6 Tips to Avoid Scammers on LinkedIn
LinkedIn announced in April that it had surpassed 300 million users. While LinkedIn has become a valuable networking tool and even somewhat of a useable social networking platform, especially its…
DetailsGameover Zeus and Cryptolocker Botnets Shut Down! But Wait, Are they Really?
The US department of Justice has announced with not just a touch of self congratulations that they have taken down the Gameover Zeus and Cryptolocker botnets. The Gameover Zeus malware…
DetailsTrueCrypt Dies, Not a Huge Issue for the Enterprise
The sudden and inexplicable demise of the popular TrueCrypt product is raising eyebrows this week. TrueCrypt was a free encryption product supported by anonymous developers. There was quite a bit…
DetailsThe Snowden Conversation We Are All Having in One Way or Another…
Edward Snowden did an important thing: He made an important conversation on security and ethics popular and international. On one hand, he told us something we always knew: Spies spy. That…
Details“TrueCrypt is not secure,” Official SourceForge Page Warns of Crypto Program
The widely used open-source TrueCrypt encryption program is “not secure” and should not be used, according to SourceForge, one of the official webpages for TrueCrypt. The announcement posted at truecrypt.sourceforge.net…
Details“I was Trained as a Spy,” Snowden Says
National Security Agency (NSA) leaker Edward Snowden called himself a patriot who simply was defending the constitution during an interview with NBC “Nightly News” broadcast on Wednesday. The former NSA…
DetailsF5 Networks Acquires Cloud DDoS Mitigation Provider Defense.Net
F5 Networks has acquired privately held cloud-based distributed denial of service (DDoS) mitigation provider Defense.Net for an undisclosed sum, according to a press release. F5 said it took the move to…
DetailsSecurity Industry Fights Surveillance State with Words
Cisco’s General Counsel Mark Chandler on May 13 reacted strongly to further news of NSA exploiting Cisco gear, sparked in part by the publication of Glenn Greenwald’s book on Snowden and…
DetailsNearly 150 Million eBay Users Told to Reset Password
Nearly 150 million eBay users need to reset their password after unknown attackers accessed a database containing customers’ personal information, the retail giant said on Wednesday. Attackers used “a small…
DetailsCisco Acquires ThreatGrid
Cisco announced this morning that they are adding ThreatGrid to their portfolio. ThreatGrid uses instrumented sandboxes to conduct its research of advanced malware. They address the issue created when advanced…
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