AVG launches new protection against identity theft. New AVG Identity Protection prevents identity theft and blocks unknown threats. Auckland, 3 March 2009 – AVG Technologies today has announced a new product, AVG Identity Protection (IDP); plus major upgrades to AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.5, AVG Internet Security 8.5, and the entire AVG product range for [...]
AVG launches new protection against identity theft
March 3rd, 2009 · Comments Off
Spam Spiked, then Slowed in February
March 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off
The start of February saw Internet spam levels rise to as high as 79.5 percent of all e-mail messages due to a spike in botnet activity and spammers leveraging the financial crisis and Valentine’s Day, according to MessageLabs.
Obama to spend on cybersecurity
March 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off
President Barack Obama is planning to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on improving cybersecurity in the United States. In an outline of the President’s planned 2010 budget, the White House outlined funding plans for the Department of Homeland Security which included US$355 million earmarked for securing the nation’s computer systems.
7 deadly sins of hardware security
March 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off
Endpoints have come a long way in the past few years. Not long ago, PCs made up the majority of the endpoints connecting into the business network . Fast-forward to today and the variety of endpoints is staggering – devices like smart phones, PDAs, and portable entertainment systems have become ubiquitous in many businesses.
How to Mitigate Insider Threat without Disrupting Business
February 12th, 2009 · Comments Off
Mitigating insider threat has emerged as one of the most serious IT security challenges. Many organizations still debate about how best to secure their IT infrastructure from the inside, and to address the problem without alienating employees and IT administrators.
Metasploit Hacking Tool To Add New Services-Based Features
February 12th, 2009 · Comments Off
The Metasploit hacking tool soon will come with services-based features aimed at offloading resource-intensive penetration testing tasks, as well as augmenting the popular open-source software. While this is not a pure software-as-a-services model, the new service-based features are a departure from Metasploit’s software-based approach.
Why You Should Apply This Week’s Microsoft Updates Immediately
February 12th, 2009 · Comments Off
The stars of yesterday’s security bulletins from Microsoft were a couple of flaws in Internet Explorer 7 (not earlier versions). These were rated critical so it’s obvious you have to take them seriously, but in fact it’s more serious than that.
Over 100 million credit / debit cards compromised
January 22nd, 2009 · Comments Off
A data breach at Heartland Payment Systems may be the largest on record. Heartland processes payments "for more than 250,000 business." The Washington Post has reported that over 100 million credit and debit cards may be involved in the breach.
Oracle mega-patch fixes 41 security vulnerabilities
January 22nd, 2009 · Comments Off
On January 13, Oracle released another quarterly Critical Patch Update (CPU). This huge update fixes more than 41 vulnerabilities found in many of Oracle’s products. The advisory doesn’t describe the flaws in technical detail, but it rates each flaw’s severity.
Couple of lower risk vulnerabilities plague Cisco IOS administrators
January 22nd, 2009 · Comments Off
Last year, Cisco announced plans to implement a twice yearly patch cycle that would fall on the fourth Wednesday of March and September. They seem to have broken that patch cycle today, releasing two new security advisories. One of the advisories affects many Cisco customers, but only poses a marginal security risk.