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HP Fortify Offers App Dev Security Threat Analysis Tool
Hewlett-Packard expanded its security solutions with a new real-time analysis tool based on the company’s Fortify acquisition. The new HP Fortify Real-Time Hybrid Analysis allows organizations to discover the root cause of software vulnerabilities by observing attacks in real time, HP said April 12. With real-time analysis, organizations can proactively reduce business risk and minimize…
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SafeNet Tries to Lure Away RSA SecureID Customers
SafeNet has unveiled migration bundles to provide organizations with a full-fledged authentication platform as an alternative to what they currently have deployed. SafeNet’s trusted authentication system is flexible enough to support enterprises regardless of whether they want to deploy hardware or software tokens, smart cards or even mobile devices, the company said April 13. SafeNet…
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Toshiba Announces Security Feature for Self-Encrypting Hard Drives
Electronics company Toshiba announced a family of self-encrypting hard disk drives (HDDs) engineered to automatically invalidate protected data when connected to an unknown host. The Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) models are designed to enable original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to configure different data invalidation options that align with various end-user scenarios. Designed to address the increasing need…
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Congress Wants More Information on Epsilon Data Breach
Each day, a new company is added to the list of clients affected by the massive data breach at email marketing provider Epsilon. Now, several U.S. senators and House representatives are demanding more details about the magnitude of the breach and how the email thefts are impacting consumers. U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut wrote…
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Banks Don’t Protect SMBs From Fraud: Report
Small and midsized businesses are more susceptible to online-banking fraud, compared with larger businesses and enterprises, according to a new security report from the Ponemon Institute. What’s worse is that many financial institutions are not doing enough to protect smaller businesses from cyber-crooks. Over half, or 56 percent, of the surveyed companies reported experiencing some…
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Russian Mob
Russian Mob The big bad wolves in the world of cybercrime, Russian mobsters control a huge hunk of the identity theft and fraud black market. Access to tokens that would get them more easily into banking and financial industry systems would further fuel their profitable enterprises. China When government types talk about cyberwarfare threats, the…
