• Name.com forces customers to reset passwords following security breach

  By Lucian Constantin | 09 May, 2013 11:55

  Domain registrar Name.com forced its customers to reset their account passwords on Wednesday following a security breach on the company's servers that might have resulted in customer information being compromised.

• Sophos fixes vulnerabilities in its Web security appliance

  By Lucian Constantin | 04 April, 2013 14:11

  Security vendor Sophos has released an update for the software used on its Web gateway security appliance in order to address three serious vulnerabilities in the product's Web-based user interface.

• Security appliances are riddled with serious vulnerabilities, researcher says

  By Lucian Constantin | 15 March, 2013 00:16

  The majority of email and Web gateways, firewalls, remote access servers, UTM (united threat management) systems and other security appliances have serious vulnerabilities, according to a security researcher who analyzed products from multiple vendors.

• Lack of HTTPS on iOS App Store left users open to attacks, researcher says

  By Lucian Constantin | 11 March, 2013 14:04

  Until late January, Apple's App Store servers did not encrypt all communications with iOS clients, which exposed users to several potential attacks, according to a Google security researcher.

• Mega: Bug bounty program resulted in seven vulnerabilities fixed so far

  By Lucian Constantin | 11 February, 2013 15:18

  One week after launching a security bug bounty program, the new file-storage and sharing service Mega claims to have fixed seven vulnerabilities, none of which met its highest severity classification.

• Email lessons from Gen. Petraeus' downfall

  By Sharon Gaudin | 15 November, 2012 11:13

  Email is at the center of the scandal that brought down CIA Director David Petraeus, one of the country's most decorated generals.

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