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The US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) is warning that many Wi-Fi routers utilizing a popular protocol have a major security flaw. The Wi-Fi Protected Set-up (WPS) protocol is designed to simplify the set-up process for home networks by allowing users to type in a shortened PIN instead of a longer password when adding a new device to a secure network. Security researcher Stefan Viehbock, who uncovered the issue and reported it to CERT, said he found the potential security flaw...

AlertPay, a Montreal-based online payment platform, takes the extra step to ensure safe holiday shopping for all members by using a dual transaction protection system to prevent online fraud or identity theft. The company also uses SSL encryption to protect sensitive financial data from being intercepted. Montreal, Quebec (PRWEB) December 19, 2011 As more shoppers choose to buy online for their holiday gifts, responsible payment processors must be extra vigilant to ensure the security of...

DALLAS, Dec. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Entrust, Inc. chief marketing officer David Rockvam is a featured guest at the 2011 CISO Summit in Scottsdale, Ariz., Dec. 6-7. Rockvam, who also serves as the general manager of Entrust Certificate Services, will address attendees during a CIO Thought-Leadership session at 9:45 a.m. MST Wednesday. Rockvam's presentation, "Leveraging Mobile Devices for Identity-Based Security," will explore the growing trend of employees using consumer...

Scientists and engineers have proven the worth of quantum cryptography in telecommunication networks by demonstrating its long-term effectiveness in a real-time network. Their international network, created in collaboration with ID Quantique and installed in the Geneva metropolitan area and crossing over to the site of CERN in France, ran for more than one-and-a-half years from the end of March 2009 to the beginning of January 2011. Published today, 2 December, in the Institute of...

CHATSWORTH, Calif., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Certs 4 Less is excited to announce Code Signing Certificates for individual software developers. It has been a long time in the making, but the day is finally here where an individual software developer can now qualify for a Thawte Code Signing Certificate. In the past, only businesses or organizations were eligible to purchase this highly respected Code Signing Certificate. Certs 4 Less is pleased to see this new...

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Pragma Systems, a leading provider of enterprise-class remote access and security software for servers and mobile devices, announced that its FortressSSH Server and TelnetServer products are now available as a monthly subscription cloud application with the Intel AppUp Small Business Service catalog. Partner resellers of the service can now rapidly deploy Pragma's FIPS and government-certified enterprise solutions in the Intel® Hybrid...

PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Digital Living Network Alliance® (DLNA®) today announced that Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Wi-Fi Direct has been incorporated into its Interoperability Guidelines. Wi-Fi Direct is a certification by the Wi-Fi Alliance® for products that are capable of device-to-device connections without the presence of a traditional home, office or hotspot network. Through incorporation into the DLNA Interoperability Guidelines, Wi-Fi Direct will expand on the...

The GSW SSH Server for Windows (SSHD Windows) now includes a Certificate to User Account Mapping tool for configuring Digital Certificate Authentication that brings PKI security to the users of data collection devices in manufacturing, warehousing, logistics and supply chain industries. ‘Many-to-one’ or ‘One-to-one’ certificate to user mapping is configured using a GUI with a wizard style that is reminiscent of Windows IIS certificate-to-user account mapping....

DALLAS, Oct. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Revere Security's Chief Cryptographer, Dr. Whitfield Diffie, speaks at the Smart Grid Security Summit West conference in San Diego on Tuesday, October 4, 2011. Dr. Diffie, a recent Smithsonian Hall of Fame inductee, is widely known as the co-inventor of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) as well as the Diffie-Hellmann key exchange protocol that has been adopted by the US Department of Defense, among many other organizations. With their inception in the...

FREMONT, Calif., Oct. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Exar Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR) announced today the addition of open source support for SSL and IPsec to their family of security processors and Express DX acceleration cards. This includes OpenSSL support for SSL and strongSwan and OpenSwan support for IPsec. The addition of these new protocols provides hardware-accelerated security solutions for Web, Cloud and Network applications. The cloud and the ever increasing number of web based...