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Data-stealing malware growth spikes

The propagation of some forms of crimeware surged in the half-year period ending in June, 2011 with data-stealing malware reaching and maintaining a new plateau of contagion, …

What’s in store for us in 2012

Looking forward into what lies ahead for us in 2012, Zscaler offers predictions for the upcoming threat landscape. 1. Mobile: With WebOS now officially an orphan, Blackberry …

NAC system PacketFence 3.1.0 released

PacketFence is a fully supported, trusted, free and open source network access control (NAC) system. Boasting a feature set including a captive-portal for registration and …

Week in review: Mobile application security risks, holiday-themed scams, and reasons for ditching Java

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and podcasts: Windows 8 will have picture password sign in As much as security experts would like …

Ditching Java might be a good move

As unpatched Java vulnerabilities are frequently taken advantage by exploit kits and users often forget to update Java, F-Secure’s Mikko Hypponen says that maybe …

Researcher blasts Siemens for lying about SIMATIC bugs

The contentious issue of responsible and coordinated vulnerability disclosure has been revisited again as security researcher Billy Rios reacted to a statement made by Siemens …

Compliance data service from software piracy experts

To accelerate the identification of companies using unlicensed software, V.i. Labs announced a data service to automatically match license infringement records to a named …

Ways to avoid falling victim to scams

With the holiday season upon us, more companies are sending customers information about great deals for last-minute shopping. Unfortunately, among those exciting offers comes …

Security for virtualized and cloud infrastructures

WatchGuard announced the beta version of XTMv, its next-generation security UTM product as a virtual appliance which provides network security and protection of applications …

Chinese hackers infiltrated US Chamber of Commerce

The computer systems of the US Chamber of Commerce, a lobbying group that represents the interest of US businesses and trade organizations, have been infiltrated by hackers. …

Fake eBay pages offering iPhone 4S for half the price

As more and more people take advantage of the option of buying things online, and especially during the holiday season, cyber crooks continually devise new schemes to trick …

SDK advances face recognition for large surveillance systems

Neurotechnology announced VeriLook Surveillance 2.0, a SDK for biometric face identification using live video streams from single or multiple high-resolution digital …

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