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Georgia SoftWorks offers tips to understand the difference between GSW SSH Server for Windows True End to End Security Protocol versus Encryption. Dawsonville, GA (PRWEB) June 28, 2012 The Georgia SoftWorks SSH Server for Windows provides secure remote access to your Windows host including Secure Remote Logon, Secure Data Exchange and Secure Access to your application on an insecure network. Many times companies believe they have one level of security, but they really have something...

Closing the critical security gap in predictable communication of weak encryption keys, MerlinCryption’s enterprise solution utilizes variable key length and a random data generator technology, which requires no key communication. Austin, Texas (PRWEB) June 28, 2012 Closing the critical security gap in predictable communication of weak encryption keys, MerlinCryption’s enterprise solution utilizes variable key length and a random data generator technology, which requires no key...

CHICAGO, June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Keeper Security, Inc. launched its latest version of Keeper - the top grossing password and data vault app with over 6 million downloads worldwide. Keeper version 5.0 provides customers with seamless and secure syncing to Keeper's Cloud Security Vault. The Cloud Security Vault leverages Amazon's redundant and scalable infrastructure to provide customers with fast and reliable access to their critical information. Keeper 5.0 also transitions...

With cloud technologies and mobile technologies continuing to move forward faster than the protections for them, combating identity theft and fraud will continue to be challenging. To break this vicious cycle, businesses have to implement a multi-factor authentication and secure bring-your-own-device (BYOD) strategy which is well accepted among their employees and which lowers the total cost of ownership. Mobile-phone based authentication services provide a perfect solution. Tel Aviv,...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com Turns out you can’t have an immense security breach without some kind of consequences. When millions of LinkedIn passwords were leaked earlier this month, one question appeared as a common refrain all over the Internet: “How did this happen?” As the news unfolded, it was discovered that LinkedIn was using a less-than-secure method to encrypt their data, something called an unsalted SHA-1 format. Many experts have called this kind of encryption...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com The silence of online attacks has been broken, as hackers compromise data from League of Legends game players. Last year, it seemed as though hacktivist groups like Anonymous and LulzSec were running the media due to how many headlines online security breaches kept making. This year, those headlines have been slimmer than last, but over the week, online companies had to change their "this many days without an accident" number back to zero. Riot Games...

Focuses on the 5 layers of security to keep your content secure in the cloud. (PRWEB) June 08, 2012 DLI.tools Inc, a leader in Enterprise Content Management Technology, and Prominic.NET, a leader in Enterprise Managed Hosting, have announced the release of their second (2nd) free, co-published whitepaper “More than a Unique Password: The 5 layers of security to keep your content secure in the cloud”. The whitepaper is the second in a series of free educational whitepapers developed...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com If you haven’t changed your passwords yet, the time to do so is now, especially if you use the same password on multiple sites. Joining LinkedIn and eHarmony’s password breach today is music-minded social site Last.fm. The site was quick to acknowledge the possible password breach today, posting a blog on their site to say they were investigating the leak of some passwords. “We will never email you a direct link to update your settings or ask for...

EIN News Offers Continuous LinkedIn, eHarmony News Coverage WASHINGTON, June 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- LinkedIn director Vincente Silveira has confirmed that some of the enterprise social network's passwords have been "compromised" when a user in a Russian forum uploaded over six million hashed LinkedIn passwords. The online dating site eHarmony has confirmed that passwords for some of its accounts have also been breached. In addition, many LinkedIn users have been...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com The online community was reminded yesterday of the importance of securing their passwords as Russian hackers began sharing data packets containing some 6.5 million LinkedIn passwords. Now, things are getting a little more personal as stories are beginning to surface about a similar password leak for online dating service eHarmony. Both eHarmony and LinkedIn have confirmed these breaches of their users’ passwords. Some reports are claiming the same...