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Using Live Data In Development Is Risky
Written by Sjoeii   
Friday, 19 March 2010

Those charged with the care and feeding of database information stores, beware: A new statistic tucked into a comprehensive study of financial services firms' data protection policies shows that even at the most security-aware organizations, application developers still use live data in their development and test environments including many in financial firms.

 

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Last Updated ( Friday, 19 March 2010 )
 
Social Net Info Is a Data Mine for Criminals
Written by Sjoeii   
Friday, 19 March 2010

Computer scientists and policy experts say that such seemingly innocuous bits of self-revelation on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, etc. can increasingly be collected and reassembled by computers to help create a picture of a person's identity, sometimes down to the Social Security number.

 

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Last Updated ( Friday, 19 March 2010 )
 
Transcript: Charlie Miller on Mac OS X, Pwn2Own and Writing Exploits
Written by Sjoeii   
Friday, 19 March 2010
Threatpost editors Ryan Naraine and Dennis Fisher hosted a Live Chat with renowned Apple security expert Charlie Miller. If you were not able to join the chat, this is the full transcript from the discussion that took place yesterday. If you were able to join the chat, we hope you enjoyed it and learned a lot. Stay tuned for the next Threatpost Live Chat.

 

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Last Updated ( Friday, 19 March 2010 )
 
Facebook Warns of Profile Stalking Scam
Written by Sjoeii   
Friday, 19 March 2010

A bogus application that lures Facebook users by falsely offering to show who has been viewing their profile has been exposed as a scam. A researcher warns he has already identified 25 different copies of the same rogue app but using different monikers such as peeppeep-pro, profile-check-online and stalk-my-profile.

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Last Updated ( Friday, 19 March 2010 )
 
The Future of Botnets
Written by Sjoeii   
Friday, 19 March 2010

Dennis Fisher and Robert Hansen discuss the future of botnets in this article on Threatpost. Read on to see what real Black Hats are saying about the security of networks and how they are using botnets to steal information.

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Last Updated ( Friday, 19 March 2010 )
 
Kaspersky Lab Launches One-Click Password Manager
Written by Sjoeii   
Friday, 19 March 2010

Kaspersky Lab introduces a useful computer tool to help simplify user's online experience. The Kaspersky Password Manager helps to safeguard and automatically submit passwords that we use on Web sites every day. The product stores the passwords in an encrypted database and eliminates the need to remember multiple passwords. The product is available for a one-time purchase and you do not need any other existing Kaspersky products to buy Kaspersky Password Manager.

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Last Updated ( Friday, 19 March 2010 )
 
Kaspersky Lab announces Kaspersky PURE, the ultimate protection for your digital life
Written by Sjoeii   
Wednesday, 03 March 2010

Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management solutions, announces the launch of Kaspersky PURE, an integrated solution to protect home networks. The new product was unveiled at Europe's largest IT exhibition CeBIT 2010 and will be available in stores from 30 March, 2010.

Kaspersky Lab has applied an inspirational new approach to the product's development and marketing strategy. The name, Kaspersky PURE, was deliberately chosen to convey the concept of a solution that is genuine, clean and total. We believe that each and every user has the right to enjoy the myriad opportunities that modern-day computing and the Internet offers us, safe in the knowledge that they are properly protected.

With the launch of Kaspersky PURE, Kaspersky Lab has introduced a new class of products that provide a secure and productive digital environment, whatever you use your computer for. Kaspersky PURE combines complete protection against all types of web-borne threats with new, advanced features including extended parental control features, data backup and encryption tools, a password management program and the ability to manage your entire home network or fine tune the security settings of your web browser and operating system from any computer on the network.

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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 March 2010 )