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The rise of the rogue AV testers
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New Apple Safari disables ancient, insecure Flash versions
Apple has released Safari 5.1.7. The new version automatically disables out-of-date versions of Adobe Flash Player. Unfortunately, a closer look shows that this really isn't that big of a deal.
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37 percent of users browsing the Web with insecure Java versions
Researchers from CSIS have monitored 50 different exploit kits, and found out that 31.3 % of users were infected with the virus/malware due to missing security updates.
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Apple vs. Microsoft: Two views on insecurity
Security analysts and Windows managers often point a finger at Apple's longstanding place at the top of Secunia's OS vendor vulnerabilities list. However, that chart may map only part of the...
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Facebook infested with new worm; More proof site is insecure?
Facebook is infested with a new worm, hijacking status updates and spreading like wildfire to other users. Another bit of evidence towards Facebook being insecure, and lax with user privacy and data?
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Shodan search exposes insecure SCADA systems
Hackers are using the Shodan computer search engine to find Internet-facing SCADA systems using potentially insecure mechanisms for authentication and authorization.
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Qualys does more than complain about insecure open source
Qualys is offering a free, open source tool, called Blind Elephant, that lets you see the depth of the open source versioning problem yourself.
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The rise of the rogue AV testers
Costin Raiu: Just as Rogue AV (scareware) products exploded, we are seeing the birth of rogue AV testers. Beware, they will provide a strong, negative value to the entire IT security industry.
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The Insecurity of Secure Clouds
In light of the recent Google hacking, businesses might reconsider their cloud-based strategies. Ostensibly cloud-based services can offer business a better security profile at a lower price point...
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At RSA 2010, the secure and the insecure (photos)
The cybersecurity conference in San Francisco brings together hackers and security professionals to decode the latest threats to the digital world.
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ICSA Labs: Security products often fail and are insecure
Almost 80 percent of security products fail when first tested and require two rounds of testing before being certified, according to a report from ICSA Labs.
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Researchers find insecure BIOS 'rootkit' pre-loaded in laptops
LAS VEGAS -- A popular laptop theft-recovery service that ships on notebooks made by HP, Dell, Lenovo, Toshiba, Gateway, Asus and Panasonic is actually a dangerous BIOS rootkit that can be...
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Adobe ships insecure version of Reader from official site
Following reports by users of Secunia's Personal Software Inspector on a potential false positive for an insecure version of Adobe Reader, the company has found that Adobe is surprisingly shipping...
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Secunia: Average insecure program per PC rate remains high
With the time frame for an exploit to become an inseparable part of a web malware exploitation kit shrinking, and with the average Internet user's over-confidence in an antivirus scanner's ability...
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Almost every Windows PC contains at least one insecure program
Sobering stats from Secunia. Out of a random sampling of 20,000 systems, a whopping 98.09% have one or more insecure program installed.
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Evilgrade: Exploit toolkit pwns insecure online updates
A security research outfit in Argentina has released a malcode distribution toolkit capable of launching man-in-the-middle attacks against popular products that use insecure update mechanisms....
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News to know: Linux; iPhone; Gmail; Insecure antivirus software; SAP
Notable headlines: Phil Wainewright: SaaS star leaves SAP for Salesforce.com Dennis Howlett: Ticking bombs in enterprise land Garett Rogers: Your Gmail is now a lot more secure Dancho...
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Study: 637 million Google users surfing with insecure browser
According to a new study from researchers at Google, IBM and ETH Zurich, there are about 637 million Google users surfing the Internet with a vulnerable Web browser. Using data from Google search...
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Windows (in)security and open source
But cops-and-robbers isn't a secret game, either online or in real life. Neighborhood watches, an alert citizenry, community interaction -- these are the best tools for cutting crime in the real...
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iPhone insecurity leaves sour taste for enterprise IT
Not being able to use Exchange on your iPhone is not what enterprise reluctance is all about. It's about security. All that jailbreaking, buffer overflows, hardware hacks, and revelations about...
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