Latest news
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Microsoft to pay up to 150k for vulnerabilities
19.06.2013
After years of saying that bug bounties are not the best way to go about getting crucial product vulnerability information in the long run, Microsoft has done an about-face and has announced three separate bug bounties.
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Microsoft releases Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit 4.0
18.06.2013
Microsoft has announced the release of version 4.0 of its popular Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET), a free utility that helps prevent memory corruption vulnerabilities in software from being successfully exploited for code execution.
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Vulnerability scanning with PureCloud
12.06.2013
nCircle PureCloud is a cloud-based network security scanning product built upon the companies' vulnerability and risk management system IP360.
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Microsoft patches IE, Office and Windows
11.06.2013
For Patch Tuesday this month, we are receiving critical updates from both Microsoft and Adobe.
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Secure Windows desktops by removing administrator privileges
07.06.2013
BeyondTrust released PowerBroker for Windows 6.0, an identity management solution that allows customers to take a system’s overall risk into context when deciding what level of privileges a user or system should be given.
Spotlight

The security of WordPress plugins
Posted on 18 June 2013. | Checkmarx’s research lab identified that more than 20% of the 50 most popular WordPress plugins are vulnerable to common Web attacks, such as SQL Injection.

Information security executives need to be strategic thinkers
Posted on 17 June 2013. | George Baker, the Director of Information Security at Exostar, talks about the challenges in working in a dynamic threat landscape, offers tips for aspiring infosec leaders, and more.

Large orgs in denial about own security breaches?
Posted on 14 June 2013. | Over two thirds (66%) of large organizations said they either had not experienced a security incident in the last 12-18 months or were unsure if they had.

Vulnerability scanning with PureCloud
Posted on 12 June 2013. | nCircle PureCloud is a cloud-based network security scanning product built upon the companies' vulnerability and risk management system IP360.

Reactions from the security community to the NSA spying scandal
Posted on 11 June 2013. | Read on for comments on this scandal that Help Net Security received from a variety of security professionals and analysts.
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