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Open source ThreadFix tool consolidates security bugs
Enterprise coders can now use an open source web application that lets them consolidate software vulnerability data from a range of scanning and test tools. With a centralised view and reporting and management tools, ThreadFix speeds the work needed to fix software bugs and vulnerabilities, including those in proliferating mobile apps.
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Avecto boosts admin management reporting engine
Windows admin rights management outfit Avecto has added a new reporting layer to its Privilege Guard software that can capture detailed data on how employees are interacting with applications.
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Joomla 2.5 has search and database reinforcements
Joomla 2.5, the latest edition of the open source content management system, now comes with a new search engine, and can use Microsoft SQL Server or PostgreSQL, in addition to MySQL.
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Barclays: 97 percent of data breaches still due to SQL injection
SQL injection attacks have been around for more than ten years, and security professionals are more than capable of protecting against them; yet 97 percent of data breaches worldwide are still due to an SQL injection somewhere along the line, according to Neira Jones, head of payment security for Barclaycard.
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RainStor announces Big Data Analytics on Hadoop software
RainStor has announced Big Data Analytics on Hadoop, which it describes as the industry's first enterprise-class database that runs natively on Hadoop.
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Government applications still riddled with serious security flaws
The US government sector is markedly worse than private industry at eliminating a range of common but serious flaws from software code, an analysis of real applications submitted for review to testing company Veracode has found.
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Cross-site scripting flaws pose a risk to web app data security, says Veracode
Cross-site scripting flaws are the most prevalent vulnerabilities found in Web applications, posing a risk to data and intellectual property, according to a study of thousands of applications by vendor Veracode.
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eBay simplifies data calls with new web query language
In the hopes of reducing the complexity of making data calls over the Web, eBay has launched a programming language, called ql.io, which bundles separate API requests into a single call.
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HTML5 to create new challenges for security pros in 2012: Sophos
The move to HTML5 will enable a whole host of new web applications, but could also create new challenges for enterprise security professionals, according to UK security firm Sophos.
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SAP's HANA dubbed 'the biggest thing since the PC'
IT consultancy Bluefin Solutions has claimed that SAP?s in-memory database, HANA, could cause the biggest paradigm shift since the introduction of IBM's original PC in the 1980s.
