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Egress partners with Infosec Technologies to combine expertise
Egress Software Technologies has announced a partnership with Infosec Technologies (IST).
Categories: Security
Facebook fixes bug that spammers could have used
Facebook fixed a privacy glitch on its website this week that could have been abused to obtain a user's full name and photo by entering an incorrect password, a researcher said on Wednesday.
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Apple updates iPhone, iPad for 'jailbreak' flaw
On Wednesday Apple issued updates for its iOS mobile operating system to fix a vulnerability being widely used to jailbreak the latest iPhone.
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First mobile Trojan that sends SMS messages to premium rate numbers detected
Warnings have been made of the first malicious program to be classified as a Trojan-SMS for smartphones.
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80 million websites could be compromised due to a flaw in Adobe ColdFusion
As many as 80 million websites could easily be compromised due to a flaw in Adobe's ColdFusion programming language.
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AEP Networks launches new version of monitoring and access software to incorporate greater scalability and quarantining
AEP Networks has launched the new version of a security system that controls who is able to access what data from what device.
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Microsoft classifies Win32k.sys vulnerability as a low grade threat and says there are no plans for an out-of-band patch
Microsoft has said that it is investigating a vulnerability in the Windows Kernel-mode drivers that affects all operating systems, but is not releasing a security advisory.
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IT administrators hit with 14 Microsoft updates on August Patch Tuesday
Microsoft delivered its heaviest Patch Tuesday in recent memory, as 14 bulletins were delivered to cover 34 vulnerabilities.
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Bank accounts raided over the summer to allow attackers to take almost £700,000
Around £700,000 has been stolen from UK banks over the course of a month during this summer.
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Vulnerabilities in the Palm Pre and Android smartphones detailed that can see credentials stolen and conversations intercepted
Major vulnerabilities in the Palm Pre and Android smartphones have been detected that could allow data to be stolen.
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New blades and infrastructure from Check Point
Check Point has announced the launch of a new software blade infrastructure to offer gigabit performance and multi-domain security management.
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BBC experiments with mobile spyware as it creates and tests a malicious application
The deliberate development of a malicious smartphone application by the BBC has demonstrated how easy it is to spy and steal from owners.
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New privileged access management suite introduced by e-DMZ Security
A total privileged access management suite has been introduced by e-DMZ Security.
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Claims that anti-virus detections are inadequate are dismissed by vendors
Even the most popular anti-virus signature-based solutions detect less than 19 per cent of malware threats.
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Remote wiping technology introduced for Toshiba products
Toshiba has announced the launch of its wipe technology for self-encrypting hard disk drives.
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Personal details of 139,000 investment advisers leaked by state of Massachusetts
The office of the secretary of state for Massachusetts has accidentally sent the details of 139,000 investment advisers to a magazine.
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Email archiving solution for enterprises introduced by Proofpoint
Proofpoint has launched an enterprise archive solution to help organisations reduce legal discovery risk and costs and provide a secure, searchable repository of all email messages.
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BBC has lost portable equipment worth almost £250,000 in two years
The BBC has confirmed that 146 laptops and 65 mobile phones have been lost by its staff over the last two years.
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Microsoft and Adobe ready patches for tomorrow, as administrators prepare for a busy day
Microsoft will release 14 bulletins to address 34 vulnerabilities on its monthly Patch Tuesday tomorrow.
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A more reasonable and policy-based approach to social networking will lead to reduced threats and problems
Recent reports claim that use of social networking sites should lead to companies taking a more reasonable approach through the use of better policies and control.
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