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Big Data Means Big Security Problems, Study Says

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 6:54pm
Large data stores often contain "toxic" data that is sensitive to business, Forrester report says
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INTERPOL Set To Open Global Cybercrime Center In 2014

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 3:01pm
Director of cybersecurity at INTERPOL working on secure online presence for police worldwide to work together on cybercrime cases
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Passive Network Fingerprinting; p0f Gets Fresh Rewrite

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 9:19am
Passive network analysis can reveal OS, service, and even vulnerabilities--just by sniffing the network.
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Can Glass Box Scanning Find Your Real Bugs?

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 6:00am
When it works, hybrid -- or "glass box" scanning -- combines dynamic, black-box analysis with static, white-box code analysis to find bugs and cut down on false positives.
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Slide Show: Technologies That Are Changing The Sports Security Game

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 4:21am
Digital technology is increasingly playing a major role in sports security operations
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Slide Show: Technologies That Are Changing The Sports Security Game

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 4:21am
Digital technology is increasingly playing a major role in sports security operations
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How To Spot A Fake Facebook Profile

Thu, 02/02/2012 - 3:00pm
Barracuda Networks gathers telltale characteristics of the phony Facebook "Friend"
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Adobe Calls For Defensive Approach In Security Research

Thu, 02/02/2012 - 12:29pm
Mitigation methods the emphasis at Adobe
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Poisoning The Data Well

Wed, 02/01/2012 - 5:18pm
A Q&A with Forrester's John Kindervag about how encryption makes data worthless to the criminals
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Poisoning The Data Well

Wed, 02/01/2012 - 5:18pm
A Q&A with Forrester's John Kindervag about how encryption makes data worthless to the criminals
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FDIC Warns Of 'High Risk' Payment Processors

Wed, 02/01/2012 - 3:21pm
Some third-party payment processing services may not be secure, commission says
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FDIC Warns Of 'High Risk' Payment Processors

Wed, 02/01/2012 - 3:21pm
Some third-party payment processing services may not be secure, commission says
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Attackers Divert Bank Phone Calls to Cover Tracks

Wed, 02/01/2012 - 1:08pm
Researchers at Trusteer uncover banking malware that steals telephone information to help attackers re-route calls from banks alerting customers to fraud.
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Attackers Divert Bank Phone Calls to Cover Tracks

Wed, 02/01/2012 - 1:08pm
Researchers at Trusteer uncover banking malware that steals telephone information to help attackers re-route calls from banks alerting customers to fraud.
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Where's My 'Minority Report' Dashboard?

Wed, 02/01/2012 - 10:43am
Why haven't user interfaces for security products taken advantage of human movement technologies?
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Where’s my “Minority Report” dashboard?

Wed, 02/01/2012 - 10:43am
Why haven't user interfaces for security products taken advantage of human movement technologies?
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Financial Services Industry Employs Microsoft SDL In New Secure Software Model

Wed, 02/01/2012 - 7:00am
Microsoft meanwhile releases new data showing major drop in bugs and exploitable vulnerabilities in its software over the past year and a half
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Jury Still Out On Mobile Adware

Tue, 01/31/2012 - 4:49pm
Malicious software or not? Defining the threat on mobile platforms becomes more difficult as some advertising software enters a gray area.
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Researchers Postpone Release Of Free Smart Meter Security Testing Tool

Tue, 01/31/2012 - 8:23am
Amid smart grid vendor's concerns about ShmooCon talk, public disclosure of research into smart meter infrared ports put on hold
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