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The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) has announced the launch of a new weapon to fight against industrial espionage. The project will help…

Lock Panel

A bastion host is a publicly accessible computer that has been hardened to protect the running services. A Linux-based bastion host is a good tool for allowing secure remote administration. The operating system is free and can be locked down …

Gummy Worms

The Internet Storm Center is reporting a 10-fold spike in RDP traffic. The increase in RDP scans is suspected to be caused by a new work called Morto. The worms spreads by simple port scanning and brute force …

Suspected Phishing Site

Your mailbox is over quota. At least, that is what the sender wants you to believe. The email typically contains a dire warning that your email will be cutoff unless you follow the link and re-verify your account.

Unfortunately, the …

WordPress Filler Panel

As WordPress grows in popularity, it becomes the target of hackers and spammers hoping to leverage the site for malicious purposes. We’ve compiled a short list ten popular plugins to help protect your valuable web real estate.

Internet Explorer Panel

A post on the Google security blog has stated that the MHTML vulnerability is being actively exploited. The MHTML protocol, which is unique to Internet Explorer, allow  the browser to download multiple files in a single MIME encapsulated file. …

Internet Explorer Panel

The release candidate for Internet Explorer 9 is out. Microsoft has stressed the new performance and security features of the redesigned browser.

The newly redesigned interface squeezes the top user interface into a single row including the URL field and …

ClamAV

The open-source ClamAV toolkit is officially moving into new territory- Windows. The new ClamAV 3.0 for Windows is now in open beta. ClamAV for Windows utilizes the cloud to aid with the propagation of new detection signatures. Evaluation downloads …