Information Protection and Security

The statistics from WhiteHat's report, released today, cover vulnerabilities found in custom Web applications on 1,364 different Web sites. That number is only a small fraction of the number of sites online, but it represents those companies that have contracted with WhiteHat for additional security scanning, and therefore likely care more about security flaws than the average Web site.

Live data gathered from real enterprise networks shows major presence of Twitter, Facebook, SharePoint raises security concerns.

Facebook on Thursday said it has disabled a group of rogue apps that were stealing Facebook user log-in credentials and spamming people.

A new PC, whether you know it or not, may well have freed you from many malicious programs that steal credit card numbers and other valuable information or otherwise obstruct your safe and private use of the Internet.