First iPhone worm discovered
Sophos reports that some Apple iPhone owners in Australia have seen their smartphones get infected by a worm that has changed their wallpaper to an image of 1980s pop musician …
Web application security testing tool Websecurify 0.4 RC1 released
Websecurify is a Web application security testing tool which automatically identifies vulnerabilities by using advanced scanning and fuzzing technologies. The key improvements …
Exploitation of online banking credentials on the rise
Within the last several months, the FBI has seen a significant increase in fraud involving the exploitation of valid online banking credentials belonging to small and medium …
Battle of the anti-virus: What is the best software?
AV-Comparatives.org recently released the results of a malware removal tests with which they evaluated 16 anti-virus software solutions: Avast Professional Edition 4.8 AVG …
Single sign-in gains ground
There seems to be a persisting problem: how to remember the passwords to all the websites you use and that require you to login? For myself, I chose to use a password manager …
Facebook continues to shoot down deceptive ads
In an ongoing battle against spam and deceptive ads and offers running inside applications, Facebook has terminated their business relationship with two more networks who …
Major vulnerability in SSL authentication
Marsh Ray and Steve Dispensa of PhoneFactor discovered a serious vulnerability in SSL, the most common data security protocol on the Internet. The SSL Authentication Gap …
Twitter users troubled by locked accounts
If you have been using Twitter for a long enough time, chances are you have been locked out of it at least once. If you haven’t, you’ve probably seen tweets of …
Video: Web application scanning with credentials using Nessus
Learn how to configure Nessus to use credentials and login into a web application to scan with CGI generic tests.
Google Dashboard: What does Google know about you?
You’ve been using Gmail for ages. Every location you needed to find, every trip you organized – Google Maps was there for you. Most searches you ever started …
Backdoor access for millions of Facebook and MySpace accounts
Yvo Schaap, a young Dutch application developer on Facebook, stumbled on a back door into any user account that accesses the application he’s working on. He discovered …
EU leaders agree on Internet access safeguards
A user’s Internet access may be restricted, if necessary and proportionate, only after a fair and impartial procedure including the user’s right to be heard. …
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