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Information security experts support CAM initiative The Common Assurance Metric (CAM) industry initiative was launched today as a system of assuring security within cloud computing
08 February 2010 Vtesse appeal for network tax reforms rejected Networking vendor, Vtesse, is set to take its case to the UK Supreme Court, after callings for fairer tax rulings have been rejected by the UK Court of Appeal
08 February 2010 Digital economy bill audit issues hitting hard It appears that the government's digital economy bill – which seeks to require internet access owners to maintain audit logs – may affect more than communication service providers
08 February 2010 Trend Micro invests $300 million in cloud computing Trend Micro has set up a new company – TCloud Computing – to develop a cloud operating system for release in the second quarter of this year
08 February 2010 Kaspersky highlights trojan threat Anti-virus company, Kaspersky lab, has issued a warning about the continual and increasing threat of trojans
08 February 2010 Safer internet day set to help parents protect children Internet safety and security volunteers, (ISC)2, have organised an event to ensure children are aware of the importance of e-safety.
08 February 2010 Websense report exposes hacker attacks on popular websites Data security vendor, Websense, has released a report detailing their findings on internet security over the last 6 months.
05 February 2010 Lumension warns IT departments about Microsoft patch plans Internet security firm, Lumension, is warning IT departments to prepare for Microsoft’s heavy patching activity this month.
05 February 2010 Carbon credits phishing scam revealed Reports are coming in that a phishing scam centering on the international carbon credits scheme is causing havoc on international emissions trading exchanges.
05 February 2010 Intel unveils latest high-security vPro processor platform Intel has finally unveiled its long-awaited update to the vPro processor platform, adding a variety of security and advanced management services for company PC users.
05 February 2010 Fake Mozilla Firefox download email fools users The Mozilla Foundation, the organisation behind the popular Firefox web browser application, has issued a warning of a fake update email doing the rounds
05 February 2010 Gordon Brown spam email is a hoax IT security and data protection firm, Sophos, have released a warning to web users that an email claiming that an image of Gordon Brown’s smile will infect your PC is a hoax
05 February 2010 Twitter accounts being hacked by cybecriminals looking for value Internet user accounts and passwords – known as credentials in security circles – are rising in value and, say some reports, the credentials on Twitter, the social networking portal, can be worth up to $1000.
04 February 2010 Council multiple laptop theft highlights security problems The saga of St Albans' council and four stolen laptops – containing the details of more than 14 000 postal voters – is coming to an end, but the security consultants that carried out the investigation say there are still security policy lapses at the council's offices.
04 February 2010 Sunbelt malware list displays Trojan threat Security software provider, Sunbelt Software, has reported a top 10 list of last month’s most frequent malware threats. Trojan horse files are considered to be the most dangerous. The top entry on the list; Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT made up almost a quarter of the overall detections with 23.15%.
04 February 2010 Valentine's Day – 10 days away, but already causing IT trouble Valentine's Day may be still 10 days away, but the volume of phishing and malware-infected email is already starting to rise, judging from reports from Trend Micro.
04 February 2010 CPP fears for consumer identity safety Life assistance company, CPP, has issued a warning to consumers over identity fraud. The company’s research reveals that less than half of UK consumers are concerned for the security of their personal bank accounts. The survey indicates that one third of people fear that their bank account is at risk of being hacked into.
04 February 2010 US named country with most malware Information security and data protection vendor Sophos has released a list of the top 10 countries hosting malware. The report reveals that websites in the US are accountable for hosting 37.4% of malware worldwide.
04 February 2010 Greater Manchester Police hit by Conficker The continuing problem of staff popping infected USB sticks `from home' into their office PCs has reportedly hit Greater Manchester Police with a full-blown Conficker worm infection.
04 February 2010 Two-thirds of internet surfers reuse electronic banking credentials A report just published claims to show that 73% of online banking users share their electronic banking credentials with non-financial applications.
03 February 2010 PGP Corporation moves into digital certification PGP Corporation, the encryption specialist, has diversified into the world of digital certification, thanks to the acquisition of TC TrustCenter, the digital certification authority, for an undisclosed sum.
02 February 2010 Sophos records a 70% surge in malware and spam on web 2.0 services Research just published by Sophos claims to show a 70% increase in the number of companies reporting spam and malware attacks via social networks.
02 February 2010 Trend Micro and Wipro team up on virtualised security Trend Micro has linked up with Wipro Technologies to develop next-generation virtualisation security systems for data centre users, most notably those operating in public or private cloud networks.
02 February 2010 O2 taps Crossbeam for mobile data security After experiencing an 18-fold increase in mobile data traffic over the last 12 months, O2, one of the UK's five cellular carriers, has installed Crossbeam's X-Series security platform on its network.
02 February 2010 HMRC phishing attacks offer cash rebate as lure Yesterday was the last day in which UK taxpayers could file their 2008/2009 tax returns online – without getting fined for being late – and HMRC reports that tens of thousands of fraudulent phishing emails were sent out last week.
01 February 2010 Disparities in how firms manage their physical and electronic records International research just published claims to show that a growing number of organisations are having to invest heavily in IT systems in order to comply with data management requirements.
01 February 2010 Nature of botnet attacks changing says report A report just published concludes that the nature of botnet attacks is changing, with large-scale attacks being replaced by service and application-layer swarms.
01 February 2010 iPhone cracker repeats exploit on Playstation 3 George Hotz, the first iPhone cracker – and who reportedly spent more than 500 hours developing the first jailbreak application for the Apple's iPhone back in 2007 – has apparently cracked the Sony Playstation 3.
29 January 2010 Data breach report reveals need to boost internet security Research carried out by the University of Bedfordshire in conjunction with 7Safe, the IT forensics specialist, has found that there are a number of areas where organisations are commonly neglecting internet security and being rewarded with a data loss incident.
29 January 2010 Third annual UK Ponemon study shows costs of data breaches The third annual UK report into data breaches – sponsored by PGP and carried out by the Ponemon Institute – claims to show that each lost customer record cost organisations an average of £64 in 2009.
29 January 2010 New ransom trojan takes data hostage A new trojan has been spotted that makes users pay a $90 ransom to regain access to their own files and data – and say IT security vendors, it may even leave you feeling grateful.
28 January 2010 Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCode security in question The 3D Secure method of online card transaction protection – aka Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCode – may not be as secure as the banks are telling us, as a team of security researchers claim there are multiple weaknesses.
28 January 2010 Facebook hit by fake virus alert Another fake virus alert has reportedly hit users of the Facebook social networking site. According to PandaLabs, the malware research arm of Panda Security, a "massive propagation" has been seen in the last 24 hours for what is another attempt to infect Facebook users with fake antivirus programs.
28 January 2010 Checkmarx identifies new web browser vulnerability Israel's Checkmarx, a company that specialises in program code analysis, claims to have identified a relatively new type of web browser vulnerability called cross-site history manipulation.
27 January 2010 Skybox Security intoduces new firewall management system Skybox Security has taken the wraps off a new firewall management system that it claims will bring enterprise-class security risk and compliance management to the mid-range company end of the market.
27 January 2010 Many voice encryption systems are hackable says anonymous researcher Many voice encryption products currently available are hackable through the use of a trojan being planted on the host PC, an IT security researcher has claimed.
27 January 2010 2010 Virtual Conference on Endpoint Security - Beyond the Perimeter - Full conference programme revealed Infosecurity US magazine is excited to announce the 2010 virtual conference on endpoint security, to be held on February 25, 2010. This one-day event brings a series of topical keynote sessions direct to your computer, giving you the flexibility to learn about the latest information security trends and challenges from wherever you are in the world.
26 January 2010 Google Adsense trips a false positive from Kaspersky Lab Kaspersky Lab has posted an advisory on its site about a false positive with its anti-virus software, apparently being tripped by Google's Adsense software.
26 January 2010 Microsoft were aware of Aurora security flaws Earlier reports that Microsoft knew about the critical Internet Explorer security flaws that forced it to release an out-of-band patch last Thursday evening have been confirmed - by Microsoft.
26 January 2010 Office of Fair Trading Scamnesty campaign begins next week Next week the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is kicking off a month-long campaign to increase awareness of online and offline fraud amongst businesses and consumers.
26 January 2010 Pogoplug may be the answer to small business' cloud security Cloud Engines has developed a device that turns up to four USB-connected external hard drives into a cloud-accessible data storage resource, allowing anyone with the right credentials to access the data on the drive.
25 January 2010 ESET says Slovakian internet prank turns into global infection IT security vendor ESET has reported that a destructive worm that was originally conceived as a prank targetting a small community of Slovakian bikers, has now spread worldwide. Currently, ESET says, the greatest number of infections by Win32/Zimuse are in the US.
25 January 2010 Twitter disables Flash feature after security researcher revelations Social networking service Twitter has temporarily disabled a Flash widget on its site after a Florida-based IT security researcher revealed the widget was subject to a widely known vulnerability in Adobe's Flash programming language.
25 January 2010 Social work records found in council's second-hand filing cabinet, according to ICO The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) says it has found Lancashire County Council in breach of the Data Protection Act after social work records containing sensitive personal data were found in a filing cabinet purchased second-hand by a member of the public.
22 January 2010 GPS security vulnerability discovered in Novatel MiFi unit Users of the Novatel MiFi 2352 are being recommended to reflash the firmware on the mobile broadband/WiFi units, as hackers have apparently discovered a way of gaining access to the GPS (global positioning system) co-ordinates on the device.
22 January 2010 Tor IP anonymising internet service hacked The developers behind the Tor Project, a voluntary IP anonymising project that allows internet users to proxy through to destination websites using a variety of free-to-use servers around the world, appears to have been hacked.
22 January 2010 Data hung out to dry as 4500 USB sticks left in dry cleaners Research just released suggests that as many as 4500 USB memory sticks may have been left in dry cleaners across the UK in the last year, as careless owners left the USB sticks in their clothing sent for cleaning.
21 January 2010 ISACA welcomes strengthening of UK penalties on data breaches ISACA, the not-for profit international association of 86 000 IT security, audit and governance professionals, has welcomed news that the UK government has beefed up the penalties the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) can impose on errant companies causing major data breaches.
21 January 2010 Microsoft confirms Thursday patch for Internet Explorer exploit Confirming what many internet industry watchers thought would happen this week, Microsoft says it will release an out-of-band patch later today, for the Internet Explorer security vulnerability used to attack Google and around 30 other companies affected by the widely publicised security flaw seen in the Google/China incident.
21 January 2010 Cloudmark vice president predicts 2010 spam/malware trends Following on from our report earlier this month that anti-spam and malware specialist Cloudmark had reached a billion users of its technology worldwide, Infosecurity got a chance to chat with Chandra Tekwani, the firm's vice president of mobile operations.
20 January 2010 Microsoft slashes IP address storage on Bing to six months Microsoft has announced it will shorten the time it stores internet users' IP address from web search engine queries on its Bing portal down to six months.
20 January 2010 $100 000 cracking prize goes unclaimed at CES Despite 45 teams trying for up to two hours at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, it seems that the latest USB drive-equipped Swiss Army Knife - which sports an encrypted (Elliptical Curve and AES) data storage feature - was uncracked.
20 January 2010 France joins Germany in public slamming of Internet Explorer Following on from Germany's internet security agency publicly slamming Internet Explorer over the weekend and advising internet users to switch to another browser, France's CERTA agency has made a similar pronouncement.
19 January 2010 BitDefender says zero-day flaws still hitting Internet Explorer and Adobe IT security vendor BitDefender claims to have discovered separate, critical zero-day exploits in two of the most heavily used applications in the world: Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Adobe Reader.
19 January 2010 GSM encryption hacks trigger sales surge in mobile data crypto software The recent cracks of the A5/1 and A5/3 encryption systems seen on GSM and 3G cellular networks has resulted in an unexpected surge in sales of encrypted mobile broadband data software.
19 January 2010 2010 set to become the year of internet caution Research just released by ESET claims to show that, whilst Conficker might have ended 2009 accounting for 9.85% of all malware, the next year or two will see an increasing emphasis on the isolation of infected systems until their owners take remedial action.
18 January 2010 German government asks its internet users to switch from Explorer The escalating saga of Google and its strained relations with China took an unexpected turn over the weekend with the German government – in what it calls an unprecedented move – warning internet users to stop using Internet Explorer because of security risks.
18 January 2010 Conservative party outlines plans on cybersecurity The Conservative party has published a green paper which, amongst other items of national security, seeks to create a center to deal with cyberattacks against the UK.
18 January 2010 End point data security webinar this Tuesday With the rapid ascendance of laptops, netbooks and smartphones, almost every organisation is having to adapt its IT security systems and procedures to meet the needs of an increasingly mobile workforce.
18 January 2010 Google - China attack episode: Is Microsoft to blame? A complex attack on the Google Gmail accounts of human rights activitists – apparently from hackers based in China – has now been indirectly blamed on Microsoft, after McAfee Labs announced last night that the attacks appear to exploit a little-known vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer.
15 January 2010 Hijacked spam and targeted brand attacks on the rise, says Symantec The December IT security analysis on spam from Symantec claims to show that hijacked spam – spam that contains hijacked IPs – has risen substantially since November.
15 January 2010 Employees increasingly found to be downloading illegal files As if companies have not had enough IT security headaches already, it seems that a growing number of firms have problems with their staff illegally downloading copyrighted files whilst at work.
15 January 2010 Unprotected enterprise end point rising, despite security scares A study into remote working carried out by Check Point Software Technologies has found that, despite a significant rise in the numbers of remote workers, only 27% of organisations use encryption to protect their corporate data.
14 January 2010 Gary McKinnon secures a judicial review of his extradition case Gary McKinnon, the self-confessed `UFO hacker', has gained a potentially major step in his ongoing battle against extradition, after it was decided that a High Court judge will rule on whether Home Secretary Alan Johnson was wrong to allow the process to go ahead.
14 January 2010 Mobile security demand being driven by encryption Research just released claims to show that demand for mobile security technology is being driven by encryption in all its various forms.
14 January 2010 UK data losses will now result in half a million pound penalties As widely expected, the government has given the Information Commissioner's Office much sharper teeth when dealing with UK data losses, as, from April 6 onwards, firms found to be in breach of the Data Protection Act can now be fined £500 000.
13 January 2010 3G encryption cracked in less than two hours In a jaw-dropping piece of research, a trio of researchers have published a paper explaining how the A5/3 encryption system – which is being phased in on many 3G cellular networks around the world – can be cracked in less than two hours.
13 January 2010 Russian IT security veteran plans to publish undisclosed security flaws live on a zero-day basis Evgeny Legerov, the 30-year-old IT security researcher, founder of Intevydis, the Moscow-based IT security consultancy, has caused a quiet storm in security research circles, after saying he plans to release zero-day flaws on a range of popular applications, but without having notified the vendors concerned.
13 January 2010 Cloudmark anti-spam technology hits a billion subscribers Thanks to the use of a wide-ranging licensing approach, deals with internet service providers and free trials on its anti-spam software plus allied technology, Cloudmark is claiming its technology now protects more than a billion users worldwide.
12 January 2010 Sophos warns over rogue Amazon delivery emails containing malware attachments It seems that hackers and malware authors are using new techniques to infect your home or office PC, as veteran IT security vendor Sophos has spotted a rash of fake Amazon `shipping email updates' over the weekend.
12 January 2010 768-bit RSA encryption cracked A team of researchers reported that they have cracked a 768-bit RSA encryption system using a clustered/distributed computer approach.
12 January 2010 Secure remote access saving the day in snow-bound Britain The availability of high-speed internet connections and secure remote access technology appears to be allowing the UK's office workers to carry on their business from home, according to Signify, the two-factor authentication specialist.
11 January 2010 Research shows that mobile IT security is taking off at last After several years of vendors offering IT security applications for so-called mobile smartphones, it seems that the market's adoption of this technology is about to take off in the year ahead.
11 January 2010 'Jester' ex-military hacker takes the distributed out of DDOS attacks A politically-motivated hacker has apparently developed a multi-thread, thin-client denial of service attack application that effectively allows him to launch a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack on a website from a single linux server.
11 January 2010 Webroot joins the EuroCloud cloud services community Fresh from unveiling a number of cloud security services, notably a software-as-a-service (SaaS) email archiving solution late last year, Webroot has joined EuroCloud, which is billed as Europe's most influential cloud computing network.
08 January 2010 South Yorkshire police officers investigated over alleged computer misuse It has been revealed that 56 police officers - including eight senior staff - were investigated in South Yorkshire over the last four years, for alleged misuse of computer systems.
08 January 2010 BDO warns firms of security risks of cut-price outsourcing According to the results of a survey just released, almost 80% of UK CEOs and financial directors believe their business is at risk during the current recession, yet few realise that this risk includes potential litigation following cost cutting measures.
08 January 2010 2010 date change cripples millions of German payment cards Just as the switch to the new millennium caused havoc with computer systems a decade ago, the switch to the new decade has caused technology problems once again.
07 January 2010 Professor Ross Anderson calls for Pan-European cybercrime agency Veteran computer security expert Professor Ross Anderson of Cambridge University says that European police and allied security agencies need a centralised agency in order to better tackle the problem of cybercrime.
07 January 2010 2010 will be the year of the Cloud says report A report commissioned by one of the UK's major business Internet service providers claims to show that 2010 will be the year of cloud computing, but that — whilst many SMEs are gearing up for the benefits of cloud facilities — few are also upgrading their Internet connections.
07 January 2010 F-Secure intros standalone smartphone anti-theft software Veteran IT security vendor F-Secure has released a new package designed to help users get their stolen mobile phones back.
06 January 2010 Fortify warns on modification risks from portable devices Fortify Software is warning that software crackers are likely to continue modifying relatively low-cost specific-application devices, such as e-readers, but that the potential security risks to companies are significant.
06 January 2010 Chinese virus writer seeks gainful work The recently-released author of the Fujacks worm - Li Jun - is reportedly looking for work in the Chinese IT security industry, and the fact appear to have garnered the wrath of Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant with Sophos.
06 January 2010 South Africa poised to become cybercrime hub Analysis published by Symantec claims to show that South Africa is set to become a cybercrime hub during the coming year, largely due to the introduction of new broadband internet capacity.
05 January 2010 Twitter and Google Calendar XSS vulnerabilities revealed Nir Goldshlager, a security researcher and penetration tester with Israel's Avnet, claims to have discovered a number of cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities with Twitter, the popular social networking portal.
05 January 2010 Garlik warns of iTunes voucher phishing scam on Facebook Online identity specialist Garlik has warned Facebook users to beware of a phishing scam on the popular social networking portal which offers users a `free' £25 iTunes gift voucher.
05 January 2010 Which? publishes PC security new year resolutions It's a new year, so time for those resolutions and, says Which? Magazine, it's also time for a few security resolutions for your computer.
04 January 2010 Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010 secures award from AV-Comparatives Kaspersky Lab, the Russian headquartered IT security vendor, received a late Christmas present with the announcement that Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010 has earned a top award from AV-Comparatives, the Austrian IT test labs.
04 January 2010 Van Morrison site hack embarrasses veteran rock star Van Morrison, the veteran rock star - now in his 60s - got a rude awakening to the world of IT security over the holiday when the newspapers and newswires were full of stories that he had become a father again.
04 January 2010 Lawsuit alleges corporate negligence over loss of 30 million social networking usernames and passwords A major lawsuit - stemming from a hacker attack on the RockYou social networking applications software portal - has been filed in the US.
31 December 2009 Panda reviews virus, worm and torjan infections in 2009 PandaLabs, the anti-malware labs division of Panda Security, has published its 2009 virus yearbook, examining the most intriguing malicious virus,worm and trojan infections to emerge over the last 12 months.
31 December 2009 IT Governance warns on data breaches front Alan Calder, the chief executive of IT Governance, is warning organisations to prepare for a major new assault on breaches of data protection.
31 December 2009 New Twitter worm promises more contacts, but hijacks account Reports are coming in about a new worm - provisionally called GetFree - that offers users of the Twitter social networking site a sizeable increase in their online contacts.
31 December 2009 Phishing rose dramatically in run up to Christmas The number of phishing attacks “rose dramatically in the run up to Christmas”, according to managed security services company Network Box.
31 December 2009 BitDefender malware survey shows web 2.0 a rising threat IT security vendor BitDefender's end-of-year report on the state of the malware marketplace claims to show an increase in e-threats that are linked to international events, as well as a rising popularity in web 2.0-linked attack vectors.
31 December 2009 Aberdeen report shows firms using PCI-DSS can halve costs The Aberdeen group's third annual study into Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) issues claims to show that a growing number of companies are saving up to 55% on maintaining their compliance by adopting best practices.
30 December 2009 Google Chrome OS to be targeted by hackers in 2010 McAfee's AvertLabs' annual research predicts that the Google Chrome `on-net' operating system will be targeted by hackers when it is released in the New Year.
30 December 2009 GSM 64-bit encryption standard cracked and posted to web Mobile hardware vendors and carriers alike will have been less than pleased to learn that a German security researcher has not only cracked the GSM A5/1 encryption standard, but posted the resulting multi-terabyte decoded tables to the internet.
30 December 2009 Secure USB drives have flaws, warns Kingston Kingston Technology, the memory and secure drives specialist, has warned users that some of its DataTraveler secure USB drives - under the right conditions - "a skilled person" can access the data on the drive.
30 December 2009 ISF’s Howard Schmidt becomes US cybersecurity czar Howard Schmidt, president and CEO of the Information Security Forum (ISF) was appointed White House Cybersecurity Coordinator just before the Holidays.
29 December 2009 Kaspersky Lab predicts file-sharing threats to rise in 2010 In its year-end forecast of security threats for the coming year, Kaspersky Lab is predicting a shift of emphasis from attacks via websites and applications software attacks over towards file-sharing networks in 2010.
29 December 2009 China takes a firm stance against spam with draconian new rules on domain registration The days when China was a primary source of spam are drawing to close, now that the Chinese Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC) has implemented draconian new rules on domain name registration procedures.
29 December 2009 Sun Microsystems opts for open source security for the cloud In a move that will surprise its reseller channel, Sun Microsystems has unveiled a portfolio of open source applications for its clients that are looking for secure cloud computing options.
29 December 2009 ‘Brittany Murphy death’ searches return rogue anti-virus Websense Security Labs’s ThreatSeeker Network has discovered that Google top searches on ‘Brittany Murphy death’ returns rogue anti-virus websites.
22 December 2009 Cisco warns of fresh Webex vulnerabilities Cisco has warned users of new vulnerabilities in its Webex conferencing system, the firm which it acquired in March 2007.
21 December 2009 Alleged TJX hacker has Asperger's Syndrome In a move that will be monitored closely by the Gary McKinnon legal team, lawyers acting for Albert Gonzalez - the alleged mastermind behind the hacking of TJX Group's credit card systems around two years ago - are claiming their client has Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism.
21 December 2009 Ed Gibson, chief cybersecurity adviser at Microsoft UK, is moving on Microsoft's popular UK chief cybersecurity adviser is returning to his native America after a total of 10 years in the UK, four and half of those years with Microsoft. The move is for personal reasons.
21 December 2009 As temp staff take over for Christmas, Courion issues security advice With the Christmas and New Year holidays looming, Courion Corporation, the access governance and compliance specialist, has released `five golden rules' - a set of best-practice-based guidelines for companies looking to reduce the security risk posed by temporary workers.
21 December 2009 CA identifies fakeware, search engines and social networks as major information security threats of 2009 In its year-end report on the state of IT security, Computer Associates (CA) has noted that fake security software (fakeware), poisoned search engine results and social networking sites such as Bebo, Facebook and Myspace, were the major information security threats of 2009.
18 December 2009 Prevx lands Card Protection Plan identity protection deal Card Protection Plan (CPP), one of the longest-standing payment card loss insurance companies, has added Prevx' IT security software to its identity theft defence bundle.
18 December 2009 UK SMEs not ready for snow fall Many small businesses in the UK are not ready for the current snow fall, according to remote access provider LogMeIn of Massachusetts, USA.
18 December 2009 ‘Iranian Cyber Army’ hacks Twitter A hacker group called ‘Iranian Cyber Army’ hacked Twitter for an hour early on 18 December, redirecting users to a website containing a green flag and Arabic writing.
18 December 2009 Businesses migrate to virtualised security appliances A study from IDC Research shows that virtualised security appliances (VSAs) are becoming more and more popular amongst a growing number of companies.
18 December 2009 Cloud computing causes new security threats The IT industry's increased reliance on cloud computing will result in new types of security threats, says Trend Micro in its just-released 2010 predictions report.
18 December 2009 US military drones video feeds hacked by Iraqi terrorists The US military is reported to be in quiet uproar after it emerged that Iraqi terrorists have hacked and monitored the video feeds from Predators, pilotless aircraft used for unmanned surveillance.
17 December 2009 AppGate and Signify team up on cloud-based two-factor authentication AppGate and Signify have announced they are able to offer clients unified secure access to protected information with strong, cloud-based, two-factor authentication.
17 December 2009 Secure USB sticks help to defend Royal Marsden hospital data The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, whose hospital was one of the first to develop cancer treatments back in the 1850s, is using secure USB sticks as part of a managed security solution to protect patient records.
17 December 2009 Webroot reports zero-day malware generating forged Microsoft security certificates The zero-day malware exploit against Adobe Acrobat and Reader reported earlier this week appears to have escalated, with Webroot Software noting that the payload from the exploit is generating a cluster of files designed to look like Windows system files which have been digitally signed with Microsoft security certificates.
17 December 2009 File-sharing - the big cyberthreat in 2010? File-sharing could be the big cyberthreat in 2010, according to Kaspersky Lab’s 2010 Cyberthreat Forecast.
16 December 2009 Ex-employees are a major threat to security - survey Research carried out by Bell Micro, the IT systems distributor, claims to show that 67% of organisations believe there is a greater threat to their IT systems security and integrity from within their organisation than from hackers outside.
15 December 2009 Symantec warns of zero-day security vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Reader Symantec Security Response has issued a warning about a possible wild zero-day security vulnerability in Adobe's Acrobat and Reader software.
15 December 2009 Kaspersky tests anti-virus acceleration techniques Kaspersky Lab, the Russian headquartered IT security vendor, is working with graphics chipset company Nvidia to greatly accelerate the number-crunching capabilities of its anti-virus software.
15 December 2009 Christmas spam is descending upon us As Christmas approaches, Symantec has seen an increase in Christmas spam targeting online shoppers.
15 December 2009 Two-factor authentication technology being compromised says Gartner Just when the UK banks have started issuing two-factor authentication devices to a growing number of account holders, a report from the Gartner group claims to show that fraudsters have started to raid user accounts by beating the same technology.
14 December 2009 Imperva reports major social networking hub site compromised Data security specialist Imperva has issued a warning after discovering a potentially serious SQL injection flaw with Rockyou.com, the social networking application development web portal.
14 December 2009 Now Koobface creates its own malicious web pages Koobface - the long-running worm which first appeared 12 months ago - is being customised by hackers to crack security systems on website hosting services, and so allow it to auto-create its own web pages.
14 December 2009 Encrypted MoD laptop stolen – along with encryption key The UK Ministry of Defence says one of its encrypted laptops was stolen from its headquarters in Whitehall, central London in November – along with the laptop’s encryption key.
14 December 2009 SQL injection attacks hit 1.5m websites Another 1.5 million websites associated with the newest series of SQL injection attacks have been found by network security specialist eSoft.
14 December 2009 Amazon cloud resource tapped for botnet command and control service A subscriber to the Amazon pay-as-you-use EC2 cloud computing has had their website hacked, and a command and control (C&C) system installed for the Zeus botnet, which continues to be a problem for PC users, despite the worm being almost two and a half years old.
11 December 2009 Kaspersky Lab introduces Password Manager Kaspersky Lab has taken the wraps off Password Manager, which the veteran IT security vendor describes as a robust and highly secure method of storing passwords on a PC.
11 December 2009 (ISC)2 EMEA director warns about DIY cloud computing With interest in cloud computing taking off, especially now that Microsoft is about to formally open its Azure cloud service on 1 January, the EMEA director of (ISC)2, the not-for-profit IT security education and certification body, has warned about the dangers of the technology
11 December 2009 Microsoft and Adobe patch multiple critical security vulnerabilities Microsoft and Adobe both had a busy day on Tuesday, releasing multiple security updates to address various product vulnerabilities.
10 December 2009 House of Lords hears evidence on risk of cyberterattacks The House of Lords has heard evidence from a number of high-ranking IT experts about the risk of cyberattacks to the IT and communications infrastructure of the UK, and what might happen if a natural disaster interrupts the internet in a major way.
10 December 2009 Koobface rises again - this time it's a Christmas greeting Reports are coming in of a new variant of the Koobface worm doing the rounds of PCs connected to the internet. This latest variation of the long-running criminal-driven malware uses a Christmas greeting to spread infections via the Facebook social networking portal.
10 December 2009 Cisco annual information security report highlights Cisco has released its annual information security report for 2009 and the year-end analysis makes for some interesting reading, not least because it highlights the impact of social media on network security and the critical role that people - not technology - play in creating opportunities for cybercriminals.
10 December 2009 SecureWorks scoops up UK's dns in private cash and stocks deal SecureWorks, the US managed information security services specialist, has acquired dns, its UK-based rival, in a cash-and-stock deal that remains private between the two companies.
10 December 2009 Fortify introduces SaaS edition of its application vulnerability technology After several months of testing with a few clients, Fortify has rolled out a software-as-a-service (SaaS) version of its application vulnerability technology, Fortify 360.
10 December 2009 PGP whole disk encryption approved for MoD / Armed Forces usage After several months of tests, PGP Corporation has announced that its Whole Disk Encryption (WDE) technology has been approved for use by the Ministry of Defence and British Armed Forces.
08 December 2009 WiFi cracking service breaks WPA passwords in 20 minutes A new online service - launched by IT security researcher Moxie Marlinspike - claims to crack vulnerable WiFi passwords in around 20 minutes, a process that would take a dual-core PC around 120 hours.
08 December 2009 Cybercrime is crime with different tactics – interview with Bruce Schneier Cybercrime is just like any other type of crime only with different tactics, Bruce Schneier tells Infosecurity.
08 December 2009 Sophos warns of Facebook `Rubber Duck' identity theft How easy is it to steal an identity on Facebook, the popular social networking portal? Very, as Sophos Asia-Pacific discovered recently when it carried out the Facebook equivalent of a honeypot hacker trap.
07 December 2009 Apple iPhone worms highlight flaw in whitelisting The recent well-publicised worms affecting the Apple iPhone - Ikee and Ikee-B - have raised a stir in the mobile phone security arena, but, says ESET, the IT security vendor, many observers have failed to realise the real problem with mobile phone security - users.
07 December 2009 Adobe warns of zero-day bug in Illustrator Adobe has been hit by a number of security flaws on its software this year, with most of the flaws being reported by third-party organisations - after, of course, they have notified the software vendor of the problem.
07 December 2009 Gridsure wins prestigious business award for innovation Gridsure, the security specialist that has developed a highly secure pictorial authentication alternative to PIN / passwords, has received a major award in France.
04 December 2009 Security issues holding back cloud adoption says Forrester A report from Forrester Research claims to show that concerns over the security of cloud computing are preventing many companies from considering the adoption of the technology.
04 December 2009 Fake virus, worm and malware alerts target online shoppers With Thanksgiving out of the way in the US, and monthly salary earners having just been paid, online shopping has been soaring this week but, says Webroot, the IT security vendor, criminal malware authors are now targeting e-shopping in earnest with a variety of attacks.
04 December 2009 Fake swine flu alerts spread malware US-CERT has issued a warning about hackers and malware creators exploiting the fact that season of colds and flu - especially the swine flu variety - are now upon us.
03 December 2009 Are you up to the challenge? CARE challenges IT industry to climb peaks CARE International is challenging the IT industry to its 3 Peaks Challenge raising money to help fight poverty.
03 December 2009 Millions of corporate laptops lack security says Check Point Research just published claims to show that around half of business laptops are vulnerable to security issues such as theft or data loss.
03 December 2009 Microsoft denies security patch causes Windows 7 black screen problems After several days of investigations regarding allegations that Microsoft security patches and updates had caused a `black screen of death' under Windows 7 and earlier editions of the operating system, Microsoft says its updates are not to blame.
03 December 2009 Firewall security need boosting for the upcoming holiday Tufin Technologies, the security management specialist, is advising companies to beef up their IT security defences - and in particular, their firewall - in good time for the Christmas and New Year holidays.
02 December 2009 Windows autorun trojan tops November malware chart The latest monthly malware chart from BitDefender claims to show that the largest risk to computer users is currently Trojan.AutorunINF.Gen, a generic family of trojan malware abusing the autorun feature in Windows.
02 December 2009 Hacker Gary McKinnon may get judicial review of case The emotional rollercoaster that self-confessed UFO hacker Gary McKinnon is on showed no signs of stopping today, as it emerged that Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary has revealed he is considering granting computer hacker McKinnon extra time to apply for a judicial review of his case.
02 December 2009 Mobile data continues to be a security threat - report A report out today claims to show that 92% of UK organisations are failing to fully secure their mobile data.
01 December 2009 Lost naval USB stick triggers investigation The loss of a USB stick - apparently containing data on naval manoeuvres and staff around the UK - has reportedly triggered a major investigation by the government.