A French hacker has effectually tied a noose around his own neck when he bragged about hacking into the systems of a big government contractor on national TV. He participated …
Self-wiping hard drives from Toshiba
Toshiba announces a family of self-encrypting hard disk drives (HDDs) engineered to automatically invalidate protected data when connected to an unknown host. The new Toshiba …
IT data management concerns
LogLogic announced the findings to an IT Data Management survey carried out amongst 164 IT managers and directors. The research aims to establish how IT data is being managed …
HD video security on the iPad
To help you keep tabs on your home or office anytime, anywhere, Logitech introduced the Logitech Alert app for iPad which makes it easy to access your Logitech Alert digital …
Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 SP1 released
Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 Service Pack 1 (14.1.0) fixes critical issues and also helps to improve security. It includes fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use …
McAfee enhances its Network Security Platform
McAfee announced enhancements to its Network Security Platform which includes: Enhanced botnet control: File and network connection reputation feeds from cloud-based McAfee …
App employs facial recognition to prevent visual eavesdropping
Oculis Labs released PrivateEye Enterprise, a desktop security application that employs facial recognition and detection algorithms with a standard webcam to actively protect …
ESET NOD32 Antivirus for Linux 4 released
ESET announced the availability of ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 Business Edition for Linux Desktop and ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 for Linux. ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 for Linux offers …
Microsoft patches 64 security vulnerabilities
Today Microsoft released 17 bulletins to address 64 security vulnerabilities. The bulletins address vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, Visual Studio, .NET …
Lack of admin rights mitigates most Microsoft vulnerabilities
The removal of administrator rights from Windows users is a mitigating factor in 75 percent of Critical Windows 7 vulnerabilities. Microsoft and its partners regularly …