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Network Solutions reported today that a mass compromise of parked domains belonging to their customers affected significantly less domains than previously thought. Last week, researchers at Armorize Technologies discovered an infected widget that was serving malware to people who visited parked domains, which are domains that are registered but lack any owner-provided content. While Armorize […]

Adobe Systems announced that on Aug. 19 it will patch a flaw in Reader revealed at the Black Hat security conference in an emergency update. The update will cover critical bugs affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat, including one revealed by Charles Miller, principal security analyst with consulting firm Independent Security Evaluators, at the conference last […]

Hewlett-Packard has agreed to acquire Fortify Software to add another layer to its application security portfolio. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to HP, the acquisition of Fortify will allow HP to help organizations meet compliance regulations and bolster security by integrating security assurance into the development lifecycle. “Businesses operate in a […]

Security researchers are sending up a flare to warn Google Android users about a video game that can be used to track and monitor their movements. The application, known as Tap Snake, is a version of a 1970s video game called “Snake.” According to researchers at F-Secure, Tap Snake is a client for a commercial […]

After months of controversy, federal authorities said they do not plan to press charges against Pennsylvania school officials for allegedly spying on a student via Webcam. In a statement today, U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger said there was insufficient evidence of criminal intent to charge officials in the Lower Merion School District. The district has […]

A bug in the Firefox browser that can be used to bypass an alert for obfuscated URLs is unlikely to trick users, according to Mozilla. The flaw was uncovered by Armorize Technologies researcher Aditya K. Sood, who warned it could be used by purveyors of malware to increase the chance of leading users to malicious […]

Hello, all. It’s been a while, but the Security Watch blog is now back in action this week, and right on que reports of a new scam spreading virally on Facebook have surfaced. According to Sophos, the scam uses subject lines like this one: ‘I just got the Dislike button, so now I can dislike […]

Designing malware and exploits is only one end of the business for black hats. Getting that malicious content to users is another. A key way for attackers to do that is through search engine optimization (SEO), which boosts the search engine rankings of compromised or malicious Web pages. “Black hat SEO works by exploiting search […]

Researchers at Armorize Technologies reported that as many as 5 million parked domains belonging to customers of Network Solutions fell victim to an infected widget and were serving up a side order of malware. Armorize has notified Network Solutions, which told eWEEK it is investigating the situation and can’t confirm how many domains may have […]

LogLogic is updating its security information and event management platform to streamline the collection of IT data across its IT infrastructure. In LogLogic 5, the company has added what it dubbed the UCF (Universal Collection Framework) – a WAN-aware, store-and-forward, encrypted, compressed IT data transport designed to allow customers to collect data while increasing resilience […]

Gartner analysts are predicting the worldwide security software market will reach more than $16.5 billion in revenues in 2010. If true, the prediction will represent an 11.3 percent increase from the $14.8 billion in revenues the security industry saw in 2009, the firm said. It also represents a roughly 4 percent bump from the 7 […]

Microsoft has released a database migration tool with the aim of bringing MySQL users to SQL Server and SQL Azure. Microsoft added the new tool kit in a refresh of its existing SSMA (SQL Server Migration Assistant) family of products. In addition, the company added SSMA for Microsoft Access to provide direct migration from Access […]