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Bit.ly, one of the most popular URL shortening services, announced it will be integrating three new security-related services by the end of the year: 1. Websense’s …

You’re starting up your Windows (7, Vista, XP, NT, W2K, W2K3 or W2K8 PC or server) and everything looks normal. You log in, and your faced with a black screen with a …

Almost a year ago, the Microsoft Malware Protection Center launched a honeypot FTP server with the intention of researching the attacks that normal users are subjected on an …

Nessus is a vulnerability scanner which in version 4.2 includes several enhancements including a new Flash-based interface. With this interface, scan results and policies are …

As the holidays bring an increase in online shopping, charitable giving and social interaction, consumers and businesses should be on guard against some common scams that …

Ruby on Rails 2.3.5 was released over the weekend which provides several bug-fixes and one security fix. It should be fully compatible with all prior 2.3.x releases and can be …

Pkviz is a tool for plotting and cycling through and animating a series of network packets captured by tcpdump. What makes it unique is that the packets’ structure is …

ENISA has just published a seven minute video overview of the recent NIS Summer School 2009. The short documentary follows up on the topic of this year’s event – …

Sometimes it is difficult to tell the difference between legitimate online offers and malicious spam. In this day and age, you can be pretty sure that financial and government …

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, interviews and articles: Workers stealing data for competitive edge 85% of people admit they know …

Anti-virus software has already been made available for various mobile phones. Security firm F-Secure offers protection for phones with Windows Mobile and Symbian and …

Trend Labs warn about a seeming Koobface variant – TROJ_VILSEL.EA – that targets Skype. It steals information from the user’s Skype profile: login …