Skimming devices on gas pumps sending stolen card numbers via Bluetooth
A maintenance worker at a Shell gas station located in Florida was the first one to notice that a gas pump he was checking had been fitted with a credit card skimming device. …
Emerging threats in the end user environment
New social networking technologies, mobile devices and a more flexible and tech-savvy workforce are leading to increasingly complex and diverse end user environments with many …
Open source IDS Suricata 1.0 released
Suricata is a network intrusion detection and prevention engine developed by the Open Information Security Foundation and its supporting vendors. Suricata is the result of …
Free browser security testing service
Qualys announced a free service, Qualys BrowserCheck, that scans web browsers looking for security flaws within the browser and its plug-ins. Security flaws in modern web …
10 steps for safe web surfing
For the millions heading out on vacations ranging from long-distance travel to short daytrips to the beach, or finalizing plans for them, the Internet is an important …
Nmap 5.35DC1 released
Nmap is a free and open source utility for network exploration or security auditing. Nmap 5.35DC1 includes 131 NSE scripts (17 new), 6,622 version detection signatures, 2,608 …
Personal identity protection from McAfee
McAfee launched McAfee Identity Protection, one of the most comprehensive and easy to use identity protection services on the market. The product features proactive identity …
IBM delivers proactive network security
As today’s threat landscape continues to evolve and become more complex, IBM is introducing a new security appliance to help clients more easily adopt an IT …
Top 12 spam-relaying countries
Sophos has published its latest report into the top twelve spam-relaying countries, covering the second quarter of 2010. The United States continues to be the number one spam …
Week in review: New ZeuS version and multi-stage attacks cyber attacks
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: When identity theft is not your fault It is definitely true that you should be …
Bank of America phishing scam
Phishing emails purportedly coming from Bank of America are nothing new – every now and then scammers roll out a slight variation on the previous one, and this latest is …
Eurephia: Authentication plug-in for OpenVPN
Eurephia is an authentication plug-in for OpenVPN. OpenVPN is a simple but yet powerful application to create secure VPN connections between computers and networks. OpenVPN …