Facebook image theft prevention September 2009 Five tips for protecting your visual identity
Web 2.0 applications in general and social networking applications in particular are no longer just some friendly platforms for sharing news about the most ...
Banking scam exposes SMS danger September 2009 SMS one-time passwords are not secure. This has come to light following the arrest of two members of an SMS banking fraud syndicate – a Vodacom technician and his co-accused – who have been charged with ...
Reverse-engineering a cipher September 2009 The use of chip-based devices stretches across various domains including retail, banking, information-geochronology (IT) businesses and other corporate environments. The security in devices has traditionally ...
A 500-Gigabyte disc September 2009 GE’s micro-holographic discs will have 20 times the storage capacity of a standard Blu-ray disc and be read with systems similar to today’s Blu-ray and DVD players.
GE Global Research, the technology ...
Keyboard proximity reader September 2009 The USB keyboard wedge proximity reader connects to a PC/laptop via USB. It reads the code from an RFID transponder and outputs the code in the form of keystrokes, enabling the user to capture the transponder ...
More attachment trouble! September 2009 Here is another way that virus writers get people to open attachments!
Subject: "Coca Cola is proud to accounce our new Christmas Promotion."
Sender: "[email protected]"
Attachment: promotion.zip
Entices ...
Malware can make you US$10 800 per day August 2009 If you thought IT security was not worth the hassle, think again, if you are not too concerned about ethical business practices, there is good money in dispensing malware.
Finjan, a provider of secure ...
New social networking threats arrive August 2009 The arrival of what appears to be the first scareware distribution attack on the Twitter microblogging service at the end of May signals the fact that firms need to think very hard before allowing staff ...
Integrated protection for smartphones August 2009 Kaspersky Lab has released Kaspersky Mobile Security 8.0, designed to protect smartphones from all types of IT threats as well as confidential data leaks from lost or stolen devices.
SMS Find can locate ...
Wireless networks demand stringent security August 2009 The increase in mobile broadband services and the advent of new wireless technologies will increase the number of mobile workers who carry their business data on laptops and smart phones. They often connect ...
Michael Jacksons' unknown killer July 2009 A few new spam waves (four different strains) hit our inboxes since Michael Jacksons' death and guess who the main character was? Malware writers are fast at adapting news to spread their own evil creations ...
Trojans total half of BitDefender’s top 10 e-threats for June July 2009 Conficker’s domination is dwindling, while Trojan.Clicker.CM heads the pack by bypassing popup blockers.
BitDefender, an award-winning provider of innovative anti-malware security solutions, has released ...
NOD32 Antivirus 4 launched June 2009 ESET has announced version 4 of its anti-malware solutions ESET NOD32 Antivirus and ESET Smart Security, for consumers and businesses. The new versions build on ESET’s ThreatSense by adding over 20 new ...
Biodata offers Astaro Gateway Security firewall for free June 2009 Biodata, the only reseller of the Astaro security products in southern Africa, is offering resellers a never-to-be-repeated offer on the Astaro Security Gateway 120 appliance for small networks.
New ...
Cyberoam launches CR15i UTM appliance June 2009 Cyberoam has launched the CR15i, an all-inclusive security appliance that specifically caters to the business requirements of small offices. The vision behind this product was to achieve an easy-to-use, ...
Check Point's new software blade architecture June 2009 Check Point Software Technologies has announced its new Software Blade architecture that empowers businesses with the ability to select from a library of over 20 software blades the exact security protections ...
