Posts Tagged ‘Security’
MobiCore security platform to support Samsung GALAXY S III
Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) announced that its MobiCore security platform will be integrated in Samsung GALAXY S III smartphones distributed in Europe. Thanks to MobiCore, the NFC-capable smartphone from Samsung will be the first mobile device to boast a protected area on its application processor in which security-sensitive applications can be securely run and downloaded [...]
Black Hat USA 2010 and Cloud Security Alliance Summit
WhiteHat Security announced today that Jeremiah Grossman, the Company’s founder and CTO, will lead a speaking session at Black Hat USA 2010 in Las Vegas. Grossman will present “Breaking Browsers: Hacking Auto-Complete” on July 29, 2010 in the Florentine Room.
Avast 5.0 – free internet security
ALWIL Software, makers of the worlds most popular free antivirus program with over 100 million users, has launched new versions of its popular free and premium software. The new 5.0 furthers the companys objective of offering full-fledged antivirus and anti-malware protection that is modern, sophisticated and free. Together with the free version, avast! is also [...]
Online backup systems rises two issues
You heard it daily: ”Free Backup Software to Secure Your System & Data with One Click Backup & Restore”. Right now it’s a new company, Easeus. But I have two issues with this kind of solutions. 1) How can I be 100% sure my data is private? Can’t find an answer to this. (Safe, secure and [...]
Panda Challenge: decipher the code and discover the password to win
Panda, a cloud security company, announced the global launch of the Panda Challenge, a competition offering participants a chance to decipher codes of three levels of increasing difficulty to discover a hidden password inside. The competition, originally launched in Spain, initially received more than 800 entrants, yet went unresolved because no one was able to [...]
Kaspersky: top security threats are not seen as dangerous
People tend to believe that you need to run an executable file to get infected, which is quite wrong, Kaspersky analysts say. Top security threats are browsing, vulnerabilities in software, targeted mails, social networking and there are many mobile threats coming. Damages done by cyber-criminals yearly bypassed 100 billion dollars, analyst say at the 10th [...]
Panda: Microsoft update fails to fix the glitch
PandaLabs, Panda Security’s malware analysis and detection laboratory, issued a warning to Microsoft users that one of the company’s latest security updates does not fix the vulnerability it was meant to patch. Update MS09-008, released yesterday by Microsoft, was designed to fix four vulnerabilities in Windows DNS server and WINS server. However, an unpatched flaw [...]
Freeraser Securely Deletes Files
Windows only: Freeraser takes a novel and portable approach to secure file deletion by placing a virtual bio-hazard barrel on your desktop. All files dropped in the barrel are sentenced to random, secure overwriting.
Accumulate: security for credit card transactions via the mobile
At the Mobile World Congress 2009, Accumulate will launch its new mobile technology platform – Mobile Everywhere (ME). The platform is based on patented technology that enables new and innovative payment and identification solutions on the mobile device. The first product to be released from the Accumulate ME-platform is Check ME, which extends security and [...]
McAfee: companies risk losing 1000 billion dollars
IT Security issues may cost companies up to 1000 billion dollars, because cybercrime is high and many businesses are still reluctant to invest in security, says McAfee Inc. Malware increased by 400 percent in 2008, company said. The survey of 800 companies in 8 countries showed that 80 percent of malware aimed to make a [...]
