Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Eruces Data Security has secured a patent for its three-step encryption and key management scheme, which is designed to lock down data through its lifecycle.
The security firm’s so-called Tricryption technology first encrypts the data itself with symmetric keys, and then encrypts the keys and stores them in a central key ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Over the weekend, a number of network administrators issued warnings over an order-of-magnitude increase in the number of attempts to guess the username and password of systems running secure shell (SSH), the encrypted access method that replaced the common telnet service. System administrators at universities and some companies have reported ...
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
ZoneAlarm ForceField provides a protective layer around your browser, shielding you from drive-by downloads, browser exploits, phishing attempts, spyware and keyloggers. So your passwords, your confidential information, and your financial data remain protected.
While traditional security, such as firewalls, antivirus, and security suites, protects your PC, ZoneAlarm ForceField protects your browser ...
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Sunday, May 4th, 2008
Ars Technica's original Wireless Security Blackpaper was first published back in 2002, and in the intervening years, it has been a great reference for getting the technical lowdown on different wireless security protocols. As a sequel to the original blackpaper, we wanted to do something a little more basic and ...
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
IronKey Inc., maker of the world's most secure flash drive, announced today availability of the
8GB-capacity of its IronKey secure USB devices. IronKey brings unprecedented mobile data convenience and security to individuals and organizations with its rugged, waterproof and tamper resistant USB drives that include always-on hardware encryption, strong authentication, portable ...
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Security's rising star, Webroot, plans to offer web and malware filtering as a service to SMBs, the first vendor of any size to offer such a capability in subscription form.
The software-as a service (SaaS) model, which extends the email filtering service already offered by the company, will appeal to smaller ...
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
I am pretty sure that there are a number of you out there reading this blog over a wireless network. Given that wireless is so widely distributed these days, its not uncommon that users are unaware of how insecure their wireless setup maybe.
Unfortunately one other reality is that a number ...
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Saturday, April 26th, 2008
It works seamlessly with any hardware and operating system combination supporting USB keyboards such as Windows, MacOS, Linux and others. The Key generates and sends unique time-variant authentication codes by emulating keystrokes through the standard keyboard interface. The computer to which the Key is attached receives this authentication code character ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
So, did you know that new Ubuntu, version 8.04 codename Hardy Heron, will be out in less than two days from now? They said that there are many new features and softwares in version 8.04, like…
New Core System Features:
GNOME 2.22
Linux kernel 2.6.24
PolicyKit
PulseAudio
Xorg 7.3
New Software Functions:
Firefox 3 Beta 5
Brasero
Transmission
World Clock Applet
Vinagre
Uncomplicated ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
You can use the EFSINFO tool to find all encrypted files on a volume. This tool is found in the Windows Server 2003 Support Tools on your product CD. To use this tool to find encrypted files, run the following from a command prompt:
efsinfo /s:c: | find ": Encrypted"
Why would ...
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