Latest news
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Surge in Android adware
09.10.2012
Between the beginning of July and the end of September, FortiGuard Labs researchers reported a marked increase in Android adware, new evidence suggesting that Zitmo (Zeus-in-the-Mobile) mobile banking Trojan is evolving into a botnet and the detection of Romanian hackers performing large scale scanning for Web vulnerabilities.
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VirusTotal starts sandbox-testing, shares behavioral information
25.07.2012
Developer Emiliano Martinez has recently confirmed what many users of VirusTotal have already noticed: that the online file scanning service has added behavioral information in its reports.
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Major pitfalls involving vulnerability scanners
12.07.2012
While 92 percent of companies have a vulnerability management program in place, nearly half consider their networks to range from “somewhat” to “extremely” vulnerable to security threats, according to Skybox Security.
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RIPS: Free PHP security scanner
03.07.2012
RIPS finds vulnerabilities in PHP applications using static code analysis.
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Nmap 6 released
22.05.2012
Nmap is a free and open source utility for network exploration or security auditing.
Spotlight

The security of WordPress plugins
Posted on 18 June 2013. | Checkmarx’s research lab identified that more than 20% of the 50 most popular WordPress plugins are vulnerable to common Web attacks, such as SQL Injection.

Information security executives need to be strategic thinkers
Posted on 17 June 2013. | George Baker, the Director of Information Security at Exostar, talks about the challenges in working in a dynamic threat landscape, offers tips for aspiring infosec leaders, and more.

Large orgs in denial about own security breaches?
Posted on 14 June 2013. | Over two thirds (66%) of large organizations said they either had not experienced a security incident in the last 12-18 months or were unsure if they had.

Vulnerability scanning with PureCloud
Posted on 12 June 2013. | nCircle PureCloud is a cloud-based network security scanning product built upon the companies' vulnerability and risk management system IP360.

Reactions from the security community to the NSA spying scandal
Posted on 11 June 2013. | Read on for comments on this scandal that Help Net Security received from a variety of security professionals and analysts.
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