Microsoft patches seven distinct vulnerabilities

Microsoft patches seven distinct vulnerabilities


Microsoft patches seven distinct vulnerabilities

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 11:27 AM PDT

We have a total of six bulletins from Microsoft this month, addressing seven distinct vulnerabilities. It's a pretty light month, but all of your focus should be on MS12-020, a critical vulnerabili...

Apple fixes 83 vulnerabilities in Safari

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 08:24 AM PDT

Apple issued a patch for Safari, fixing 83 vulnerabilities, 72 of which were rated critical. Since Safari and Chrome both use WebKit, the open-source browser engine, it allows Apple to reap the b...

19-year-old wins UK Cyber Security Challenge

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 08:14 AM PDT

Computer sciences student Jonathan Millican from North Yorkshire is the winner of the latest edition of the UK Cyber Security Challenge, having successfully passed a number of tests during the last si...

Data protection risks on mobile devices

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 07:43 AM PDT

An increasing number of professionals (80 percent) work remotely and rely on personal devices such as smartphones (63 percent), iPads (30 percent) and laptops (80 percent) to access company data, acco...

Dell to acquire SonicWALL

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 07:34 AM PDT

Dell has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SonicWALL, a provider in advanced network security and data protection. SonicWALL expands Dell's growing security portfolio, which includes Dell ...

Eliminating the need for multiple passwords

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 07:31 AM PDT

OneID announced the developer release of its service that eliminates the need for multiple usernames and passwords. Using the OneID service, consumers can sign in to websites and pay online with a...

Big gaps in backup plans

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 07:26 AM PDT

Small businesses are using a variety of technologies to back up data including some antiquated methods that leave the backup process incomplete and susceptible to information loss, according to Carbon...

LogRhythm and Solera Networks announce a technology partnership

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 07:21 AM PDT

LogRhythm and Solera Networks announced a technology partnership to provide customers with network visibility, security and situational awareness by combining LogRhythm's SIEM 2.0 platform with Solera...

DARPA director leaves the agency for Google

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 06:09 AM PDT

Regina Dugan, the first female director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), has been offered and has accepted a "senior executive position" at Google. According to DARPA's spo...

New online banking fraud schemes target mobile users

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 04:30 AM PDT

Trusteer uncovered two online banking fraud schemes designed to defeat one time password (OTP) authorization systems used by many banks. Unlike a previous attack Trusteer discussed that involved chang...

iOS 5 Programming Cookbook

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 10:42 PM PDT

Now you can overcome the vexing, real-life issues you confront when creating apps for the iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. By making use of more than 100 new recipes in this updated cookbook, you'll ...

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