IDG News Service-Security researcher Tavis Ormandy discovered critical vulnerabilities in the antivirus product developed by U.K.-based security firm Sophos and advised organizations to avoid using the product on critical systems unless the ...
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It's not exactly the type of advertisement most people would understand. For sale:"Our first 0day for Win8+IE10 with HiASLR/AntiROP/DEP&Prot Mode sandbox bypass(Flash not needed)."It's part of a recent message on Twitter from Vupen,a ...
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One-quarter of more than 400,000 Android apps examined in the Google Play store pose security risks to mobile-device users,according to new research. SECURITY:Android malware market exploding,says Trend Micro Security vendor Bit9 ...
Tags: Security Research, Android apps, mobile-device, Google Play
Oracle has launched a new Infrastructure-as-a-Service(IaaS)offering,a new private cloud product,an updated database and a new iteration of its Exadata server at Oracle World in San Francisco today. Further reading Case Study:Twitter's ...
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Unlicensed copies of popular software Keep up to date Patch applications with security updates Conficker still a threat Malicious key generation(keygen)software is one of the fastest-growing types of a malware,according to the latest ...
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Using non-secured public Wi-Fi hotspots can leave you vulnerable to identity theft,data theft,snooping,impersonation and malware infection.That's why so many people rely on public virtual private network services,but VPNs are no ...
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CSO-It was almost a year ago that a curious mathematician with no real Internet security training was able to walk through a gaping security hole left by Google--a weak email cryptographic key. But most security experts say that while the ...
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Microsoft's new operating system, Windows 8, has been welcomed by a security expert, who cites a raft of tweaks and new features as beneficial for the protection of computers running the software. The most significant change, according to ...
The Department of Health's plan for enabling the public to access their patient medical records online from 2015 needs to take into account the possibility of security being breached,and should include tough sanctions against those who fail ...
Almost half of small businesses in the UK will use IT to become more efficient,according to an Economist Intelligence Unit study. The global study,based on a survey of 1,072 small and medium-sized enterprises(SME)for SAP found that the ...
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Cross-site scripting(XSS)attacks remain the top threat to web applications,databases and websites,an analysis of 15 million cyber attacks in the third quarter of 2012 has revealed. Other top attack techniques are directory traversals,SQL ...
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Google's Android mobile operating system(OS)is under siege by attackers,with malware and information stealing adware targeting the platform up 483%in the last quarter. While Apple's relatively rigorous approach to vetting apps before ...
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IDG News Service-The famed iPhone hacker"Comex,"who engineered ways to hack Apple's mobile operating system,is no longer doing work for the company,according to Twitter postings. "So...no point in delaying.As of last week,after about a ...
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Organisations need to focus now on the changes they need to make to take advantage of the performance and operational improvements that the data centres of the future will offer. Speaking as part of a panel at IPEXPO this week, Anthony ...
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Looking to expand its market, leading outdoor apparel and footwear brand Woodland is all set to penetrate the adventure sportswear segment in a big way. Realizing growing interest of people in adventure sports, particularly in India's ...
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