65% of security pros say SIEM is dead
Two-thirds (65 percent) of senior security professionals at Global 5000 and federal organizations say traditional Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) products no …
phpMyAdmin multiple script insertion vulnerabilities
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in phpMyAdmin, which can be exploited by malicious users to conduct script insertion attacks, according to Secunia. 1. Certain …
Trend Micro enhances mobile security for Android
Trend Micro announced Trend Micro Mobile Security Personal Edition, a solution designed to protect Android smartphones and tablets. In January 2011, Trend Micro introduced …
Desktop virtualization approaching tipping point
Cost reduction, security, manageability and simplifying the migration to Windows 7 are driving organizations to adopt an aggressive deployment approach when it comes to …
Is this the end of the line for DigiNotar?
DigiNotar is going down quickly and in flames. After having its SSL and EVSSL certificates deemed untrustworthy by the most popular browsers, around 4200 qualified …
Russian cyber criminal steals $3.2 millions in 6 months
A Russian resident in his early 20s is believed to be the leader of a tightly knit gang using banking Trojans and money mules to earn themselves millions of dollars. The …
Majority of small businesses unprepared for data disaster
Although small businesses recognize the impact data loss could have on their business, more than half (57 percent) do not have a disaster preparedness plan for business data. …
BackTrack 5 Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner’s Guide
Wireless technologies are inherently insecure and can be easily broken. BackTrack is a penetration testing and security auditing distribution that comes with a myriad of …
Cloud service for secure managed file transfer
Cyber-Ark Software announced Inter-Business Vault as a Service, a cloud-based solution for rapidly exchanging sensitive files with external third parties. Based on its …
Photos: The dawn of a new Bitdefender
This week Help Net Security visited Bitdefender as it unveiled a complete reinvention of its brand spanning the entire product line and offered a glimpse into the features …
BIOS rootkit found in the wild
Security researchers have recently discovered a new rootkit that targets computers’ BIOS, making the infection harder to detect and eradicate, and persist even if the …
Online communities least trusted with personal information
Symantec announced the findings of its inaugural UK Trust Index, which investigates the extent to which the public trust different industries with their personal information. …
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