P2P file sharing 2008’s greatest identity theft threat?
According to the Identity Theft Assistance Center (ITAC), throughout 2008 “criminals will continue to exploit new technologies to commit identity theft.” At the …
Blood bank’s laptops with sensitive information reported stolen
Two laptop computers are missing from Lifeblood blood bank’s possession and presumed to be stolen. The dual-password protected laptops were used on mobile blood …
High performance SSH/SCP – HPN-SSH
SCP and the underlying SSH2 protocol implementation in OpenSSH is network performance limited by statically defined internal flow control buffers. These buffers often end up …
Video: Rogue antispyware applications
Guys from F-Secure show how to find rogue antispyware applications by using Google search.
Microsoft releases five critical security bulletins
Another Patch Tuesday and Microsoft comes out with a variety of patches, and this series is quite serious. Users are recommended to update as soon as possible. The critical …
Downloaders may piggyback on unsecured WLAN to flout new UK laws
Sophos is warning computer users of the importance of properly securing their Wi-Fi networks following reports that people who illegally download music and films may have …
Research shows that identity fraud is in decline
The 2008 Identity Fraud Survey Report – released by Javelin Strategy & Research – confirms that identity fraud is declining in most parts of the United …
Report: Web browsers under siege from organised crime
IBM today released the findings of the 2007 X-Force Security report, detailing a disturbing rise in the sophistication of attacks by criminals on Web browsers worldwide. …
Apple released security update 2008-001
The fresh security update addresses the following: Directory Services – A local user may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges. A stack buffer …
500 Gbps firewalling performance
Clavister AB, provider of IP-based security and UTM solutions, today declared a new world record in network security throughput. Tests show that the new Clavister technology …
Research reveals majority of consumers concerned over mobile safety
McAfee announced findings from new research that reveals that almost three out of four mobile consumers (72%) are concerned about the security of today’s and …
Local root exploit on openSUSE 10.2/10.3
Marcus Meissner from the SUSE security team sent the following to the opensuse-security-announce mailing list: As you are undoubtly aware a new local root exploit has been …