NSA on cyber attacks and Microsoft collaboration
Government Computer News reports that at a hearing entitled “Cybersecurity: Preventing Terrorist Attacks and Protecting Privacy in Cyberspace”, held two days ago …
New books: ModSecurity, Snow Leopard, social Web applications
ModSecurity Handbook features an in-depth coverage of ModSecurity, an open source web application firewall. The main highlights are the following: Step-by-step instructions …
Vulnerability in IBM SolidDB memory caching software
Core Security disclosed a vulnerability that could affect large numbers of organizations using IBM’s SolidDB relational database management system, as well as those …
Two arrested for Zbot Trojan
Officers from the Metropolitan Police’s Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) have made Europe’s first arrests in the battle against the ZeuS or Zbot Trojan which threatened …
Employee data breach at MassMutual
Internetnews reports that the latest data breach to be discovered happened to MassMutual, a Massachussets-based insurance company. One of the company’s employees …
Cyber criminals worked furiously in 2009
Symantec’s Security Responce team took it upon itself to gather information from various sources and thousands of experts and compile a list of threats that marred the …
Gumblar is back with a vengeance
ScanSafe reported that 29% of all Web malware blocks in October 2009 were the result of Gumblar. This series of website compromises, collectively dubbed “Gumblar” …
Data-stealing malware soars
From phony emails to Facebook phishers, cybercriminals are casting a wide net to lure online shoppers this season. According to new research from Webroot, certain infections …
Netgear Wireless-N Dual-Band Access Point
Netgear launched the ProSafe Wireless-N Dual-Band Access Point (WNDAP350), which enables customers to implement a fully mobile workplace while still delivering the performance …
Firefox 3.6 to prevent harmful add-ons
The soon-to-be shipped version 3.6 of the Firefox browser will have a new feature that will make it more stable. It is called Component Directory Lockdown, and it prevents …
T-Mobile personal user data breached and sold
T-Mobile UK got a nasty surprise when they realized that their customers whose contract was due to expire were being contacted by their competitors. They soon realized that …
Secure USB flash drive
Kingston released the DataTraveler Locker+ USB flash drive. Data on the Kingston DataTraveler Locker+ is secured with 256-bit hardware-based AES encryption. Access to the …
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