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Software vendors fail to stem tide of security flaws, report shows
Many of the software industry’s top vendors are still struggling to reduce the number of vulnerabilities across all classes of products, an analysis of 2011’s flaw figures by research company Secunia has revealed. Using its own database plus publically known Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs), Secunia’s Yearly Report 2011 found…
‘Malnets’ will become major online security issue in 2012: report
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ProtectMyID: Have you checked your credit report for fraudulent activity recently? Maybe you should.
ProtectMyID: Have you checked your credit report for fraudulent activity recently? Maybe you should. View full post on Twitter / ProtectMyID View full post on National Cyber Security
Radware Security Report Debunks Prevailing Myths About Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks
MAHWAH, New Jersey, February 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Contrary to conventional thinking that large bandwidth cyber attacks wreak the most damage on enterprises, security experts at Radware (NASDAQ: RDWR – News) a leading provider of application delivery and application security solutions for virtual and cloud data centers, instead found…
SSCC 82 – Sophos Security Threat Report, DMARC and mobile phone number leaks
This week, Paul Ducklin joins Chet to talk about the Sophos Security Threat Report 2012, the new anti-phishing proposal known as DMARC and mobile phone numbers being leaked through HTTP headers at O2. View full post on Naked Security – Sophos View full post on National Cyber Security
Report: Hacker who attacked NASA, Pentagon falls
Police in Romania have arrested a hacker suspected of breaking into the servers of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Pentagon, a computer security firm reported Wednesday (Manila time). View full post on federal hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
LOWER MAKEFIELD POLICE REPORT: Police respond to in-progress auto theft and claims of credit card fraud
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Cybersecurity Report Stresses Need for Cooperation
A lack of honest information-sharing between public and private sectors and among nations hampers cyber defenses, warns a new report by McAfee and the Brussels-based Security and Defense Agenda. View full post on cyber wars – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Sgt.: Cop waited to report use of force
By Karl Fischer Contra Costa Times MARTINEZ, Calif. — A Richmond police sergeant testified Wednesday that officer Dedrick Riley failed to immediately report hitting a handcuffed prisoner in March 2009, an allegation that resulted in felony charges against the officer. Sgt. Mitch Peixoto told the jury in Riley’s criminal trial…