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Corsaire claims multiple authenticators are not secure enough
Corsaire claims multiple authenticators are not secure enough
A white paper just published by Corsaire claims to show that multiple authenticators - such as PIN codes with security questions – are still not enough to protect private data.
Feb. 3, 2011
NIST provides advice on securing full virtualization technologies
NIST provides advice on securing full virtualization technologies
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued the final version of its recommendations for securely configuring and using full virtualization technologies, which allow multiple operating systems to run on a single platform.
Feb. 3, 2011
Programmers must be literate, Donald Knuth tells IET in Turing Lecture
Programmers must be literate, Donald Knuth tells IET in Turing Lecture
Software quality would be much better if programmers adopted
Feb. 2, 2011
Twitter flood heralds Egypt’s return to the internet
Twitter flood heralds Egypt’s return to the internet
A flood of celebratory and congratulatory tweets on Twitter has greeted the news that internet services have been restored in Egypt.
Feb. 2, 2011
Apple faces second lawsuit over UDID disclosure to third parties
Apple faces second lawsuit over UDID disclosure to third parties
Apple is being sued again over alleged disclosure of its mobile devices’ unique device identifiers (UDIDs) to third parties without users’ consent.
Feb. 2, 2011
BoxSentry rebrands itself as TrustSphere
BoxSentry rebrands itself as TrustSphere
New name, and new vision – that was the crux of the explanation delivered by the chief executive of the security firm formerly known as BoxSentry.
Feb. 2, 2011
Indian government threatening BlackBerry ban again
Indian government threatening BlackBerry ban again
India may yet ban BlackBerry services after maker Research In Motion (RIM) said it was technically impossible to give government access to corporate e-mails.
Feb. 1, 2011
Belgacom taps CyberArk for privileged ID management in the cloud
Belgacom taps CyberArk for privileged ID management in the cloud
CyberArk has landed a prestigious project for protecting critical applications, identities and information in Belgacom's data centres in Belgium.
Feb. 1, 2011
NewNet Communication purchases encryption specialist Traxcom
NewNet Communication purchases encryption specialist Traxcom
Privately held network communications supplier NewNet Communication has acquired another business from within its own parent company – secure transactions provider Traxcom Technologies. The move is expected to strengthen the security of NewNet’s mobile commerce offerings.
Feb. 1, 2011
Poor firewall implementations pave wave for DDoS attacks
Poor firewall implementations pave wave for DDoS attacks
Research published today claims to show that the increasing problem of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks has been made worse by a tendency to misconfigure firewalls and intrusion prevention systems (IPS).
Feb. 1, 2011
Kaspersky Lab hit by anti-virus software source code leak
Kaspersky Lab hit by anti-virus software source code leak
Source code that apparently relates to v8 of Kaspersky anti-virus has appeared on BitTorrent and other file-sharing sites in the last few days. According to news wire reports, the source code was leaked by an employee of the IT security vendor who is now in jail for intellectual property theft.
Feb. 1, 2011
Hackers could take a security bite out of Android Gingerbread
Hackers could take a security bite out of Android Gingerbread
Researchers at North Carolina State University have discovered a flaw in the Android 2.3 Gingerbread mobile operating system that allows hackers to gain access to information on the phone's microSD storage card.
Feb. 1, 2011