8 out of 10 applications fail to meet security standards

8 out of 10 applications fail to meet security standards


8 out of 10 applications fail to meet security standards

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 06:52 AM PST

Considered "low hanging fruit" because of their prevalence in software applications, XSS and SQL Injection are two of the most frequently exploited vulnerabilities, often providing a gateway to custom...

Zero-day Adobe Reader flaw exploited in ongoing attacks

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 06:19 AM PST

Adobe has issued a security advisory notifying users about a newly discovered and still unpatched vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat which has been spotted being used in "limited, targete...

Top 5 Android malware families

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 04:57 AM PST

On November 15, Gartner issued a report that cited Google's Android mobile operating system had reached a global 52.5% smart phone market share, while iOS trailed in third, behind Symbian, with an 18%...

Personal information of 3.5 million poker players leaked

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 04:29 AM PST

Personal data of some 3.5 million users of the Ultimate Bet poker website have been made available for download on an online forum for a short time. The data included the users' full names, screen ...

Fake Verizon notification carries malware

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 03:45 AM PST

A sneaky spam email campaign aiming to infect users with a banking Trojan is currently underway and is targeting mobile carrier customers, warns Microsoft. The email purports to be coming from Veri...

Patch management integration with Nessus

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 03:34 AM PST

Tenable Network Security announced that Nessus and SecurityCenter now integrate with top patch management solutions.: Red Hat Network Satellite Server, Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS),...

QualysGuard Web Application Scanning

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 03:23 AM PST

Yesterday, Qualys released version 2.1 of QualysGuard Web Application Scanning (WAS), that integrates with Selenium to help companies further automate scanning of web applications with complex authent...

Proactive detection of cyber security incidents

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 03:09 AM PST

ENISA today launched a report which identifies 16 shortcomings in detection of network security incidents. The report reveals that not all available tools are used widely enough by the "digital fir...

CloudVerse: Cloud management framework

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 03:01 AM PST

Cisco introduced CloudVerse, a framework that combines the foundational elements needed to enable organizations to build, manage and connect public, private and hybrid clouds. Today, most cloud tec...

AuthenTec acquires PeerSec Networks

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 02:51 AM PST

AuthenTec has acquired PeerSec Networks, a provider of networking security solutions. The PeerSec Networks team and complete product portfolio, which includes the Matrix family of device security solu...

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