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E-HACK is an Information Security Workshop, organized by infySEC. The workshop aims at creating awareness about INFORMATION SECURITY by showing in what all ways information or data can be stolen. Meddle in cyber-warfare, battle with our machine master mind who will throw challenges on web...

After Viber, Saudi Arabia threatens to block WhatsApp and Skype

Viber was blocked last week for non-compliance by The government of Saudi Arabia and Now they may move to block Skype and WhatsApp in the coming weeks, if the U.S. based messaging provider fails to comply with requirements set by the country's telecom regulator. CITC confirmed that they could tak...

After Viber, Saudi Arabia threatens to block WhatsApp and Skype

Viber was blocked last week for non-compliance by The government of Saudi Arabia and Now they may move to block Skype and WhatsApp in the coming weeks, if the U.S. based messaging provider fails to comply with requirements set by the country's telecom regulator. CITC confirmed that they could tak...

Microsoft Report Examines Socio-Economic Relationships to Malware Infections

Tired of all those malware and vulnerability reports that count how many of each have been reported to security companies? Well, Microsoft has taken a different tack in its latest Security Intelligence Report SIR by globally comparing regions’ relative security against socio-economic factors...

Cyberwar Name Game a Dangerous Play

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The term “cyberwar” is the “zero day” of security jargon; it’s getting so that every bug is a zero day and every attack is hash-tagged cyberwar. This serves only to distract smart people from making smart decisions. Too much brainpower and bandwidth is being wasted on...

ENISA Outlines Security Regulations for EU Smart Grid Expansion

The European Union has set a series of ambitious goals for itself: by 2020, the 27 member states expect to collectively use 20 percent renewable energy, reduce CO2 emissions by 20 percent, and increase energy efficiency by 20 percent. In order to accomplish these goals, Europe will need to perfor...

Report Details Coca-Cola Cyber Attack That Never was Disclosed

In an exclusive report, Bloomberg News outlines a month-long, systematic attack on Cola-Cola’s computer systems that may have influenced the failed $2.4 billion acquisition of a Chinese juice company. The FBI knew about it. Coca-Cola knew about it. But shareholders were kept in the dark. The Coke...

Termineter Security Framework for Smart Meters Released

It’s that most wonderful time of the year again: tool release season. With Black Hat, DEF CON and BSides Las Vegas all looming, researchers are beginning to publish the tools that they’ll be discussing during their talks at the various conferences next week. Among the more interesting releases so...

Coalfire Certificates: Proof of a Job Well Done

Most security professionals don't like to boast about their good work. They would rather stay behind the scenes to keep systems and data protected from harm. However, companies also need to let customers and business partners know that they have a security program and are compliant with applicabl...

Watchdog Says Government Failing To Enforce HIPAA Privacy Protections

The Government Accountability Office GAO is warning that the U.S. government hasn’t lived up to promises to protect the privacy of Medicare patients who use the federal government’s Prescription Drug Benefit and not following through on promises to audit organizations that store patient health...

The Pros and Cons of Letting the Kids Join Facebook

Following its $16 billion infusion from its recent IPO, the world’s largest social network is reportedly developing a technology that would allow children to access Facebook under parental supervision. A Facebook spokesperson neither confirmed nor denied that they are developing such technologies...

FISMA vs FedRAMP: Compliance requirement differences

Organizations that work with, or want to work with, government agencies must manage to government compliance regulations. Almost everyone is familiar with the FISMA compliance standards, but with the announcement of FedRAMP, which provides a structure to manage compliance requirements for "a clou...

Quest InTrust 10.4.x - Annotation Objects ActiveX Control AnnotateX.dll Uninitialized Pointer Remote Code Execution

Quest InTrust 10.4.x - Annotation Objects ActiveX Control AnnotateX.dll Uninitialized Pointer Remote Code Execution Quest InTrust 10.4.x Annotation Objects ActiveX Control AnnotateX.dll Uninitialized Pointer Remote Code Execution homepage: http://www.quest.com/intrust/ description: "InTrust...

Google Under Investigation By EU and US for Safari Privacy Bypass

Search Giant, Google, is catching heat from regulators in the United States and European Union for evading privacy controls in Apple’s Safari browser. The Wall Street Journal is reportingthat investigations span several state and federal agencies in the U.S. and Europe, where the effort is being...

Chaouki Bekrar: The Man Behind the Bugs

VANCOUVER–Say what you will about Chaouki Bekrar, but the man is nothing if not frank. Bekrar, who is the public face of the VUPEN team that has been toying with the Pwn2Own contest this week, has become a lightning rod in the debate over exploit sales, and from all outward appearances, he couldn...

Market Fail: Regulations May Be Only Hope For Securing Critical Infrastructure

Threatpost’s exclusive interview with Ralph Langner continues, as our conversation shifts from the legacy of the Stuxnet worm to larger issues facing the critical infrastructure sector including mounting attacks, tensions between vendors and security researchers over responsible disclosure, and...

EU to Propose New Data Breach, Privacy Regulations

The European Union EU is preparing to propose new rules that will require companies to disclose data breaches within 24 hours, according to reports. The new rules are aimed at protecting customers and reducing bureaucracy, EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding explained in a speech at a conferen...

FBI To Probe California University Hack That Changed Student's Grades

More than 60 current and former students at Santa Clara University had their academic records hacked into and grades changed – for the better, according to a letter posted to the school’s site on Monday by university president Michael Engh. The note claims that there was unauthorized access to th...

House GOP Task Force Favors Private Incentives, Fewer Regulations for Cybersecurity

A House GOP task force called on Congress this week to adopt voluntary incentives – rather than federal requirements – to get private companies to further develop their cyber security. The GOP proposes a combination of tax credits, grants, insurance and rules set by non-regulatory agencies as a w...

NeXpose 5.0 vulnerability management solution Released by Rapid7

NeXpose 5.0 vulnerability management solution Released by Rapid7 Nexpose proactively supports the entire vulnerability management lifecycle, including discovery, detection, verification, risk classification, impact analysis, reporting and mitigation. This gives organizations immediate insight int...