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Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online The Australian news network is reporting today that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has twice now been hacked as a result of “highly sophisticated online raids.” The first of these attacks occurred in 2011 leading up to the G20 summit being held that year in Cannes, France. The RBA was then the victim of a targeted email attack in November of the same year. The RBA has released a statement confirming that they had been...

Art of Exploitation(TM) Bootcamp Edition 2.0 Now Meets Requirements as an Officially Endorsed Training Program for Certified Ethical Hacking Designation Listed on Department of Defense Directive 8570 Mandate ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ: TSYS), a world leader in highly reliable and secure mobile communication technology, today announced the EC-Council (International Council of E-Commerce Consultants), the world's largest...

BETHESDA, Md., March 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SANS today announced that its new cutting-edge Advanced Web App Pen Testing and Ethical Hacking course along with six other top-rated courses are coming to SANS Northern Virginia, April 8 - 13. Kevin Johnson, penetration testing expert and author of SEC642: Advanced Web App Pen Testing and Ethical Hacking, states "Today's threats are more targeted and more complex. This course provides a deep understanding of how the various...

Well-Known Application Vulnerabilities Persist; Mobile Devices Most Vulnerable to Attacks During Data Transfer and Storage CAMPBELL, Calif., March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cenzic Inc., the leading provider of application security intelligence to reduce security risks, today released the Cenzic Application Vulnerability Trends Report 2013. The report demonstrates that the overwhelming presence of web application vulnerabilities remains a constant problem, with an astounding 99...

Creative Development found in study carried out during March that 80% of all WordPress installations are not running the latest version. Vulnerabilities exist in old versions of the system, and this leaves businesses open to cyber attack. New South Wales (PRWEB) March 04, 2013 WordPress is the most popular Content Management System on the web. The most recent version of the software has been downloaded 12.5 million times. It is free for anyone to download and use, and is a versatile and...

USB sticks can be convenient and practical for many things, but they can also be a devastatingly effective way for attackers to bypass cyber security measures on segmented or non-Internet facing networks. Global Digital Forensics offers comprehensive cyber threat assessments and penetration testing with a strong focus on identifying cyber threat vectors like susceptibility to USB stick malware, cross-device delivery and social engineering vulnerabilities. New York, NY (PRWEB) March 04,...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Last month, American security firm Mandiant released a report which claimed China's military was behind more than 100 attacks against US companies spanning 6 years. China's Ministry of National Defense has now returned fire, saying that two-thirds of the attacks in their country have originated in the US. The Ministry of Defense (MOD) released a statement yesterday claiming that they have seen, on average, 144,000 attacks per...

Recent Cyber Espionage attacks and global menace of malware programs has created lot of problems for enterprise and SOHO users. There is a strong requirement to choose right security software to protect financial details, personal data and other sensitive information Dubai, UAE (PRWEB) February 28, 2013 Recently several cyber security companies issued a report and found several complicated espionage setups in various countries targeting European and American government, diplomatic...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online HP released its 2012 Cyber Security Risk Report this week during the RSA conference in San Francisco, warning that total security vulnerabilities are on the rise and becoming increasingly difficult to fight. The report is an annual collaboration among groups within HP’s Enterprise Security Products division, and gives businesses and other organizations a view into the threat landscape to help them determine how to best reduce...

Top Security Experts from Mandiant, Lockheed Martin, Delta Risk and More Join Forces to Raise Awareness of Cyber Threat Intelligence BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SANS Institute today announced it will host the industry's first cyber threat intelligence summit, March 22 in Washington, D.C. The What Works in Cyber Threat Intelligence Summit is a one-of-a-kind knowledge sharing event that brings together some of the industry's top security experts including...