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Cybercriminals trading in large volumes of Facebook accounts, say researchers
Cybercriminals trading in large volumes of Facebook accounts, say researchers
Cybercriminals are selling fake and stolen accounts on social networking site Facebook in bulk in the underground economy, according to security researchers.
May 5, 2010
More than two-thirds of IT security investment wasted, says Verizon Business
More than two-thirds of IT security investment wasted, says Verizon Business
Businesses are pumping information security investment into all the wrong areas, research has revealed.
May 5, 2010
Half of SMBs do not use social network filtering
Half of SMBs do not use social network filtering
Research just released claims to show that small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are saying one thing and doing another when it comes to taking action to protect against the social networking activities of their staff.
May 5, 2010
ISF expands membership opportunities
ISF expands membership opportunities
The ISF are this year focussing on expanding their membership to include government and SME membership.
May 5, 2010
Sophos to sell majority stake to Apax Partners
Sophos to sell majority stake to Apax Partners
UK IT security and data protection firm Sophos has agreed to sell a majority interest in the company to global private equity group Apax Partners.
May 4, 2010
Alleged Mariposa botnet conspirators seek employment with Panda Security
Alleged Mariposa botnet conspirators seek employment with Panda Security
In an ironic turn of events, Luis Corrons, technical director with Panda Security, has revealed that two of the three techies allegedly behind the Mariposa botnet have requested jobs with Panda Security.
May 4, 2010
Web hosting firm creates website alert service
Web hosting firm creates website alert service
In a bid to help prevent websites being hacked without the owner's knowledge, a Singapore-based hosting service provider has created a service which will alert site owners to any major activity on their sites/pages.
May 4, 2010
LoveBug – the worm that changed the IT security landscape – is ten years old today
LoveBug – the worm that changed the IT security landscape – is ten years old today
Today is the tenth anniversary of the LoveBug worm, which was arguably the first malware infection that used social engineering techniques to propagate itself.
May 4, 2010
Congressional Library won't store deleted Tweets
Congressional Library won't store deleted Tweets
The US government has released further information about its plans to store every Twitter post ever produced, for perpetuity, in the Library of Congress.
May 3, 2010
IBM HR shake-up could see 299 000 permanent staff jobs axed
IBM HR shake-up could see 299 000 permanent staff jobs axed
IBM is considering cutting three-quarters of its 399,000 permanent staff in the next seven years and re-hiring them for projects as part of an HR strategy due to end in 2017.
April 30, 2010
Green IT is more myth than reality says research
Green IT is more myth than reality says research
Research just released suggests that the public sector's move to green IT – which forms a central plank of many organisation's IT security strategies when moving to cloud computing – is more of a myth than reality.
April 29, 2010
Storm worm returns to internet
Storm worm returns to internet
Security researchers have identified a new version of the Storm worm that plagued the internet three years ago. The new version uses HTTP for command-and-control purposes instead of the original peer-to-peer approach, say reports.
April 28, 2010