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Splunk 4.1.1 brings 60+ fixes

Splunk provides the ability for users to search, monitor and analyze live streaming IT data as well as terabytes of historical data, all from the same interface. The following …

User access continues to be poorly managed

Findings gathered from a Ponemon Institute and Aveksa survey of 728 experienced IT practitioners at multinational corporations and government organizations show that …

Iceland volcano search results lead to fake AV

Eyjafj?¶ll, Eyjafjallaj?¶kull, Eyjafjalla, Eyjafjallajokull-¦ The Iceland volcano Eyjafjallaj?¶kull has been recently referred to by all those names in various media, …

Trojan disguised as Google Chrome extension

The announcement that Google Chrome is now the third most widely used browser wasn’t lost on cybercriminals. They follow the crowd, and that explains the recent …

Rogue software details: VirusOut

VirusOut is a rogue security application. In order to remove it, find out what folders and registry entries to look for below. Known system changes: Folders …

OWASP releases list of top 10 web application risks

Since 2003, application security researchers and experts from all over the world at the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) have carefully monitored the state of web …

9-year-old blamed for hacking school system

Searching for the hacker who broke into the computer system of Spring Hill Elementary in Virginia, the police was more than little surprised when the investigation revealed …

Week in review: Apache.org hacked, Facebook ups defenses, Adobe and Microsoft patches

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, and podcasts: Endpoint data leak prevention still a major headache More than one in …

A friend in need is a scam indeed

Here is a variant of the “friend in need” email scam that has been forwarded to me by a friend: As mentioned before, there are several things that indicate that …

Infected XP machines remain unpatched

To avoid the systems crashes from February, which were triggered by the security updates to the Windows kernel and tied to the fact that the machines were infected by the …

“Friend in need” spam campaign

Occasionally, you might receive an email like this one: Sure, there is a possibility that a friend does require your help, but it is a really small one. One of CA’s …

GFI Backup 2010 – Business Edition released

GFI Software released GFI Backup 2010 – Business Edition, suited for IT administrators who want to create a single backup/restore task and apply it across the entire …

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