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Credant embraces the cloud with on-net policy-based encryption
Credant embraces the cloud with on-net policy-based encryption
Credant Technologies has started testing its data encryption technology in the cloud with a select number of beta test clients, promising other cloud security offerings in the near future.
Feb. 21, 2011
End-of-life IT assets pose serious security risk to most firms
End-of-life IT assets pose serious security risk to most firms
Research just published claims that end-of-life IT assets - especially portable devices like smartphones and laptops - pose a serious data security threat to many firms.
Feb. 18, 2011
Pharmacy spam campaign hijacks Google brand name
Pharmacy spam campaign hijacks Google brand name
A new pharma spam campaign uses the Google brand. More than 250 similar blog-related campaigns have been tracked in the last two days.
Feb. 18, 2011
Intergrity and honesty top list of most important federal government cybersecurity skills
Intergrity and honesty top list of most important federal government cybersecurity skills
Integrity and honesty top the list of skills needed for the current and future federal cybersecurity workforce, according to an Office of Personnel Management (OPM) survey.
Feb. 18, 2011
Free risk analysis/management app released for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch
Free risk analysis/management app released for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch
Citicus, a corporate risk management and compliance specialist, has released a risk analysis/management app for the iOS range of Apple devices – the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
Feb. 18, 2011
Insecure software plays key role in creating cybersecurity vulnerabilities
Insecure software plays key role in creating cybersecurity vulnerabilities
Research just published claims to show that a failure to invest in secure software delivery is placing businesses at risk
Feb. 18, 2011
Oracle fixes 21 flaws in Java SE, Java for Business
Oracle fixes 21 flaws in Java SE, Java for Business
Oracle is fixing 21 flaws in its Java SE and Java for Business products in its February critical patch update issued this week.
Feb. 18, 2011
BBC 6 Music and 1Xtra websites infected by Phoenix exploit kit hack
BBC 6 Music and 1Xtra websites infected by Phoenix exploit kit hack
Visitors to two websites operated by the BBC were injected by malicious code earlier this week, opening up users to attacks by hackers, claims Websense.
Feb. 17, 2011
RSA 2011: Application whitelisting comes to the consumer
RSA 2011: Application whitelisting comes to the consumer
Application whitelisting technology is hardly a novel concept – in fact, the technology has been available to enterprises for some years now. But, as GlobalSCAPE executives told Infosecurity at this year’s RSA Conference in San Francisco, application whitelisting for consumers is just around the corner.
Feb. 17, 2011
West Virginia hospital exposed personal data on 3,655 patients
West Virginia hospital exposed personal data on 3,655 patients
The West Virginia Attorney General’s Office announced that personal information of 3,655 patients at the Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) was placed onto a publicly available website.
Feb. 17, 2011
Panda Security launches 'Internet in Safe Hands' campaign
Panda Security launches 'Internet in Safe Hands' campaign
Panda Security has launched a senior citizens' safer internet campaign, with the aim of educating people over 60 on how to make their internet activities more safe.
Feb. 16, 2011
Real-world ATM skimming techniques revealed
Real-world ATM skimming techniques revealed
Security researcher Brian Krebs has had a long-standing interest in the increasing problem of ATM skimmers - fraudsters who install hidden gadgets on cash machines with the intention of ripping off bank card customers. And he has posted an in-depth analysis of one such scam earlier today.
Feb. 16, 2011