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88% of businesses think they're safe from cyber attack
88% of businesses think they're safe from cyber attack
Overconfidence is apparently endemic when it comes to a sense of cybersecurity: a new study from Deloitte shows that 88% of companies surveyed don’t think they are vulnerable to an external cyber threat, and half don’t have a documented plan in place in the event of one.
Jan. 9, 2013
Virtustream teams up with Vormetric on cloud-based encryption
Virtustream teams up with Vormetric on cloud-based encryption
Cloud-based software firm Virtustream has partnered with enterprise encryption specialist Vormetric to add database encryption and key management to its xStream cloud solution for enterprise compliance requirements
Jan. 9, 2013
FBI warns of renewed fake American Airlines email attack
FBI warns of renewed fake American Airlines email attack
The FBI has warned that new malware is making the rounds, embedded within faux emails from American Airlines claiming to send order confirmations.
Jan. 9, 2013
Chinese national pleads guilty to role in $100 million software piracy scheme
Chinese national pleads guilty to role in $100 million software piracy scheme
Xiang Li yesterday pleaded guilty to two federal charges relating to the sale of ‘cracked’ sophisticated software sometimes at less than 1/1000th of its retail price. Sentencing is scheduled for May 3.
Jan. 8, 2013
Tyler – an overview, and interview with Anonymous
Tyler – an overview, and interview with Anonymous
Tyler is touted as ‘WikiLeaks on steroids.’ The current site (codenametyler.org) is unimpressive – so Infosecurity reached out to Anonymous for an update on its development.
Jan. 8, 2013
Poor programming, app design bolster data breaches
Poor programming, app design bolster data breaches
With data breaches on the rise and the costs stemming from them escalating exponentially, human error is often the culprit. But there’s a deeper issue: poor application design and faulty programming are all too common.
Jan. 8, 2013
Romanian hacker sentenced in multimillion-dollar Subway heist
Romanian hacker sentenced in multimillion-dollar Subway heist
Justice for the $5 Foot-Long continues: In the wake of a multimillion-dollar credit-card hacking effort that targeted Subway sandwich shops in the US, one of its central figures has been sentenced in New Hampshire.
Jan. 8, 2013
Cisco VoIP phones can be turned into "listening posts"
Cisco VoIP phones can be turned into "listening posts"
US security researchers have discovered vulnerabilities in Voice over IP (VoIP) phones from Cisco and other manufacturers that leave them wide-open to phone-tapping and remote listening – and have proposed a new defense, dubbed Software Symbiotes.
Jan. 8, 2013
The Journey You Need To Take To Deliver IT As A Service
The Journey You Need To Take To Deliver IT As A Service
Previously I talked about the growing demands and how the role of IT has to change from a cost center to a business strategic partner.  It’s important to
Jan. 8, 2013
What will Google do in 2013? Here is the complete list of upcoming Google products
What will Google do in 2013? Here is the complete list of upcoming Google products
2012 was another fine year for Google and the statistics prove this quite clearly. Google was probably one of the most benefited brands of 2012. So, before
Jan. 8, 2013
Julian Assange taken into custody hoax – just one of many
Julian Assange taken into custody hoax – just one of many
A report in IndyMedia UK on 4 January 2013 claimed that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange had been arrested by Scotland Yard officers while visiting a private medical clinic close to the Ecuadorian embassy. It was a hoax.
Jan. 7, 2013
TURKTRUST: No harm from fake digital certificates
TURKTRUST: No harm from fake digital certificates
In the wake of the revelation that browser vendors Microsoft, Google and Mozilla have blocked two faulty SSL certificates generated by Turkish Certificate Authority third-party TURKTRUST, the company has responded that there was no attack, fraud or other crime leading up to or arising from the mistake.
Jan. 7, 2013