Chrome to stop using online checks to spot revoked certificates
Future versions of Google’s Chrome browser will no longer use online revocation checks to verify whether the HTTPS site the user wants to visit possesses a valid …
Satellite telephony encryption cracked
Satellite telephony was thought to be secure against eavesdropping. Researchers at the Horst G?¶rtz Institute for IT-Security (HGI) at the Ruhr University Bochum (RUB) have …
Trustwave revokes “MitM” certificate, vows never to issue one again
Certificate authority Trustwave has revoked a subordinate root certificate it issued to a company that allowed it to intercept their employees’ private email …
More bogus ad-serving Android apps evade Google’s Bouncer
Users searching for games on the official Android Market have lately been heavily targeted by ad-pushing scammers. First it was the fake Temple Run app, and now a string of …
How online communication connects generations
AARP and Microsoft released “Connecting Generations,” a research report that examines how people of all ages are using online communication and social networking …
Security architecture for trusted execution environments
Elliptic Technologies introduced the tVault Security Architecture – a technology that enables end-to-end security in connected devices. tVault provides robust security …
Improved data recovery from SSDs
Data recovery from new types of data storage can be extremely time-consuming because of the need to research the algorithms used to originally store the data. Previously, …
Visibility and control of cloud services
Fidelis Security Systems announced a new cloud security solution which provides necessary visibility and control to decrease risks associated with using SaaS. The solution is …
Security for IT consumerization
Lancope announced that its StealthWatch System extends network visibility to mobile devices for the security of bring-your-own-device (BYOD) environments. By analyzing mobile …
Symantec releases Backup Exec 2012
Symantec announced Backup Exec 2012 to help users eliminate complexity, perform backups in 100 percent virtualized environments and deliver instantaneous and cloud-based …
Public beta of Flash Player sandbox for Firefox is out
A little over a year after the implementation of a Flash Player sandbox into Google Chrome, Adobe has announced the release of a public beta of its new Flash Player sandbox …
pcAnywhere code allegedly leaked after failed extortion attempt
Late Monday evening a 1.2GB file named “Symantec’s pcAnywhere Leaked Source Code” was posted on The Pirate Bay. The security firm has downloaded and is …
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