Juniper Networks announced the availability of Junos DDoS Secure, a new offering designed to protect data centers against increasingly complex Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. Junos DDoS Secure provides protection against both high-volume and targeted application-level (low-and-slow) DDoS attacks by leveraging behavioral analytics and detailed network visibility to detect Continue Reading

Facebook rolled out a new security feature on Thursday that lets users locked out of their accounts recover their passwords with the help of trusted friends. The optional enhancement, dubbed “Trusted Contacts,” lets a Facebook user select up to five friends to receive security codes if the user cannot login Continue Reading

Highly popular enterprise email and workgroup solution IBM Notes/Domino has a huge security vulnerability that allows for installation of spyware on a client system by doing as little as opening an email. The culprit behind the vulnerability is Java again – automatic execution of JavaScript code to be more specific. Continue Reading

Experts from security firm Bkav have identified a vulnerability in Viber – the popular application that allows users to make calls, send text messages and photos for free. The security hole could be exploited to bypass the lock screen on Android smartphones and gain full access to the device. According Continue Reading

On April 16, Oracle has closed 128 security holes across its whole range of products. Two of the vulnerabilities addressed by these patches are rated with the highest severity and a score of 10 according to the CVSS2. These two vulnerabilities affect the Workload Manager in Oracle’s 11g Database Server Continue Reading