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Help Net Security - News
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Help Net Security is a daily updated security related site. We offer information on the latest happenings in the InfoSec world, advisories, viruses, papers, and more. HNS also has a large download section of security tools for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Pocket PC.
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Trojan hijacks often-used DLL file for stealthier approach
A new dropper Trojan has been detected by BitDefender researchers, and this one utilizes an interesting technique in order to hide from antivirus software installed on the compromised computer.
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Indian govt to ask Yahoo, Google to route emails through servers in India
Web mail service providers such as Google, Yahoo, and others will be asked to route all emails accessed in India through servers located in the country - even if the mail accounts that receive and sen...
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New Zeus/SpyEye makes bots function as C&C servers
The latest build of the Zeus/SpyEye malware shows a change that could very well hamper the security researchers' ability to take down the botnets using it and to find out the criminals behind them.
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Users don't bother changing default passwords
Most people working with sensitive information want stricter security policies but rarely bother changing default, automatically generated and assigned passwords.
To collect the responses, ElcomS...
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ISO 27001 and BS 25999-2: Why is it better to implement them together?
Lots of companies implementing ISO 27001 struggle how to implement the requirements from Annex A.14 – Business continuity management. The problem is that ISO 27001 does require such a control, but it ...
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Security toolkit for online mobile applications
KOBIL Systems introduced mIDentity App Security Toolkit, which protects mobile users from security attacks.
KOBIL offers two reference implementations of this toolkit: mIDentity Trusted Web View, a...
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Akamai protects enterprises from DDoS and application security attacks
Akamai Technologies introduced Akamai Kona Site Defender, a service designed to protect the brand value of companies by shielding their web sites, applications and associated data in the face of attac...
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Novell integrates Mac device management
Novell announced the availability ZENworks 11 Support Pack 2 which includes integrated device management for Mac, and introduces a new product offering with ZENworks Full Disk Encryption (FDE) and two...
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Security platform uses virtual machine introspection
CounterTack announced three new solutions available on Event Horizon, a security platform utilizing virtual machine introspection (VMI), to help organizations identify, disrupt and respond to advanced...
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Self-selected PINs aren't that hard to guess
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...
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Fake RIAA copyright violation notification serves malware
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...
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Apache HTTP Server 2.4 released
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...
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Microsoft says Google also bypassed IE's privacy settings
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 ...
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yaSSL offers new open source security tools
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...
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Automated security analytics and protection
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...
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Webroot delivers endpoint protection
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...
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Malware surpassed 75 million samples in 2011
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...
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New solution and certification addresses the BYOD challenge
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...
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Mozilla asks CAs in its root program to revoke all MitM certificates
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...
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Multi-layered cloud security for banks
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...
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