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Tenable intros real-time botnet scanning to its network security range
Tenable intros real-time botnet scanning to its network security range
Tenable has updated its network security offerings to include what it claims to be world's first real-time botnet scanning facility.
March 23, 2011
McAfee expands in database security market with Sentrigo buy
McAfee expands in database security market with Sentrigo buy
McAfee, which was itself recently acquired by Intel, has agreed to purchase Sentrigo, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based database security products firm, for an undisclosed consideration.
March 23, 2011
Schools learn hard lesson in information security protection
Schools learn hard lesson in information security protection
A full 63% of US schools have suffered at least two information security breaches in the last year, according to a survey by Panda Security.
March 23, 2011
iPad stolen and reclaimed in 90 minutes - and a 10 mile chase
iPad stolen and reclaimed in 90 minutes - and a 10 mile chase
An Israeli iPad user - working in concert with his wife and daughter back at home - has successfully retrieved his tablet computer after a 90 minute, 10 mile chase, attended by the police.
March 22, 2011
Australia needs cybersecurity czar, Senate panel told
Australia needs cybersecurity czar, Senate panel told
Australia needs a cybersecurity czar to coordinate its various governmental and industry efforts to improve cybersecurity, a private sector representative told a Senate panel.
March 22, 2011
HIPAA fines prompt action by health care firms on data storage
HIPAA fines prompt action by health care firms on data storage
With the recent fines imposed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy rules, firms are starting to feel the pain and take steps to archive and secure patient data.
March 22, 2011
DoD works with industry on automated network intrusion defense system
DoD works with industry on automated network intrusion defense system
The Department of Defense (DoD) is working with the private sector to develop an automated network intrusion detection and prevention system for the defense industry, a Pentagon official told Congress last week.
March 21, 2011
Spam tapping Japanese disasters goes through the roof
Spam tapping Japanese disasters goes through the roof
Newswires are reporting that the volume of spam – leading to infected and scamware websites – has gone through the roof this week, but M86 Security says that it has seen a spam campaign that imitates a Twitter notification.
March 18, 2011
Skunx botnet discovered with C&C server in the US
Skunx botnet discovered with C&C server in the US
Arbor Networks claims to have discovered one of the first botnets with its command-and-control (C&C) servers located in the US. Dr Jose Nazario, the firm's senior security researcher, says that the Skunx botnet is unusual in not being active in the wild.
March 18, 2011
RSA's SecurID customers worried that breach affected seed record database
RSA's SecurID customers worried that breach affected seed record database
Customers of RSA’s SecurID two-factor authentication product, which was the target of a recent security breach, are concerned that the seed record database might have been compromised, said Andrew Kemshall, co-founder of SecurEnvoy and former RSA Europe executive.
March 18, 2011
MyTob tops list of most significant virus over last 40 years
MyTob tops list of most significant virus over last 40 years
The MyTob virus, which appeared in 2005 and was the first worm to combine features of a botnet and a mass-mailer, is the most significant virus to emerge over the last 40 years, according to Guillaume Lovet, senior manager of Fortinet’s Threat Response Team.
March 18, 2011
Olympic ticket sales website glitch affects Visa cardholders
Olympic ticket sales website glitch affects Visa cardholders
As applications for tickets for the London 2012 Olympic Games opened, some Visa card users were unable to register after a payment system glitch on the ticket website.
March 17, 2011