Mitigating zero-day threats

Zero-day exploits, which take advantage of a security vulnerability on the same day that the vulnerability becomes generally known, have long been a thorn in security practitioners’ sides. These attacks happen quickly, before the vendor or security community as a...

Is it time to dump passwords for good?

It’s conceivable that one day biometrics may replace passwords completely, across many different services says Martin Walshaw, senior engineer at F5 Networks. The more news that trickled in about last year’s Sony hack, the more depressing the situation appeared to...

Kaspersky wins PC Security Labs award

Kaspersky Internet Security for Android has received the Product of the Year award from the independent Chinese company PC Security Labs following the results it produced during a series of Android Malware Detection Tests. In 2014, PC Security Labs carried out three...

iEnter aids PCI-DSS compliance with XRay

Johannesburg-based technology service provider iEnter has developed and introduced a new solution which eases compliance with the PCI-DSS payments standard. The XRay solution combines all required hardware and software to scan databases rapidly for compliance data...

Check Point acquires Hyperwise

Check Point Software Technologies has announced the acquisition of Hyperwise. Hyperwise is a privately held, early-stage company that has developed a unique and cutting-edge CPU-level threat prevention engine that eliminates threats at the point of pre-infection. The...

No one is safe from cyber-attacks

With the growth in popularity of online banking services, the theft of banking information has become one of the most common types of criminal activity on the Internet. In addition to stealing access codes for personal bank accounts – and corporate bank accounts –...