Nessus 4.2.2 released
The Nessus vulnerability scanner is the world-leader in active scanners, featuring high-speed discovery, configuration auditing, asset profiling, sensitive data discovery and …
Little-known Java feature exploited in-the-wild
A recently unearthed feature that has been built into Java since Java 6 Update 10 allows developers to easily distribute their applications to end users. Unfortunately – …
5 ways to protect against cloud security threats
Stonesoft has identified five ways that organizations can improve cloud computing security. This announcement comes on the heels of recent research from Gartner citing that 60 …
Fireshark: Linking the malicious web
Fireshark is a tool, made up of a Firefox plugin and a set of postprocessing scripts that allows you to capture web traffic from the core of your web browser, enabling you to …
Spammers use the familiar to inspire action
Spammers have become adept at using the most familiar Internet names to give deceptive legitimacy to the billions of emails that they send. For example, between five to ten …
The U.K. Digital Economy Act: What you need to know
The various provisions of the U.K. Digital Economy Act have been publicly and privately debated for months. The public outcry against the most draconian ones failed to make an …
Apple releases MobileMe Backup 3.2
The Backup 3.2 update improves the overall reliability of Backup and uses space more efficiently on your iDisk or local storage by automatically recycling older backup data. …
How prepared are federal agencies to deal with security threats?
There are distinct gaps among United States federal agency IT executives and IT professional staff when it comes to their opinion on how prepared their agencies are to deal …
Many teenagers hack and rarely get caught
A survey revealed the hacking habits of 1000 New York City teenagers. Exactly half (50%) of kids sampled revealed they’d had their Facebook or email account hacked, …
iPhone OS 4.0 security fear, uncertainty and doubt
It is inevitable. With every mainstream technology news, comes at least one security company that wants to piggyback on it and introduce themselves to the world by making …
Facebook revamps its Safety Center
Facebook launched a completely redesigned Safety Center with new resources designed to inform parents, educators, teens, and members of the law enforcement community about …
“Secure messages” from bank lead to phishing page
TrendLabs warns that Standard Chartered Bank clients are the targets of the latest batch of phishing emails that have been hitting inboxes: Notice how the scammers rely on the …
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