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Microsoft YouTube channel hacked

A week after the official Sesame Street YouTube channel got compromised and started offering adult content to children, Microsoft’s official YouTube channel has been …

Scammers asking for donations for bogus Steve Jobs charity

Before his death, Apple CEO Steve Jobs was well known for not giving donations to charities or setting up foundations for various humanitarian causes, so it may come as a …

Security code review tool Agnitio 2.1 released

Agnitio is an application security tool developed by David Rook to help further the adoption of the Principles of Secure Development and to bring more repeatability and …

Encrypt and protect virtual machine images

HighCloud Security unveiled VM-Centric Security, a solution to encrypt and protect virtual machine (VM) images and the data they contain throughout their lifecycle. The …

Week in review: 250,000 hacker conversations analyzed, making a cheap mobile malware jail and Stuxnet’s successor Duqu

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and podcasts: Testing web applications for security flaws David Hoelzer is …

Skype can be used to tie users to illegal download activity

A team of researchers has proved that it is possible to determine the IP address of a user and tie it with his Internet use, and even correlate this information to his …

Bloody photos of Gaddafi used as bait in malware-laden email run

As predicted, the violent death of Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi has been taken advantage of by cyber criminals in order to trick gore-hungry users into downloading malware: …

Nasdaq attackers spied on companies

The systems of the company that operates the Nasdaq Stock Market were breached many times last year, but the actual trading platform was never compromised. A subsequent …

Anonymous proxy for iPhone and iPad

NetShade makes your web presence anonymous by routing your connection through a proxy server. NetShade is a subscription service. With an account, you can use the five …

Divorce is less stressful than safeguarding confidential data

How are IT managers coping with today’s threat landscape? Are they properly protected against the latest data-stealing malware? And would employees report if they …

rCloud: Disaster recovery for virtual environments

Doyenz announced rCloud, a disaster recovery solution for SMBs that offers recovery for virtual environments. Purpose-built for VMware virtualized environments, rCloud can …

Fraud detection and cloud security from ActivIdentity

ActivIdentity introduced 4TRESS Authentication Appliance that offers multi-layered strong authentication, fraud detection and cloud security capabilities. The appliance …

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