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Infosecurity Europe: Business social networkers can “learn a lot from kids”
Infosecurity Europe: Business social networkers can “learn a lot from kids”
Chris Boyd, director of malware research at FaceTime Security Labs, warned against the dangers of social networking at the talk ‘Social networking pirates: Batten down the hatches, Cap’n Jack is coming’ at Infosecurity Europe.
April 29, 2009
Infosecurity Europe show opens with security cafes and expert forums
Infosecurity Europe show opens with security cafes and expert forums
The Infosecurity Europe show opens for a three-day run in London today, with two features that are new for 2009 - security cafes and expert forums.
April 28, 2009
Infosecurity Europe: Lord Erroll calls for greater punishment for cybercrime
Infosecurity Europe: Lord Erroll calls for greater punishment for cybercrime
Lord Erroll stole the limelight, and the audience’s attention on the ‘Who got caught out the last 12 months’ keynote panel at the Infosecurity Europe show in London, 28 April 2009, by calling for greater penalties and repercussions for cybercrime.
April 28, 2009
Infosecurity Weekly Brief - April 27
Infosecurity Weekly Brief - April 27
Last week, Infosecurity Magazine was at the RSA show in San Francisco. A variety of vendors launched new products.
April 27, 2009
A new generation security architecture revealed
A new generation security architecture revealed
Join Infosecurity magazine and Check Point software technologies in a webinar discussing `software blades,' a new architecture that allows companies to select from a library of over 20 software-driven systems to create a tailored security gateway for specific environments.
April 27, 2009
RSA: Recession will hit small information security companies hard say experts
RSA: Recession will hit small information security companies hard say experts
Despite the need for security being exaggerated in an economic downturn, smaller IT security companies will suffer, says Dave Hansen, Corporate SVP &GM Security Business Unit at CA, speaking to Infosecurity at the RSA conference in San Francisco.
April 27, 2009
Privacy International slams ICO ruling on Google Street View
Privacy International slams ICO ruling on Google Street View
Privacy International has slammed the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) ruling that Google Street View does not contravene the Data Protection Act.
April 24, 2009
Tufin Technologies launches open API security initiative
Tufin Technologies launches open API security initiative
Tufin Technologies has announced a policy and security network API (application programming interface) initiative and has enlisted the support of several IT security vendors for the program.
April 23, 2009
SmoothWall unveils low-cost secure web gateway appliance
SmoothWall unveils low-cost secure web gateway appliance
SmoothWall has taken the wraps off a new rack-mounted web filtering appliance that uses the company's Guardian web filtering technology.
April 23, 2009
Finjan uncovers one of world's largest botnets
Finjan uncovers one of world's largest botnets
Finjan has uncovered what appears to be one of the largest bot networks controlled by a single cybercrime gang, with 1.9 million infected zombie computers forming the swarm.
April 22, 2009
AVG launches free LinkScanner web security application
AVG launches free LinkScanner web security application
AVG, the producers of one of the most popular free anti-virus applications, is now offering a free URL checking utility.
April 21, 2009
Skype - not as secure as you might think
Skype - not as secure as you might think
Although VOIP afficionadoes are wont to promote the encrypted nature of Skype Internet telephony calls, it's now becoming accepted that the use of a compressed data mode within Skype opens the gates to pattern recognition and slow, but steady, text-based decoding of the voice transmissions as a result.
April 15, 2009