Latest news
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Adults taking online password security risks
25.04.2013
UK adults are risking their online security by using identical or easy to remember passwords on the websites they visit, new Ofcom research reveals.
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Reddit was downed by record DDoS attack, motive is unknown
23.04.2013
In order to relieve the curiosity of the huge Reddit community, systems administrator Jason Harvey has shared some details about the DDoS attack that recently hit the popular social news site and caused it to go down for a period of 50 minutes.
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Twitter entreats users to use better passwords
20.02.2013
Twitter is urging users once again to improve their passwords - both on Twitter and on other online services.
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Virtual appliance fuels Bring Your Own Identity
19.02.2013
NetIQ announced SocialAccess, a virtual appliance that allows business and government entities to leverage social identity providers to share select identity information for authentication via OAuth and OpenID Connect.
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Facebook malware campaign targeting Bulgarian users
18.02.2013
"Being" on Facebook brings its own set of dangers, and among them is inadvertently downloading malware by clicking on links posted by your own "friends".
Spotlight

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.

To hack back or not to hack back?
Posted on 12 June 2013. | If you think of cyberspace as a new resource for you and your organization, it makes sense to protect your part of it as best you can. But is it a good idea?

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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