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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 232 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: trend sophos mcafee flunk vista sp antivirus tests comments Discuss  
That would be a FAIL, thenTop tier anti-virus vendors including McAfee, Trend Micro, and Sophos all failed to secure Windows Vista SP1 in recent independent tests.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 231 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: vista antimalware products fail virus tests comments Discuss  
It's fortunate that Vista-specific malware is still in its infancy because a new test of anti-malware products running on the platform has found that many don't work as well as they should. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 230 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: security vendors flunk vista sp detection tests comments Discuss  
Among the vendors failing to receive VB100 certification are McAfee, Trend Micro, Sophos, Webroot, Norman, BitDefender and PC Tools....Free Embedded Linux Webinars 5 free embedded Linux webinars from Timesys. Topics include Toolsets, Boot-Up, Filesystems & more. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 228 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: stay focussed fuzzy tests warn security experts comments Discuss  
Stop when you get that warm feelingThe idea of throwing random test data at a program to see if it cracks has been around in one form or another since the beginning of software development. A formalized approach called fuzzing, based on Professor Barton Miller's work at the University of Wisconsin in the late 1980s, is undergoing a revival as a means of testing the security of applications.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 225 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: ukbiz flunks app security tests comments Discuss  
Risky businessWeak encryption or cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities remain a big problem for UK firms. Tests on web application security by UK penetration testing firm NTA Monitor on its clients uncovered problems in three out of five cases.… read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 211 days ago
Via: http://blog.washingtonpost.com | Tags: hannafords breach tests limits security controls comments Discuss  
Supermarket chain Hannaford Bros. is spending millions of dollars to upgrade its security in a bid to close the holes that allowed thieves to steal up to 4.2 million credit and debit card numbers from store networks. The remarkable thing about this case is not that the company was hacked, despite being certified as compliant with the security rules laid out by the payment card industry, but that so few retailers and businesses who accept...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 38 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: top security suites fail exploit tests comments Discuss  
Security software suites don't protect users from real-world exploits, a bug tracking company charged today after launching 300 test attacks against a dozen programs, including popular software from McAfee , Symantec, and Trend Micro. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 37 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: security vendors foul exploit tests comments Discuss  
'Like testing ABS brakes by pushing a car over a cliff'Anti-malware vendors have launched a counter-attack on a study questioning the effectiveness of internet security suites, suggesting that the methodology in tests carried out by vulnerability notification firm Secunia was fundamentally flawed.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 16 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: porn breath tests pcs heralds stop scan comments Discuss  
Linux border patrolTechnology that claims to pick up traces of illicit images on PCs has attracted the interest of Australian cops. The software, developed in an Australian University, might eventually be used to screen PCs for pr0n during border inspections.… read more »
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