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DHS identifies key building blocks for more secure, resilient networks
DHS identifies key building blocks for more secure, resilient networks
Automation, interoperability, and authentication are the three security building blocks to create more secure and resilient networks, according to a recent Department of Homeland Security (DHS) white paper.
March 25, 2011
Have cybercriminals hacked Visa/Mastercard 3-D Secure?
Have cybercriminals hacked Visa/Mastercard 3-D Secure?
You're probably familiar with the 3-D Secure system of card security for online transactions - aka Verified by Visa (for Visa) and SecureCode (for MasterCard) - but now a security researcher is reporting that cybercriminals may have found a way around the online transaction security.
March 24, 2011
Scammers pounce on news of Dame Elizabeth Taylor's death
Scammers pounce on news of Dame Elizabeth Taylor's death
It appears that, within hours of the death of film star Dame Elizabeth Taylor being announced yesterday, cybercriminals were tapping in interest in her life - and death - by launching social engineering frauds on Twitter.
March 24, 2011
China's NetQin accused of installing mobile malware
China's NetQin accused of installing mobile malware
NetQin, a new Chinese mobile security firm, has been accused by several sources of installing viruses on users' mobiles when they execute the company's anti-malware software.
March 24, 2011
Stolen Apple MacBook Air traced after Twitter/Facebook detective work
Stolen Apple MacBook Air traced after Twitter/Facebook detective work
Technology is starting to beat the theft of computing devices. Earlier this week we reported on the successful retrieval of a stolen iPad by an Israeli owner using the MobileMe location service, and now a tech-savvy teenager in the US has traced his Apple laptop after the thief posted pictures and videos - taken by the laptop's camera - on the internet.
March 24, 2011
Hacker ‘Ghost Exodus’ sentenced to nine years in federal prison
Hacker ‘Ghost Exodus’ sentenced to nine years in federal prison
Jesse William McGraw, also known as ‘Ghost Exodus’, has been sentenced to 110 months in a federal lock-up this week after pleading guilty to hacking the computer system of a Dallas-area medical complex.
March 24, 2011
Play.com CEO responds to data breach coverage
Play.com CEO responds to data breach coverage
Play.com’s chief executive has responded to reports about customer data being compromised via a third-party email marketing service.
March 24, 2011
ISACA speaker warns over increasing personal email usage for work purposes
ISACA speaker warns over increasing personal email usage for work purposes
Peter Wood, a member of ISACA conference committee, has warned about the increasing use of personal email services for business purposes. The result of this type of usage, he says, is that it creates security issues such as a lack of data leak prevention (DLP) controls and resultant increased data leakage due to a lack of encryption at the endpoint.
March 23, 2011
Tenable intros real-time botnet scanning to its network security range
Tenable intros real-time botnet scanning to its network security range
Tenable has updated its network security offerings to include what it claims to be world's first real-time botnet scanning facility.
March 23, 2011
McAfee expands in database security market with Sentrigo buy
McAfee expands in database security market with Sentrigo buy
McAfee, which was itself recently acquired by Intel, has agreed to purchase Sentrigo, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based database security products firm, for an undisclosed consideration.
March 23, 2011
Schools learn hard lesson in information security protection
Schools learn hard lesson in information security protection
A full 63% of US schools have suffered at least two information security breaches in the last year, according to a survey by Panda Security.
March 23, 2011
iPad stolen and reclaimed in 90 minutes - and a 10 mile chase
iPad stolen and reclaimed in 90 minutes - and a 10 mile chase
An Israeli iPad user - working in concert with his wife and daughter back at home - has successfully retrieved his tablet computer after a 90 minute, 10 mile chase, attended by the police.
March 22, 2011