Microsoft releases nine comprehensive security bulletins

Microsoft releases nine comprehensive security bulletins


Microsoft releases nine comprehensive security bulletins

Posted: 14 Aug 2012 01:34 PM PDT

Microsoft released nine comprehensive security bulletins as part of its regular update cycle. At the top of the Microsoft list is another MSCOMCTL related bug. Last patched in April, the Windows C...

Website analyzes and rates convoluted Terms of Service

Posted: 14 Aug 2012 09:59 AM PDT

When signing up for an online service, users are required to read and agree to the presented Terms of Service (ToS). But these terms often go on and on, and are written in such a way as to be understa...

Who is using the commercial cyberespionage tool FinFisher?

Posted: 14 Aug 2012 08:26 AM PDT

Malware development has long stopped being the exclusive domain of individuals and groups looking for strictly fame or money. As years passed and everybody and everything went online, governments a...

BackTrack 5 R3 released

Posted: 14 Aug 2012 06:30 AM PDT

BackTrack is a Linux-based penetration testing arsenal that aids security professionals in the ability to perform assessments in a purely native environment dedicated to hacking. BackTrack 5 R3 f...

Raising user awareness about privacy issues

Posted: 14 Aug 2012 06:00 AM PDT

In this age of social networks, discovering personal information about users has become increasingly easy to do, and that information can be misused at a later date for stealing their identities or le...

Imation updates line of hardware encrypted USB hard drives

Posted: 14 Aug 2012 05:43 AM PDT

Imation announced the expansion of its secure USB hard drive line with capacities of up to 1 terabyte (TB), optional biometric fingerprint authentication, and a set of options for secure USB hard driv...

Facebook deceived developers and users with Verified Apps program

Posted: 14 Aug 2012 05:13 AM PDT

The privacy settlement that the US Federal Trade Commission and Facebook agreed on last November has been finalized on Friday and, unlike Google earlier that week, Facebook managed to avoid paying any...

BYOD reality: Missing mobile device usage policies

Posted: 14 Aug 2012 04:30 AM PDT

Gone are the days when employees only used a company-issued phone or laptop for work. Today, employees bring personal smartphones and tablets to the office and often have access to sensitive company i...

Citadel Trojan targets airport employees with VPN attack

Posted: 14 Aug 2012 02:52 AM PDT

Trusteer have recently discovered a sophisticated Man in the Browser (MitB) enterprise attack that targets VPN users at a major international airport hub. Using the Citadel Trojan, criminals are ...

Sophos helps businesses embrace BYOD

Posted: 14 Aug 2012 02:50 AM PDT

Sophos announced the latest version of its mobile device management (MDM) solution, Sophos Mobile Control 2.5. With an updated web-based administrative console and new feature set, it provides a simpl...

Tips for college students to deter identity theft

Posted: 14 Aug 2012 02:40 AM PDT

Research from Javelin Research & Strategy identifies 18-24 year olds as consumers who are most likely to engage in risky electronic behavior. From public Wi-Fi through smart phone usage, this group te...

Behavior-based fraud prevention for ACH transactions

Posted: 14 Aug 2012 02:38 AM PDT

Guardian Analytics announced FraudMAP ACH. Using the same behavior-based anomaly detection technology proven to prevent fraud at hundreds of banks and credit unions in the online and mobile banking ch...

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