McAfee acquires Solidcore Systems
McAfee announced a definitive agreement to acquire privately owned Solidcore Systems for approximately $33 million in cash up front and with an earn-out of up to an additional …
Strong webmail with a twist
StrongWebmail is the first email account to confirm a user’s identity using something they know (their password) and something they have (their telephone). When a person …
Cybercriminals imitating social networks to spread malware
The results of new research conducted by Websense Security Labs reveal a growing domain-name cloning trend among cybercriminals seeking to take advantage of the huge number of …
What keeps network administrators up at night
According to findings from the sixth annual “What Keeps Network Administrators Up At Night” security survey commissioned by VanDyke Software and executed by …
Telephone authentication key to increasing online consumer confidence
Telephone authentication can play a key role in increasing online transactions, boosting consumer confidence when shopping over the Internet by helping to eliminate any risk …
Websites infested with major new malware attack
Sophos has revealed that a new web-based attack, JSRedir-R, has blown all previous web-based malware out of the water, and is currently being found six times more often than …
Online credit card security lapse may be due to poor software code auditing
Fortify says an incident in which an Atlanta-based firm reportedly allowed an Aspire Visa card user online access to around 120 other card holder statements, was almost …
Virtual Branch Network solution for remote workers
Aruba Networks announced its new Virtual Branch Network (VBN) solution. The VBN transparently and securely connects remote users with enterprise applications and resources, …
Unlimited online backup from F-Secure
As more and more of our lives are in digital format, the danger of losing valuable, sometimes irreplaceable files is a major emotional and practical concern. Everyone knows …
New book: “Cloud Application Architectures”
The cloud is not simply the latest fashionable term for the Internet. Author George Reese explains: “Though the Internet is a necessary foundation for the cloud, the …
New variant of Sinowal rootkit
Kaspersky Lab has implemented detection and treatment for a new variant of a unique MBR rootkit, Sinowal. The new variant of Sinowal, a malicious program that is capable of …
Nmap 4.85BETA9 released
Nmap (“Network Mapper”) is a free and open source utility for network exploration or security auditing. Nmap 4.85BETA9 brings a lot of great stuff and this …
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