• Name.com forces customers to reset passwords following security breach

  Domain registrar Name.com forced its customers to reset their account passwords on Wednesday following a security breach on the company's servers that might have resulted in customer information being compromised.

• Sophos fixes vulnerabilities in its Web security appliance

  Security vendor Sophos has released an update for the software used on its Web gateway security appliance in order to address three serious vulnerabilities in the product's Web-based user interface.

• Security appliances are riddled with serious vulnerabilities, researcher says

  The majority of email and Web gateways, firewalls, remote access servers, UTM (united threat management) systems and other security appliances have serious vulnerabilities, according to a security researcher who analyzed products from multiple vendors.

• Lack of HTTPS on iOS App Store left users open to attacks, researcher says

  Until late January, Apple's App Store servers did not encrypt all communications with iOS clients, which exposed users to several potential attacks, according to a Google security researcher.

• Mega: Bug bounty program resulted in seven vulnerabilities fixed so far

  One week after launching a security bug bounty program, the new file-storage and sharing service Mega claims to have fixed seven vulnerabilities, none of which met its highest severity classification.

• Email lessons from Gen. Petraeus' downfall

  Email is at the center of the scandal that brought down CIA Director David Petraeus, one of the country's most decorated generals.

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