http://www.net-security.org 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. en-us Copyright since 1998 by HNS staff Fri, 3 Jul 2009 19:30:01 -0400 HelpNetSecurityhttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/NlYy1t1PZ_0/article.php SpywareBlaster prevents the installation of ActiveX-based spyware, adware, dialers, browser hijackers, and other potentially unwanted programs. It can also block spyware/tracking cookies in IE, Mozill... Fri, 3 Jul 2009 08:15:18 -0400 http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=1264 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/nOODi6sMeWE/news.php Read this in depth overview of RFID technology and capabilities, major standards and ways to improve convenience, accuracy, safety and security. Fri, 3 Jul 2009 06:27:30 -0400 http://www.net-security.org/news.php?id=16492 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/9DWRJtRSmNc/virus_news.php BitDefender released the top ten e-threats for the month of June. Five of the ten worst e-threats are Trojans, making this the best represented e-threat category. In tenth position is a generic det... Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:00:58 -0400 http://www.net-security.org/virus_news.php?id=1073 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/e7ZxVYG5CAo/secworld.php European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) Quarterly Review is a publication that is distributed to stakeholders and other interested readers every three months. Vol. 5 - No. 2 ... Thu, 2 Jul 2009 12:12:47 -0400 http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=7724 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/JwIR9WMlO_c/conference.php ESORICS, the European Symposium On Research In Computer Security, is the leading research-oriented conference on the theory and practice of computer se- curity in Europe. The aim of ESORICS is to f... Thu, 2 Jul 2009 08:33:41 -0400 http://www.net-security.org/conference.php?id=330 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/i0MSgj81mlk/secworld.php Alex Biryukov and Dmitry Khovratovich from University of Luxembourg published a paper titled "Related-key Cryptanalysis of the Full AES-192 and AES-256".In this paper we present two related-key attac... Thu, 2 Jul 2009 07:59:34 -0400 http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=7723 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/UUqJ9NNG4fo/secworld.php Every time you use a regular search engine, your search data is recorded. Your search terms, the time of your visit, the links you choose, your IP address and your User ID cookies all get stored in a ... Thu, 2 Jul 2009 07:46:11 -0400 http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=7722 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/m_oZpMtFgww/secworld.php First report in the Month of Twitter Bugs focuses on multiple vulnerabilities in bit.ly URL shortening service. Discovered security issues include:Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in the “url” query pa... Thu, 2 Jul 2009 07:23:34 -0400 http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=7721 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/tnMUwA1fxig/virus_news.php Sophos discovered of a mass-mailing worm attack that is currently spreading via a malicious email campaign. The email, which has the subject line 'Remembering Michael Jackson' and claims to come from ... Wed, 1 Jul 2009 11:36:01 -0400 http://www.net-security.org/virus_news.php?id=1072 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/wABRnaDn3xE/secworld.php MultiFactor Corporation announced the release of SecureAuth 5.0.6. The new release of SecureAuth’s proven two-factor authentication solution for Cisco IPSec and SSL VPNs now incorporates a secure Sing... Wed, 1 Jul 2009 11:24:35 -0400 http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=7719 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/kqX8-LrBjDo/secworld.php Most organizations are receiving a poor return on their firewall investments, according to an IDC multimedia white paper sponsored by McAfee. The findings are outlined in a study titled “The State of ... Wed, 1 Jul 2009 11:08:42 -0400 http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=7718 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/t2OLM-becWI/secworld.php Webroot announced new releases of Webroot Web Security SaaS and Webroot Email Security SaaS with essential enhancements including web browsing quotas to enforce Internet use policies and a new Webroo... Wed, 1 Jul 2009 11:06:00 -0400 http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=7717 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/8ooOx2kO5ZE/secworld.php 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in Kaspersky Lab's favor in claims brought by Zango. In a precedent-setting case for the Internet security industry, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals r... Wed, 1 Jul 2009 10:58:06 -0400 http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=7716 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/8n85NXygBR4/article.php Little Snitch is a Mac tool that protects private data from undesirable transmission. It informs you whenever a program attempts to establish an outgoing Internet connection. You can then choose to al... Wed, 1 Jul 2009 08:21:27 -0400 http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=1263 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/QHkMOBc79og/news.php Increase uptime, improve security, and lower costs for Enterprise level companies. Wed, 1 Jul 2009 07:36:45 -0400 http://www.net-security.org/news.php?id=16491 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/pLt2KfY1US0/conference.php The main goal of this conference is to promote research on all aspects of network security, as well as to build a bridge between research on cryptography and on network security. We therefore welcome ... Wed, 1 Jul 2009 05:36:04 -0400 http://www.net-security.org/conference.php?id=329 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/aBoPNz2ddLw/virus_news.php According to the latest MessageLabs Intelligence Report, botnets are responsible for over 80% of all spam. Here's a snapshot of where the top 5 most notorious botnets currently stand: Cutwail Th... Wed, 1 Jul 2009 05:32:53 -0400 http://www.net-security.org/virus_news.php?id=1071 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/lIdPUTpFJFw/secworld.php Core Security Technologies released CORE IMPACT Pro v9, the latest installment of its flagship penetration testing software solution. The new version of CORE IMPACT Pro provides IT security managers w... Wed, 1 Jul 2009 05:06:15 -0400 http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=7715 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/NnJSAJoNG0A/secworld.php There is an email being spammed around purportedly from the Credit Union Australia informing people their Web Banker account contained a new message in the secure mailbox. E-mail sent around is sho... Wed, 1 Jul 2009 05:06:01 -0400 http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=7714 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/j6n4fW376BA/secworld.php Digi International introduced the Digi TransPort VC7400, an enterprise-class virtual private network (VPN) concentrator that provides easy, secure connectivity to large installations of remote cellula... Wed, 1 Jul 2009 05:05:46 -0400 http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=7713 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/ILPzVsHUZZs/secworld.php Mozilla just released a new version of their popular web browser Firefox. Besides the bug fixes and general improvements, Firefox 3.5 incorporates two new security and privacy features for end users. ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:19:48 -0400 http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=7712 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/6Jqo0gcPgE8/secworld.php Symantec announced the global results of its fifth annual IT Disaster Recovery survey, which demonstrates rising DR pressures on organizations caused by soaring downtime costs and more stringent IT se... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:53:26 -0400 http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=7711 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/0PYGPZ7jI0g/virus_news.php In its first Focus Report, Trend Micro examines the growth of data-stealing malware, its characteristics and its roots in the underground cyber crime economy. While the term "data-stealing malware"... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:52:49 -0400 http://www.net-security.org/virus_news.php?id=1070 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/Iu3TZhIkzjI/secworld.php Web security: Analysis of web security activity shows that 58.8 percent of all web-based malware intercepted was new in June. MessageLabs Intelligence also identified an average of 1,919 new websites ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:52:33 -0400 http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=7710 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/fz_6LYer3Us/secworld.php ContentWatch announced an updated version of ContentProtect Professional 3.0 (CP Pro). The latest version of the business-class software includes updates for SSL filtering, 64-bit application blocking... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:52:21 -0400 http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=7709 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/xOWf2QBKyCI/secworld.php OSSEC team is pleased to announce the general availability of OSSEC version 2.1. This new version is the first one with support for centralized configurations and realtime integrity monitoring on Linu... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:01:22 -0400 http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=7708 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/vuRGb19byvA/article.php Roger Sullivan serves as president of the Kantara Initiative Board of Trustees and president of the Liberty Alliance Management Board. He is vice president, Oracle Identity Management where most of hi... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:12:45 -0400 http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=1262 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/kYyiS3ntXpY/secworld.php CoSoSys releasedMy Endpoint Protector (MyEPP), the first Software-as-a-Service application to deliver Data Loss Prevention and device control “in the cloud”. MyEPP is designed to help companies mana... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:44:42 -0400 http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=7707 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/dIVwGv8uHT8/secworld.php Oracle today announced that Oracle Advanced Security, an option to Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition, transparently encrypts all application data stored in an Oracle Database tablespace. Customer... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:38:21 -0400 http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=7706 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/HK1YGNuYg18/secworld.php Zscaler announced Safe Search for Microsoft Corp.'s newly-released search engine Bing. Safe Search is an important feature for search engines on many counts. The Bing Smart Motion Preview was designe... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:34:31 -0400 http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=7705