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The patent gives Paramount Defenses the unique opportunity to help organizations worldwide assess and audit who has what effective access to which IT resources in their IT environments. NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Paramount Defenses Inc, an innovative, privately-held, U.S. cyber security software company today announced it has been granted a vital cyber security related patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO.) (Logo:...

New platform features advanced persistent security protection against the notoriously sneaky RMI attacks LONDON, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Persistent Threats, APTs, rank as IT security chiefs' biggest headache in 2013 and growing in APT execution popularity are reflective memory injection attacks(RMI). Lumension(®), a global leader in endpoint management and security, has announced it has improved its advanced persistent protection for enterprises with the release of...

DUBAI, UAE, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- IT SEC, The only dedicated cyber security training institute in the Middle East announced today their partnership with renowned IT security training organization Mile2(R). As a part of this collaboration, IT SEC will bring the latest courses and innovations in IT Security Training and Consultancy services to the UAE and other countries in the GCC. Amir A. Kolahzadeh, Managing Director at IT SEC expressed the need for more IT...

SecurityPlanet.com publicizes their picks of the best security system providers in the United States. SecurityPlanet.com goes into detail on what residents prefer when deciding on a home security monitoring company. Chattanooga, TN (PRWEB) April 23, 2013 SecurityPlanet.com is the trusted supplier of unbiased and impartial home security system reviews. Homeowners who are interested in a home security system can compare the features and services of the nation's top rated security system...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Verizon has just released their 2013 “Data Breach Investigations Report” analyzing where the largest threats originate and what cyber-thieves are after when they attack networks. According to the report, a large percentage of these attackers are simply looking for a way to turn a profit, using stolen information on their own or selling it to other parties. The majority of the attacks originating in the US are financially...

Nine-year Lancope veteran to lead solution architecture and implementation for Fortune 1000 companies ATLANTA, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Lancope, Inc., a leader in network visibility and security intelligence, has announced the appointment of Joe Buchanan as vice president of systems engineering. Buchanan joined Lancope in 2004, most recently serving as a director, and has over 14 years of technology industry experience with a focus on analyzing complex networks and designing an...

RICHMOND HILL, ON, April 23, 2013 /CNW/ - FlexITy Solutions Inc, a leading Unified Communications and Collaboration solutions provider, announced today that it has added Arbor Networks, a global provider of network security and management solutions for enterprise and service provider networks, to its select portfolio of technology partners. Founded in 2000, Arbor Networks has focused exclusively on researching, detecting and mitigating network-based threats. Arbor's customers...

Zero-days progress into attack kits before patches are available CUPERTINO, Calif., April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- According to Trend Micro's (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704) Q1 2013 Security Roundup Report, the company's researchers raised the alarm about zero-day vulnerabilities in addition to concerns about the recent concentrated attack in South Korea. Collectively, these events demonstrate that zero-day vulnerabilities remain a threat while attack innovations are growing in...

Corporate Networks with Mobile Workforce Experienced High Rates of Malware Threats, Hacked Passwords and SQL Injection Attacks BROOMFIELD, Colo., April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Results of new remote access security research show half of companies with a remote workforce had their websites compromised in 2012, over a third had passwords hacked, and twice as many companies with remote users were victims of SQL injection attacks. Conducted by Webroot, a leader in Internet security as a...

Report Offers New Insight Into Data Thieves and Their Motives; 'Understand Your Adversary' is Critical to Effective Defense and Response NEW YORK, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Verizon 2013 Data Breach Investigations Report" reveals that large-scale financial cybercrime and state-affiliated espionage dominated the security landscape in 2012. Taking the top spot for all breaches in the 2013 report is financially motived cybercrime (75 percent), with state-affiliated espionage...