News

Nuclear regulator warns about cybersecurity lapses at California power plant
Nuclear regulator warns about cybersecurity lapses at California power plant
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is warning Southern California Edison that it might take enforcement action against the utility because of cybersecurity lapses found in a May security audit of its San Onofre nuclear power plant.
June 15, 2012
Enterprises should employ a “no jailbreak” policy on mobile devices, say analysts
Enterprises should employ a “no jailbreak” policy on mobile devices, say analysts
Gartner’s John Girard and Lawrence Pingree went in depth on mobile security risks at this week’s Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit outside Washington DC. The primary risk to data breaches, as they see it, are allowing jailbroken or rooted devices to access your enterprise environment.
June 14, 2012
Teen site Habbo Hotel suspends chat after pornographic content reports
Teen site Habbo Hotel suspends chat after pornographic content reports
Finnish online teen community Habbo Hotel has shut down its chat functions after reports of pornographic content, the site announced Wednesday.
June 14, 2012
ICO re-opens Google Street View probe in the UK
ICO re-opens Google Street View probe in the UK
The UK’s data protection watchdog, the Information Commissioners Office, has written to Google demanding further information about the collection of personal data via its Street View project.
June 13, 2012
SandForce SF-2000 SSD Processor’s AES-256 is broken
SandForce SF-2000 SSD Processor’s AES-256 is broken
SandForce, acquired by LSI earlier this year, produces flash storage and SSD processors. For more than a year it has been selling its SF-2000 SSD Processor product with AES 256 encryption – that doesn’t work.
June 12, 2012
‘Adding Game’ on Facebook spam alert
‘Adding Game’ on Facebook spam alert
Barracuda Labs has discovered a new Facebook spam methodology currently being seeded across the social network giant.
June 12, 2012
Security is a pillar of Dell's strategic vision
Security is a pillar of Dell's strategic vision
Michael Dell participated in one of the keynotes at this week’s Gartner Security and Risk Summit outside Washington DC, in what amounted to a fireside chat with Gartner analysts about Dell’s future in IT security.
June 12, 2012
US attorney general appoints prosecutors to probe Stuxnet leak
US attorney general appoints prosecutors to probe Stuxnet leak
Attorney General Eric Holder has appointed US attorneys to investigate the leak of information about the US government’s involvement in developing the Stuxnet worm, along with other recent national security breaches.
June 12, 2012
One-third of CEOs have never been briefed by CISO on security
One-third of CEOs have never been briefed by CISO on security
A disturbing 36% of chief executive officers (CEOs) have never received an information security report from their chief information security officer (CISO), a survey sponsored by CORE Security found.
June 12, 2012
Qualys Inc files for $100m IPO
Qualys Inc files for $100m IPO
On Friday 8 June, Redwood City-based Qualys Inc filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial public offering of shares of its common stock.
June 11, 2012
The Metropolitan Police Vs Confidential Access – six sentenced
The Metropolitan Police Vs Confidential Access – six sentenced
Six men associated with Confidential Access were given sentences at Southwark Crown Court on Friday (8 June), ranging from 6 years 9 months to 2 years suspended, for “a catalogue of fraud offences.”
June 11, 2012
SOCA announces jailing of two UK credit card crooks
SOCA announces jailing of two UK credit card crooks
Freshshop, the site set up and run by Jay Moore (aka t0pp8uzz) was a one-stop card fraud shop. Now Moore and his money-mule helper and co-conspirator Damian Horne (aka GM) have been jailed following an investigation by the UK Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA).
June 8, 2012