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Verizon says high-IQ network and enterprise clouds will be the security challenges for 2012
Verizon says high-IQ network and enterprise clouds will be the security challenges for 2012
In its annual review of the top business IT trends for the year ahead Verizon says that high-IQ networks and the enterprise cloud will foster business innovation and a borderless workstyle in 2012.
Nov. 15, 2011
Barclay Simpson publishes first quarterly rate card for security contractors
Barclay Simpson publishes first quarterly rate card for security contractors
Barclay Simpson’s information security contract division has published its first quarterly rate card for contractors in the IT security industry, noting that technology risk consultants can earn £710 a day, ranging down to data privacy analysts who can command £475 a day.
Nov. 15, 2011
Free Android anti-virus products "virtually useless", says report
Free Android anti-virus products "virtually useless", says report
An in-depth report from AV-Test.org claims that the raft of Android anti-malware apps that have arrived in the last 12 months or so are all virtually useless.
Nov. 14, 2011
Estonian group revealed as key ChronoPay investors
Estonian group revealed as key ChronoPay investors
The saga of Russia’s ChronoPay electronic money operation – which has been hit by arrests and dark accusations over the last 12 months – continued this week with the revelation that an Estonian company is a key investor in the firm.
Nov. 11, 2011
Computershare hit by rogue employee data theft
Computershare hit by rogue employee data theft
Computershare, the international share dealing company – which claims to be the largest in its market – has been hit by a data theft incident from a former employee. What perhaps makes matters worse is that the staffer was an audit risk professional.
Nov. 11, 2011
Which? Magazine reports privacy fatigue hitting Facebook
Which? Magazine reports privacy fatigue hitting Facebook
The latest issue of Which? Computing – the magazine of the UK Consumer’s Association – has published a special report on privacy on the Facebook social network services.
Nov. 11, 2011
Proof-of-concept malware sneaked onto Apple iTunes; developer given the axe
Proof-of-concept malware sneaked onto Apple iTunes; developer given the axe
When is a flaw not a flaw? When it's a feature of the operating system, it seems, as serial Apple Mac cracker Charlie Miller has tapped a feature of Apple's portable operating system and created an iPhone/iPad app that allows almost complete remote access to the device.
Nov. 10, 2011
Estonia takes down massive cybercriminal net
Estonia takes down massive cybercriminal net
Reports are coming in that officials in Estonia – arguably one of the most internet-savvy governments in the world – have taken down a massive DNS-changing cybercrime operation involving a click-fraud program that infected more than four million computers in over 100 countries.
Nov. 10, 2011
Adobe cans development for Flash on mobile devices
Adobe cans development for Flash on mobile devices
Adobe has perhaps bowed to the inevitable and, in a notice to developers, advised them that it is ceasing development of the Adobe Flash environment for smartphones and tablets, although critical security and bug fixes will be available.
Nov. 10, 2011
Malaysian certificate authority trust revoked by Mozilla and others
Malaysian certificate authority trust revoked by Mozilla and others
An intermediate web certificate authority has had its trust revoked by Mozilla after it was found to issue weak and potentially compromisable certificates.
Nov. 10, 2011
Firefox 8 fixes five critical security flaws
Firefox 8 fixes five critical security flaws
The newest version of Firefox plugs eight security holes, including five that are rated as critical and three as high.
Nov. 10, 2011
Apple plugs 17 holes in Java for Snow Leopard and Lion
Apple plugs 17 holes in Java for Snow Leopard and Lion
Apple has fixed 17 vulnerabilities in Java for OS X Snow Leopard and Lion, a move that brings the Mac operating systems up to date with Oracle’s Java SE 6 update 29.
Nov. 10, 2011