Mark Dalby

Fighting Ignorance since 1986 (It’s taking longer than I thought).

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XolidoSign is a free application to electronically sign and timestamp any kind of documents such as embedded PDF signature, images, etc. It supports external and embedded electronic signature, and also allows users to indicate, for the visible signature stamp on PDF, that only appears a background image, in case that was the preferred option.

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Acoording to a recent study conducted by Imperva amongst IT security professionals, organisations in the UK have not changed their attitudes to the threat of insider breaches despite the lessons of Wikileaks. In the survey 86% could not categorically state that they knew how many sensitive files their organisation had and only 41% had an idea where
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A new SunGard Availability Services research reveals that despite the cloud’s obvious benefits, CIOs’ top challenges remain unchanged, as an overwhelming proportion (86%) of CIOs believe the cloud has been over-hyped.

CIOs were asked about their biggest challenges throughout their technology careers and the challenges they face as they move to
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Boy-in-the-Browser (BITB) attacks are gaining force as they continue to evade traditional anti-malware software.

Tomer Bitton, from the Imperva Application Defense Center, explains, “Many are familiar with Man-in-the-Browser (MitB) attacks, but most are unaware of the lesser known Boy-in-the-Browser (BitB). Not as sophisticated as MitB, BitB mal
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Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. (AIB) is deploying Gemalto’s Ezio solution to provide additional security features to its online banking services. As part of the multi-year contract, Gemalto is delivering the complete Ezio solution including strong authentication software, Ezio Club EMV card readers as well as consulting services. The driver behind the
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The Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) has named Comodo CA Limited as an Approved PKI Provider for state and local government agencies, as well as institutions of higher education. By earning the PKI approval, Comodo can issue identity credentials to State of Texas agencies, institutions of higher education and other entities required
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With malware coding now being allied with spear phishing and other advanced credential-stealing attack vectors, there is a danger that the cream of the coding industry may be attracted by ‘job adverts’ offering big money.

A blog posting by renowned security researcher Brian Krebs – warning that the elite of the coding world are being lured by ca
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PCI DSS compliance requires significant time, resources and investment for companies who want and need to demonstrate that their call centers comply with these regulations. Novo Technologies and Veritape have announced a joint partnership that will allow Novo to include CallGuard™ in its NovoPCI™ solution portfolio. Built upon both companies’ reco
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Last year, Facebook introduced facial recognition technology to encourage users to tag each other in photographs, but the functionality was initially only available in North America and was disabled elsewhere. In the last few days, Facebook users around the world have reported that the option has been enabled without any notice by the website.

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Fake anti-virus attacks have become more sophisticated and professional in their appearance, convincing more innocent computer users into making bad decisions. The use of high quality graphics and professional interfaces means that there is a risk that more users are likely to fall for the scams.

The latest fake anti-virus attack, which tricks
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