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Phone-based authentication for IBM Tivoli Access Manager

PhoneFactor has added support for IBM Tivoli Access Manager to its suite of authentication solutions and can now seamlessly enable phone-based two-factor authentication to …

The Pirate Bay hacked, user information exposed

It’s one problem after another for the (in)famous file-sharing Web site. Dogged by the music and movie industry, its founders are defending themselves and their creation …

Manhunt for murderer prompts poisoned image search results

Six days ago, an Englishman named Raoul Moat shot his ex-girlfriend, her new boyfriend and a police officer. The UK police has instigated a manhunt that has, so far, failed to …

Fake car tax adjustment information leads to malware

A wave of spam emails containing a malicious attachment is targeting car owners. The subject line professes the email to be a heads-up about changes regarding the tax one must …

Web safety score checklist

Are you sure your most sensitive financial and personal information is safe when you’re banking or shopping online? The Web Safety Score checklist by SafeCentral helps …

Community support for Tavis Ormandy, security researcher

The highly-publicized disclosure of a 0-day Microsoft vulnerability by Tavis Ormandy has divided security researchers. While some deem his action irresponsible, others support …

Critical infrastructure security booming in the EU

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan finds that market growth is fueled by government funds and private investments. EU security regulation compliance requirements and the …

Cloud-based security through Amazon Web Services

Sourcefire is delivering cloud-based Intrusion Prevention services, based on its open source Snort technology. Snort and Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team (VRT) rules are …

ElcomSoft breaks passwords faster with NVIDIA Fermi based accelerators

ElcomSoft announced the support of NVIDIA Fermi chips for accelerating password recovery even further. By using NVIDIA’s newest high-end video accelerators for its …

Privacy breach detection package for healthcare providers

FairWarning released the HITECH Privacy Essentials, a bundled package for privacy breach detection designed for rapid deployment and compliance among healthcare providers. …

Security firm discloses vulnerabilities to vendors who are willing to pay

VUPEN Security has had enough – no more freebies for software vendors. The security company – previously known as FrSIRT (French Security Incident Response Team) …

Facebook scam remotely executes actions on your account

You’re on Facebook. You notice that one (or several) of your friends “liked” a page named “99% of people can’t watch this video for more than 25 …

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