IT security threats in wake of financial crisis
EMA has released a new advisory note in which their research director, Scott Crawford, highlights the impact of the current financial industry meltdown, and its implications …
Global RFID market to reach $5.3 billion this year
The worldwide RFID market will exceed $5.3 billion in 2008, according to a new forecast from ABI Research. Annual revenue growth will increase over the next five years, …
War driving in Santiago Chile
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October 2008 malware and spam geographical and vertical trends
October 2008 MessageLabs Intelligence Report highlights the following trends: Geographical Trends: In October, spam levels in Hong Kong fell by 1.4 percent but the country …
New Sprint Secure Web Protection managed service
Sprint announced the availability of Sprint Secure Web Protection, managed service which will include both a network and premise-based solution for customers to choose from; …
TeamViewer Portable for secure remote access from public workstations
TeamViewer Portable is an USB option for professionals accessing confidential information from public computers. The product provides users with secure remote access to a …
Reconsidering physical key secrecy: teleduplication via optical decoding
Researchers from the University of San Diego (Benjamin Laxton, Kai Wang and Stefan Savage) developed Sneakey, a system that correctly decoded keys from an image that was taken …
Suite360 for automated security and compliance auditing
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Increase in spam productivity due to world financial crisis
The worldwide financial crisis sparked an increase in spam production following the initial mid-September collapse of Lehman Brothers Bank, Bank of America and AIG, according …
Anti-phishing best practices recommendations for domain registrars
The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), in consultation with the ICANN Registrar Constituency and several domain name registrars, has published a “best practices” …
List of Halloween themed malware
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New book: “Web Security Testing Cookbook”
Web Security Testing Cookbook is a hands-on, recipe-style reference for web software developers and testers. The recipes show how to check for the most common web security …
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