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WhiteHat Security, a Santa Clara, California based provider of Web site risk management solutions, today released its most recent Web site Security Statistics Report. According to the report, the average Web site fell into the "always" and "frequently" vulnerable categories and was exposed more than 270 days of the year.

Rapid7 today announced upgrades to its Metasploit Pro penetration testing solution. The latest version (v3.6) adds an enhanced command-line feature set and detailed PCI reports with pass/fail information to provide users with a comprehensive view of compliance posture with PCI regulations.

Data Security: The Currency of Business Success. Start Building its Reserves Now!

Statistics show Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT Holding as Number One Detection for FebruaryGFI Software has announced the top 10 most prevalent malware threats for the month of February 2011 as detected by scans performed by its anti-malware solution, VIPRE Antivirus, and its antispyware tool, CounterSpy.

Following the recent malware infection of over 50 apps from the Official Android Market last Tuesday, Google, after initially removing the apps in question rather quickly, had remained relatively quiet on the issue.

SaaS Providers -  A Roadmap of What NOT to do to Your Customers I’ve gone on and on about how cloud providers offer services as soon as said services are available. Security isn’t the priority. Feature set is driven by monetary momentum. Development dollars swirl around new features for new money. That’s just part of the joy of capitalism. Cloud providers, this one is for you. I present to you a list of “What Not to Do to Your Customers.”

Related Tech Track: Mitigation of Security Vulnerabilities on Android

Palo Alto Networks, the company best known as being an early innovator in next generation firewalls, today announced a series of product updates and services that clearly appear to be the most important since the company’s initial launch.

Implement Ironclad Cloud Security Today to Thwart Malware Attacks of the Future

Google has acquired Zynamics, a small company based in Germany that provides software analysis tools to help with malware analysis using reverse engineering. Though an official announcement has not been made, Google did acknowledge the acquisition. "We’re delighted to have the zynamics team aboard and hope their tools and skills in fighting malware will help us better protect Google’s users," a Google spokesperson told SecurityWeek this afternoon.

How has the economy impacted compliance and ethics in the last few years? And what’s in store for 2011? According to an annual survey conducted by the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) and the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA), despite the hurting economy, a greater number of compliance professionals report an increase in compliance staff and budgets along with greater of job security in 2010.

The Inner Workings of The Underground Cybercrime Marketplace

Guardian Analytics, a Los Altos, California based provider of fraud prevention solutions, today announced that it has raised $11 million in Series D funding. As part of the round, Split Rock Partners joins existing investors including Foundation Capital and Sutter Hill Ventures which made additional investments as part of the round.

Malware Family Integration Across Botnets at Higher-Than-Normal Volumes. Bredolab Botnet Still Alive

Zscaler today released a free Firefox plugin designed to help protect users from fake and compromised online storefronts. 

According to a report from VeriSign today, 2010 closed with a base of 205.3 million domain name registrations globally across all Top Level Domains (TLDs). Registrations for 2010 grew by 12.1 million, or 6.3 percent year over year. According to my math, that averages 33,150 new domain registrations per day.

The ambulance chasing lawyers of the business world didn't win. (I Never thought they would and the FTC approved the transaction back in December) Intel today announced that its $7.68 billion acquisition of McAfee is complete.

In 2010 the FINRA reported a significant increase in the number of cases despite a slight decrease in the total amount of fines, according to the FINRA Sanction Study, a recent report from legal and tax services firm Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP.

In today's complex environments that comprise on-premise and cloud systems, enterprises need the right security data at the right time to ensure that systems remain secure and within regulatory compliance.

Study Shows Those with Security Clearance Earned Less Than Previous Year, but Show Little Concern over Potential Job Loss