Trend Micro ‘virtual shield’ protects against unpatched exploits

Trend Micro has broadened its cloud-based security infrastructure so that its products can receive actionable threat intelligence that lets the security software act like a “virtual shield” against many web-based threats. View full post on Techworld.com security For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net or http://AmIHackerProof.com View full…

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OPSWAT shows ‘virtual desktop’ security system

Security developer OPSWAT has announced the Secure Virtual Desktop (SVD), an unusual ‘desktop isolation’ system designed to lock down sensitive corporate applications using a mixture of browser virtualisation and proxying. The SVD launches as a parallel desktop on any PC from a small download, walling off all activity within the…

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Virtual Tombstone

The news that inspired this article are very sad. A friend of mine was hospitalized before Christmas and kept his friends on Facebook uptodate with posts and pictures about his whereabouts and what is happening to him in the hospital. He died last week but gave his Facebook account to…

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Virtual Spearfishing

What is spearfishing? ‘Spearfishing is an ancient method of fishing that has been used throughout the world for a long time. Early civilizations were familiar with the custom of spearing fish from rivers and streams using sharpened sticks’ (this citation has been powered by Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spearfishing). Actually, that does not…

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