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Many employees careless about sensitive data outside workplace
Many employees careless about sensitive data outside workplace
Two-thirds of employees expose sensitive data outside the workplace, according to a survey by People Security.
Dec. 6, 2010
India’s CBI hack shows cyberspace is now a battleground
India’s CBI hack shows cyberspace is now a battleground
A hacking attack on a key investigative agency of the Indian government shows that cyberspace is increasingly becoming a battleground, say security experts.
Dec. 6, 2010
Malware incidents drive up IT costs, survey finds
Malware incidents drive up IT costs, survey finds
The main driver of IT operating expenses is the increasing costs of malware incidents, according to a recent survey of IT personnel conducted by the Ponemon Institute.
Dec. 6, 2010
Visa taps cardholder's mobile location to tackle fraud
Visa taps cardholder's mobile location to tackle fraud
Visa Europe has announced plans to use the location of a cardholder's mobile phone to better detect fraud using its payment cards. The card company has reportedly contracted with ValidSoft, part of the ElephantTalk telecoms group, for the service.
Dec. 3, 2010
FBI identifies major Russian spam oligarch
FBI identifies major Russian spam oligarch
Reports are coming in that the FBI has identified a 23-year-old Russian as the lynchpin behind the infamous Mega-D botnet, which has been responsible for as much as a third of all spam generated around the world.
Dec. 3, 2010
AVG update crashes 64-bit Windows 7 systems
AVG update crashes 64-bit Windows 7 systems
The latest software update from security supplier AVG Technologies has caused problems with many users running Microsoft's 64-bit Windows 7 operating system.
Dec. 3, 2010
New website tackles challenges of intelligent whitelisting technology
New website tackles challenges of intelligent whitelisting technology
Lumension is sponsoring a new website to share insights into intelligent whitelisting technology to improve organizations’ information security.
Dec. 3, 2010
VMware provides minor security fixes for Fusion
VMware provides minor security fixes for Fusion
The Mac OS virtualization product has been updated by VMware to address three minor security vulnerabilities and a host of known bugs.
Dec. 3, 2010
Network access control still not taking off, says Forrester
Network access control still not taking off, says Forrester
Despite a lot of discussion in the media, it seems that only 10% of security organisations in Europe and North America are planning to implement network access control (NAC) technology in the next 12 months.
Dec. 2, 2010
Mass injection attack on WordPress blogs revealed
Mass injection attack on WordPress blogs revealed
An IT security researcher claims to have uncovered a sophisticated mass injection attack that uses a polymorphic obfuscation attack vector, and has been used to target WordPress blogs at a US-based hosting provider.
Dec. 2, 2010
Russia tops Kaspersky Labs’ list of global spammers
Russia tops Kaspersky Labs’ list of global spammers
Russia has finally buried the US…in spam. Russia topped the list of sources of global spam, with the US a distant 18th, according to Kaspersky Labs’ October spam report.
Dec. 2, 2010
Virtualization benefits also come with security risks
Virtualization benefits also come with security risks
With the growth in the popularity of virtualization comes attendant security risks, noted a recent white paper from the global IT association ISACA.
Dec. 2, 2010