Self-selected PINs aren't that hard to guess

Self-selected PINs aren't that hard to guess


Self-selected PINs aren't that hard to guess

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 10:53 AM PST

Four-digit banking PINs are usually randomly assigned by banks after the issuing of credit and debit cards, but there are still some out there that let its customers choose their own PINs so that they...

Fake RIAA copyright violation notification serves malware

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 08:53 AM PST

First spotted nearly a week ago, notifications of copyright violation supposedly sent by the Recording Industry Association of America are still hitting inboxes around the world. The sender's email...

Apache HTTP Server 2.4 released

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 08:37 AM PST

Celebrating its 17th anniversary with an all-time record of nearly 400 million Websites powered worldwide, the Apache Software Foundation announced version 2.4 of the Apache HTTP Server. Numerous...

Microsoft says Google also bypassed IE's privacy settings

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 08:04 AM PST

Following the discovery that Google and other online advertising companies are bypassing Safari's default "no tracking" settings with specific code inserted in their ads, Microsoft's IE team wondered ...

yaSSL offers new open source security tools

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 07:19 AM PST

yaSSL has made IT-level security tools available for the open source community, ensuring that mature, advanced security tools like Kerberos, wpa_supplicant, and OpenSSH are readily available for devic...

Automated security analytics and protection

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 07:02 AM PST

Network security teams face the task of protecting networks with disparate tools that are limited, slow and labor intensive. Multi-stage attacks executed by diligent cyber criminals have become the no...

Webroot delivers endpoint protection

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 06:53 AM PST

The security landscape has changed and traditional signature-based software can't keep up. A recent study of IT decision makers found an overwhelming 95 per cent experienced an endpoint-based attack l...

Malware surpassed 75 million samples in 2011

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 06:30 AM PST

McAfee released its latest threats report, revealing that malware surpassed the company's estimate of 75 million unique malware samples last year. Although the release of new malware slowed in Q4, mob...

New solution and certification addresses the BYOD challenge

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 06:18 AM PST

Aruba Networks introduced ClearPass, an access management system for the secure provisioning of mobile devices on any enterprise network. It's designed to enable IT organizations to both drive down mo...

Mozilla asks CAs in its root program to revoke all MitM certificates

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 04:13 AM PST

Following the big brouhaha raised by Trustwave's acknowledgement that it has revoked a "MitM" subordinate root certificate it issued to a business for its Data Loss Prevention system, Mozilla has sent...

Multi-layered cloud security for banks

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 04:08 AM PST

ActivIdentity announced integrated fraud detection service and authentication capabilities for its 4TRESS Authentication Appliance. The all-in-one platform and cloud-based service provide banking c...

"Ex-girlfriend sex video" Facebook scam

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 03:17 AM PST

Survey scammers love targeting Facebook users, because the social nature of the network makes sure that the scam will be propagated far and wide. The latest of these scams has been hitting the Wal...

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