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Prevx signs McAfee CTO as president – plans for tiny footprint cloud-based software
Prevx signs McAfee CTO as president – plans for tiny footprint cloud-based software
Up and coming IT security vendor Prevx has just signed Christopher Bolin, a former CTO with McAfee, as its new president, and Infosecurity caught up with him this week to discuss his gameplan.
Oct. 8, 2010
Adobe shares surge on reports of possible Microsoft takeover
Adobe shares surge on reports of possible Microsoft takeover
Adobe Systems shares surged 12% after the New York Times said Microsoft may work more closely with the company and possibly acquire it.
Oct. 8, 2010
FBI thwarts data breach at Akamai Technologies
FBI thwarts data breach at Akamai Technologies
A potential data breach at Akamai Technologies was foiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), prosecutors disclosed this week.
Oct. 8, 2010
Fannie Mae contractor faces jail term for planting malware
Fannie Mae contractor faces jail term for planting malware
A former Unix engineer faces 10 years in jail for planting a malicious script designed to destroy data at troubled mortgage giant, Fannie Mae.
Oct. 8, 2010
Global standard needed for credit card data encryption, PCI council says
Global standard needed for credit card data encryption, PCI council says
A global standard is needed for point-to-point encryption (P2PE) technology used to secure credit card transactions, according to Troy Leach, chief standards architect at the PCI Security Standards Council. Standards are needed to ensure consistency and enable verification of the technology’s performance, he said.
Oct. 7, 2010
Anonymous cyber-protest group stages DDOS attack on Spain's copyright society
Anonymous cyber-protest group stages DDOS attack on Spain's copyright society
An online activist group – apparently using the 4Chan web portal as its forum – started a major distributed denial of service attack (DDOS) at around midnight CET yesterday evening against the web portal of the Spanish copyright protection society, the SGAE.
Oct. 7, 2010
UFO hacker Gary McKinnon decision expected "in weeks rather than months"
UFO hacker Gary McKinnon decision expected "in weeks rather than months"
The fate of self-confessed 'UFO hacker' Gary McKinnon – who has been on the cusp of being extradited to the US to face charges in connection with unauthorized access to US military networks – will be decided within a matter of weeks, rather than months.
Oct. 6, 2010
IT security too important to leave just to techies
IT security too important to leave just to techies
Information security technologies have never been as important as they are now, says the German Informatics Society (GI).
Oct. 6, 2010
ISSE 2010: IT world needs independent security standards
ISSE 2010: IT world needs independent security standards
IT security standards are mainly set by dominant technology suppliers, rather than independent organizations, according to a German information security official.
Oct. 6, 2010
iPhone UDID raises data privacy issues
iPhone UDID raises data privacy issues
The unique device identifier (UDID) on an iPhone can be used in collecting data that poses privacy concerns, warns Bucknell professor Eric Smith.
Oct. 6, 2010
Shortage of C#, SQL and .Net skills as IT vacancies rise
Shortage of C#, SQL and .Net skills as IT vacancies rise
Demand for IT staff continues to rise, resulting in shortages in some software skills, according to the latest research.
Oct. 5, 2010
Third batch of arrests shows ZeuS code is more widespread than previously thought
Third batch of arrests shows ZeuS code is more widespread than previously thought
Hard on the heels of last week's UK and US arrests of cybercriminals using the ZeuS malware to siphon money from internet users' bank accounts, comes news that a third batch of hackers, this time in the Ukraine, have been arrested.
Oct. 5, 2010