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Gumblar site infections return, WordPress among affected

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:05:33 GMT

In the latest wave of Gumblar attacks, the backdoor script being used to infect sites has been causing some WordPress blogs and other PHP-based sites to crash, security researchers have warned.

Two data breach laws pass Senate Judiciary Committee

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:45:31 GMT

A full Senate vote is the next stop for two federal data-breach notification laws.

Microsoft to deliver six patches covering 15 flaws

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:48:24 GMT

November's security update from Microsoft comes with six patches for 15 vulnerabilities -- nearly 20 fewer than last month.

Serious vulnerability in SSL discovered

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:53:42 GMT

A newly discovered SSL flaw could allow an attacker to launch a man-in-the-middle attack and intercept an SSL-protected session, according to researchers.

House panel OKs law addressing cyberstandards

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:14:40 GMT

A draft bill approved Wednesday by a U.S. House subcommittee would require the National Institute of Standards and Technology to coordinate government in the development of cybersecurity standards, a move to make the creation process more streamlined.

FBI: Money mule scams top $100 million

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:01:52 GMT

The FBI is dealing with new cases every week of sophisticated banking trojans being installed on PCs to swindle companies out of large amounts of money, the agency said this week.

Browser cookie handling could widen web attack space

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:31:13 GMT

Contrary to conventional wisdom, due to the way browsers handle cookies, an attack on a company's subdomain can net an attacker free reign over the principal production domain.

Newly branded M86 buys Finjan for web gateway security

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:12:08 GMT

Trying to meet the demands of larger businesses in their fight against web threats, M86 on Tuesday acquired Finjan.

Spam volume reaches new all-time high at 92 percent

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:44:14 GMT

During the third quarter of the year, spam accounted for 92 percent of all email on average, which breaks the previous record-high volume set during the second quarter of 2009.

Hacker charged for marketing systems to steal bandwidth

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:18:30 GMT

A federal indictment was unsealed Monday in Boston charging a hacker with selling hardware and software designed to steal internet bandwidth.

Altor Networks Altor VF

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:00:00 GMT

There are several aspects of using Altor VF that are tailor-made for a virtualized environment.

Amenaza SecurITree

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:00:00 GMT

This is really an analysis tool in the sense that we use it to model the risks that could impact our network.

Axent NetRecon

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:00:00 GMT

NetRecon, developed by Axent Technologies, was the first really non-intrusive network vulnerability scanner.

Black Box Veri-NAC

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:00:00 GMT

This is a product that solves a very important problem – network access management – in an inexpensive and simple manner.

Core Impact

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:00:00 GMT

When it comes to pen testing, there is nothing that this tool either cannot or won’t soon do for you.