Nessus vulnerability scanner 4.4.0 released
The Nessus vulnerability scanner features high-speed discovery, configuration auditing, asset profiling, sensitive data discovery and vulnerability analysis of your security …
Facebook “free plane tickets” scams
Don’t be tricked by the impossibly good offers that have lately been popping up on Facebook profiles. There are no free ticket giveaways – there’s only the …
Security concerns make 1 in 3 users avoid online banking
According to a survey by Avira, 1 in 3 people don’t use online banking because they’re concerned with safety and almost 50 percent are at least wary of online …
Go Daddy offers vulnerability site scanning tool
A lot of the news concerning Internet domain registrar and Web hosting company Go Daddy that we covered lately had to do with compromised sites hosted on its servers. And …
Facebook bug compromises top pages
A customer of Sendible, an online marketing service for promoting and tracking brands through the use of social media, e-mail and SMS messaging, has inadvertently discovered a …
Facebook “love button” app links to malware
If you spot a Facebook post or a message that advertises an application that will let you “unlock” a “love” (
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 released
Red Hat announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 which delivers extensive new features. Enhancements range from kernel improvements for resource …
First credit card with password generator
Gemalto launched the first credit card to combine one-time password security capabilities with standard payment. This innovation allows banks to provide a single card that …
Mac OS X 10.6.5 upgrades security
Apple released Mac OS X 10.6.5 and Security Update 2010-007 which increases the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac. AFP Server A null pointer dereference …
ElcomSoft breaks Firefox, Safari, Opera, and Chrome passwords
Elcomsoft Internet Password Breaker now retrieves cached passwords stored in a variety of email clients and Web browsers. The new update adds Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, …
Orkut users under phishing attack
Orkut users have lately been targeted with a clever scheme that redirects them to phishing pages without them having to do anything except visit a compromised account. Using …
Targeted attacks focus on nationalistic and economic cyberterrorism
When it comes to dangerous Web threats, the only constant is change and gone are the days of predictable attack vectors. Instead, modern blended threats such as Aurora, …