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Since February, the Vulnerability Lab has a new member. His name is Karim H.B. and he is the latest winner of the Morocco Cyber Security Challenge (MCSC), an event that’s meant not only to test the skills of information security enthusiasts, but also to educate businesses and engineers. We’ve asked Karim... |
21 May 2012
14:31 GMT |
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India is rushing to align itself with Western countries when it comes to cyber security and as a result, some of the country’s experts have already begun organizing events, not only to educate the public, but also because they want to show that they have what it takes. We wanted to find out more, so we intervi... |
13 May 2012
02:01 GMT |
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The hacker known as Freedom helped Apple address a couple of cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities that affected one of the company’s public-facing websites. This is another interview that’s meant to demonstrate that companies can work well with hackers when it comes to securing their systems again... |
11 May 2012
15:21 GMT |
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Rahul Tyagi, a respected ethical hacker from India, is about to release his latest work, a book called “Hacking Crux 2.” This is meant as a guide to anyone who wants to learn about hacking and defending themselves and others against cybercriminal plots.
Because the book looks very promising, we have dec... |
4 May 2012
12:41 GMT |
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The data breach that recently affected Global Payments caused a lot of concerns, especially after it came to light that around 1.5 million cardholders might have been impacted.
Since some voices claimed that an unprotected administrative account might have been the source of the incident, we decided to ask for an o... |
11 April 2012
13:51 GMT |
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Back in November 2011, we revealed the inauguration of PwnedList, a great service which allows users to check if their accounts have been stolen by cybercriminals.
Since then, some considerable improvements have been made to the site, including a daily monitoring service which warns individuals and companies in cas... |
26 March 2012
15:21 GMT |
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Last week Kaspersky experts came across a piece of malware that was signed with a stolen digital certificate in order to avoid detection. If the security experts concentrated on the malware itself, other companies such as Venafi, the inventor of enterprise key and certificate management (EKCM) solutions, focused th... |
25 March 2012
05:51 GMT |
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In the past months we’ve seen that financial malware evolved greatly, being permanently improved to ensure that its masters end up with tons of banking information swiped from unsuspecting Internet users. Most of the financial malware that lately dominated the threat landscape was covered in detail by Trusteer... |
23 March 2012
16:31 GMT |
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Distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks are a major concern these days for both companies and major websites, especially if they know they may be targeted by hacktivists. Security solutions provider Radware published a great report on the subject of DDOS attacks, busting some interesting myths and clarifying so... |
12 February 2012
05:21 GMT |
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The latest incidents surrounding the elections in Russia and the controversial company Carrier IQ have caused quite a stir in the media and that’s why I thought it would be a good idea to ask the opinions of some experts regarding these matters.
Since they covered most of these subjects, I decided to speak wit... |
23 December 2011
14:31 GMT |
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Since black hat hackers that consider themselves to be hacktivists have been in the attention of the media lately, breaching the infrastructures of governments and major companies to prove their point, I thought it would be a great opportunity to find out not only about their operations, but also about the life of su... |
17 December 2011
08:01 GMT |
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In a world where companies fight a permanent battle to keep their infrastructures safe against cyberattacks, enterprise security and cloud-based systems take the main stage. After yesterday we’ve heard from a real black hat hacker what needs to be done to properly protect a website, now we’ll learn th... |
10 December 2011
12:21 GMT |
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On November 10, the world found out that the FBI arrested six Estonians for allegedly running the largest, most sophisticated cybercriminal scheme the world has ever seen so far. After two years of intense investigations conducted by the FBI in collaboration with Trend Micro, the operation was shut down, but the da... |
2 December 2011
13:51 GMT |
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Bitdefender recently released a much-awaited free product that integrates all their award-winning technologies. Called Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition, it is available only in Romania for now, but it promises to offer users one of the best free products on the market.Alex Balan, Senior Product Manager at Bitdefen... |
23 November 2011
11:34 GMT |
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Since Android devices became more widely used by companies and individuals alike, we thought it would be a great opportunity to get the insight of an expert on the matter.
Tom Moss, one of the founders of 3LM, a security solutions provider that stands for the Three Laws of Mobility, was kind enough to share his th... |
5 November 2011
09:21 GMT |
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The Hack in the Box conference in Malaysia is over, but our interviews continue with the last of the speakers who was willing to share his professional insight on some of the issues that currently affect the security industry.Benjamin Kunz Mejri, the founder of the Vulnerability Laboratory was kind enough to answer s... |
19 October 2011
14:11 GMT |
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The Hack in the Box conference has started today in Malaysia and before the speakers take the floor we rushed to the opportunity to talk to another industry expert who will soon share his experience with the world. Jimmy Shah, a mobile security researcher at McAfee will speak at the conference about mobile malware, ... |
10 October 2011
10:36 GMT |
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The long-awaited Hack In The Box conference in Malaysia is fast approaching and because we are an official media partner of the event, we took the opportunity to talk to some of the speakers that will enlighten us with their knowledge during the event. The first on our list is KaiJern Lau, currently the Technical D... |
8 October 2011
08:31 GMT |
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We recently had the chance at the Hack in the Box 2011 security conference in Amsterdam to speak about PDF malware with security researcher Didier Stevens. But Mr. Steve Adegbite, a senior security strategist at Adobe Systems, was also on site to speak on a much awaited panel, so we took the opportunity to learn his ... |
3 June 2011
09:40 GMT |
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One of the primary attractions at the Hack in the Box 2011 Amsterdam security conference last week was Didier Stevens' two-hour lab session on malicious PDF analysis.The Belgian IT security consultant is seen as one of the industry's top PDF exploit experts and his analysis tools are used by resea... |
27 May 2011
10:07 GMT |
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Softpedia recently attended the Hack in the Box Amsterdam 2011 security conference where we caught up with Mr. Joe Sullivan, Facebook's chief security officer.Mr. Sullivan, who prior to taking up the CSO role, served as the company's associate general counsel, was at the conference to discuss Facebook'... |
24 May 2011
04:15 GMT |
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Microsoft is more open to open source than ever, and only plans to step up its efforts. This is the message I received from a recent conversation with Gianugo Rabellino, Sr. Director - Open Source Communities at Microsoft. I wrote an article about Rabellino joining Microsoft in January 2011, and I jumped at the chan... |
19 March 2011
07:43 GMT |
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Last week we had the chance to sit down in Prague with Mr. Ondřej Vlček, chief technology officer at AVAST Software, and ask him some questions about the company's new product line, avast! 6, as well as their plans for the future.Fortunately, Mr. Vlček was generous with his answers and revealed quite a few ... |
12 March 2011
06:52 GMT |
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During our visit at this year's Mobile World Congress, we've had the chance of getting a few moments out of the busy schedule of Mr. Michael Rayfield, the General Manager of NVIDIA's Tegra-oriented Mobile Business Unit.Since the interview was carried out just after the official unveiling of the Kal-El ... |
25 February 2011
10:19 GMT |
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When Apple launched its Mac App Store, everyone was curious to see how it would impact developers and Mac end users alike. Everyone except Freshcode, that is, the company behind Bodega. Bodega is actually the first, full-fledged Mac App Store, and it’s been around for over a year and a half now. Apple’s ... |
2 February 2011
12:31 GMT |
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To me, it’s hard to believe that this long after the release of Windows 7 there are customers shrugging off Windows Next. And it is almost inconceivable to have exponents of the “wait for SP1 before upgrading” crowd not interested in the least in the first upgrade for Windows 7.I had the chance to c... |
23 January 2011
11:23 GMT |
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For the past several years, security experts from Sophos have actively kept users informed about the latest malware threats and attacks on the Internet. However, consumers might not be familiar with the company's products, because the UK-based security vendor only caters to businesses and organizations.We recent... |
24 December 2010
12:01 GMT |
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The “Network Your Computers & Devices Step by Step” ebook is now available for purchase and download from O’Reilly’s website with pre-orders for the print version also live, and we have a little surprise for you. A discount code that will allow our readers to cut the retail price of the book ... |
16 December 2010
11:12 GMT |
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Kaspersky Lab is one of the anti-virus companies that helped pioneer many of the malware detection methods and protection technologies now used by the entire security industry. The vendor's security researchers are always on top of the latest threats, helping the company stay ahead of the game. So we saw fittin... |
11 December 2010
06:30 GMT |
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In the past months I’ve had my fair share of time chatting with members of the IE team, over the phone and face-to-face, but I wasn’t able to meet with John Hrvatin, Lead Program Manager on Windows Internet Explorer, as I needed to be in Berlin at TechEd Europe 2010 earlier this month. After all, there&r... |
19 November 2010
06:11 GMT |
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Crowdsourcing can easily break all of the limits associated with the traditional translation process, high costs, restricted resources, the inherent errors caused by the discrepancies between linguistic skills and domain knowledge. I had a chance to chat with Rob Vandenberg, President and CEO of Lingotek recently, a... |
30 October 2010
07:24 GMT |
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I always felt that a talented photographer tells an intricate and subtle story using nothing more than images.Collections of imagery are a puzzle put together from standalone snapshots, a complex artistic perspective sharing almost palpable experiences, capable of resonating with the viewer.You get to experience the... |
23 October 2010
06:54 GMT |
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Recently we had the opportunity to interview Ondrej Vlcek, the chief technology officer of AVAST Software, the company behind one of the most popular and feature-rich anti-malware products on the market – avast! Antivirus.To make for an easier reading we split the interview in two. We already published part one... |
24 August 2010
07:29 GMT |
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In our recent trip to Prague, the Czech Republic, we had the opportunity to visit the headquarters of AVAST Software, the company developing one of the most popular AV products on the market today - avast! Free Antivirus. While there, we also got to meet the AVAST management team and we jumped at the occasion to ask ... |
9 August 2010
02:12 GMT |
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Earlier today, we reported that Emsi Software had sealed the deal to take over renowned firewall solution Online Armor from Tall Emu. At that point in time, no details about the move were known, save what the company had made public through their newsletter service.We contacted Tall Emu CEO Mike Nash and Emsi Softwar... |
1 July 2010
10:55 GMT |
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There is no secret that Symantec is a leading company in what concerns antivirus sales and product reliability. The diversity of its products fit any user’s needs, from the newbie that needs an easy-to-handle dependable security solution to the expert users who require a wide spectrum of options and granular co... |
19 June 2010
08:33 GMT |
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BitDefender has been an important player on the antivirus market since its inception, in 2001 and has gained increasing popularity due to the high quality products delivered. The money makers of the company on the home use segment are BitDefender Antivirus, BitDefender Internet Security and the ultimate suite,BitDefe... |
5 June 2010
06:07 GMT |
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The Slovakia-based security vendor ESET is one of the fastest growing antivirus companies. Its NOD32 Antivirus program has seen a wide appreciation in Europe for a long time, but in recent years the company has gained significant traction in other markets around the globe as well.As we were curious about the company&... |
26 May 2010
16:51 GMT |
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When it came out last September, Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) was received with both enthusiasm and scepticism by the antivirus industry. Some traditional vendors dismissed the product as being inferior, while developers of freeware anti-malware solutions have generally welcomed Microsoft products amongst thei... |
22 May 2010
16:51 GMT |
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Antivirus companies have been shy too long a time with the release of free versions of their products. But, little by little, top dogs of the industry will wash off their resilience to this idea, especially when the market trend shows that freebie users have a pretty big influence on sales. The larger the user base, ... |
21 May 2010
16:31 GMT |
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Founded in 1991 as Grisoft, AVG Technologies is one of the European pioneers of the antivirus industry. Amongst other achievements, the Czech security vendor was one of the first antivirus companies to adopt the freeware business model as a method of promoting its commercial product line.In today's crowded antiv... |
11 May 2010
07:07 GMT |
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Ever since its inception years, avast! Antivirus has continually grown to its present reputation of reliable antivirus and, more importantly, one of the most complete free security pieces on the market. The differences between the freebie and the paid version of the product are few and, for some users, insignificant.... |
1 May 2010
00:28 GMT |
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Less than a month ago, Avira released to the market an updated line of security products. The free version is, naturally, the center piece of Avira’s protection fleet, and it is also the target of this exclusive interview with Helmut Büsker, Product Manager at Avira GmbH.The program introduces new features... |
14 April 2010
10:42 GMT |
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Microsoft Tag was introduced at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. One year later, coinciding with the first anniversary of Microsoft Tag, Softpedia is glad to offer you an insight into the future of mobile tagging. 1. Please tell us a bit about yourself and your role with Microsoft.My name is Aaron Get... |
9 January 2010
08:00 GMT |
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