Infamous Russian malware gang vanishes.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 387 days ago (http://www.news.com)
Category: security | Tags russia, business, network, malware, gang, Search All Tags
The Russian Business Network, a infamous hosting service for various illegal, generally malware related activities disappeared off the internet according to Trend Micro. It appears likely that it was read more »
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Intel invests $10 million in security company.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 387 days ago (http://www.webware.com)
Category: security | Tags intel, invest, security, company, iovations, Search All Tags
Intel has invested $10 million into security company Iovations reports Dawn Kawamoto over at WebWare. Additional details on Iovations and the deal can be found in this article. read more »
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OpenSocial Hacked Again - iLike Application.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 388 days ago (http://www.techcrunch.com)
Category: security | Tags opensocial, hacked, again, ilike, ning, Search All Tags
The OpenSocial platform from Google has once again had one of its applications hacked, this time iLike running on Ning. Arrington raises the concern that security is falling through the cracks by the read more »
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MySpace Page for Alicia Keys “Hacked”Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 388 days ago (http://www.techcrunch.com)
Category: security | Tags myspace, hack, alicia, keys, hacked, Search All Tags
The MySpace page of Alicia Keys was successfully hacked according to this article over at TechCrunch. Essentially, the hacker was able to make any link click a click to their site. read more »
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Secure enough? Re-assessment of the world's most-used hash functionOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 393 days ago (http://www.isgtw.org)
Category: security | Tags sha, sha-1, hash, function, security, Search All Tags
Florian Mendel, Christian Rechberger, and Vincent Rijmen report over at The International Science Grid This Week (iSGTW) that they have discovered a way to find collisions in the SHA-1 hash function read more »
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McAfee to acquire ScanAlert.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 393 days ago (http://www.webware.com)
Category: security | Tags mcafee, scanalert, hackersafe, security, Search All Tags,
McAfee is acquiring ScanAlert, a company that provides security scanning services for websites and offers a seal of safety to successful applicants. McAfee is expected to integrate ScanAlert into the read more »
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Cisco Acquires Securent for $100 Million.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 393 days ago (http://www.byteandswitch.com)
Category: security | Tags cisco, securrent, database, security, Search All Tags,
Cisco has acquired Securent, a database security company, for $100 million. Securent started in 2005 and Cisco hopes to utilize their technology to offer security for a number of products. read more »
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Microsoft 'Oxygen' Security-Management Platform in Development.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 394 days ago (http://blogs.zdnet.com)
Category: security | Tags microsoft, oxygen, security, management, Search All Tags,
Microsoft recently hired security expert Mark Cuphrey who will be helping develop a new security management platform for Microsoft. Mark Cuphrey was the founder of the Open Web Application Security P read more »
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