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Microsoft Hits Citadel Hard

Late last week, Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit, working with the FBI and the U.S. courts, took a huge chunk out of the capabilities of the Citadel botnet. Citadel is a ZeuS variant that is responsible for infecting what is believed to be millions of computers across the globe in the hopes of stealing financial information through key logging and form grabbing and using that information to steal money from the bank accounts of infected victims.

New NSS Labs Report: IE’s Browser Security Bests Others

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 10 is the most secure web browser according to the results of a mid-May 2013 NSS Labs’ analysis. Apple Safari 5, Google Chrome 25/26, Internet Explorer 10, Mozilla Foxfire 19 and Opera 12 were all evaluated against malware downloads and socially engineered malware. Results show that Chrome’s malware download protection improved significantly, up to more than 83 percent from a 70 percent performance in NSS’ October 2012 analysis, Browser C…

The Honeywords Solution

It’s rare that a week goes by without headlines of data breaches or malware attacks – or the introduction of a solution to stop them in their tracks. The latter is increasingly important, thanks to a rash of exploits on LivingSocial, eHarmony, Sony and Evernote – all part of a long, growing list of high-profile targets. The latest, greatest remedy is what researchers at MIT and RSA have dubbed “honeywords” – a new way to deter hackers from leveraging data…

Tufin Talks ‘Magic’ in Network Security Abstraction

There’s no shortage of reports on the latest network security breaches. Each incident holds its own valuable security lesson but it’s beneficial to recognize the incremental successes paving the way to progress. That’s exactly what Reuven Harrison of Fortinet’s solution partner Tufin did in a blog published last week.