Infosecurity News
Managed wireless security set to hit $1 billion by 2014
A study just released by ABI Research predicts a period of healthy growth for managed wireless security solutions, with growth averaging 27% a year for the period 2008 to 2014.
UK national ID card cloned in 12 minutes
The prospective national ID card was broken and cloned in 12 minutes, the Daily Mail revealed this morning.
Companies invest in IT, but do not measure IT value
Despite 30% of IT security companies increasing their investments in IT this year, fewer than half have a shared understanding of IT value across the enterprise and two-thirds fail to fully measure it, according to ISACA.
WatchGuard acquires BorderWare in private transaction
Seattle-based WatchGuard Technologies - the unified threat management (USM) security vendor - has announced plans to buy privately-held BorderWare Technology, which employs around 90 staff, for an undisclosed sum.
Does weak cloud password security mean local storage is best?
Hard on the heels of researchers at last week's Black Hat security briefings showing how easy it is to recover third party passwords on Amazon's EC2 and Microsoft's Office Online services, Andy Cordial, Origin Storage's managing director, said that this highlights the fact that local storage technology is far more secure than the cloud.
Arbor Networks shows how Iran filters and blocks internet traffic
Arbor Networks has published internet bandwidth usage figures from June and July that make fascinating reading if you ever wondered how less democratic governments such as Iran filters and blocks internet traffic for their citizens.
Zeus botnet traced to Latvian operation
Researchers have been busy over the last few days tracing where the Zeus botnet is being controlled from, following investigations by the University of Alabama in the US, which tracked down the Zeus Bot virus to a raft of fake internet postcards circulating on the internet.
SquirrelMail open source email project hacked
It now seems that the hacking of the servers of the SquirrelMail open-source email project in late June may have been worse than originally reported.
US credit reporting system flawed claims information security researcher
Clever hackers are exploiting a number of loopholes in US credit reporting systems to substantially improve their credit rating and so gain access to zero percent loans and low-cost credit cards, an information security researcher said over the weekend.
Black Hat: San Francisco meters hacked for free parking
At the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, researchers have revealed how the security of San Francisco's plans to become a showcase for the US on computerised parking has been compromised.
ISF details top ten future IT security threats
Cybercrime is at the top of the Information Security Forum's (ISF) Threat Horizon list for 2011, which highlights the growth of `crimeware as a service' offered by criminal gangs, along with infiltration into organisations to carry out insider attacks.
The correct approach on access assurance revealed
Access assurance may be a complex area, but Stuart Hodkinson, UK general manager with Courion Corporation - along with Fran Howarth, a principal analyst with Quocirca - had more than a few answers in an educational and informative webinar this week.
Adobe confirms Flash contains Microsoft security flaw
Should vendors include programme code from third parties, is the question experts are asking, now that Adobe has acknowledged that it used Microsoft's allegedly flawed development code in its products.
MX Logic reports spams levels hitting highest levels ever
Research just released by MX Logic suggests that spam as a percentage of overall email has reached its highest point ever, currently accounting for 94.6% of all email.
Black Hat: Information security trade press are bound to Google
At the BlackHat conference in Las Vegas, 29 July 2009, one conference session addressed the changing nature of the information security trade press. A panel of experienced journalists answered questions on the relationship between trade and mainstream media, the rise of Google news, and the financial challenges affecting the publishing industry.
Black Hat: Department of Defense call for three cyber-czars
This morning, 30 July, at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, Robert Lentz, Senior Information Assurance Official for the Department of Defense, declared the need for two extra cyber-czar roles: one for identity, and one for information security training and education.
Symantec develops pooled high-end cyberthreat analysis service
Symantec has joined the growing ranks of IT security vendors that are offering their pooled information on the latest ITsec threats as a value-added outsourced option for major corporates.
Latest MessageLabs intelligence report: spammers getting cleverer
The July 2009 MessageLabs Intelligence Report concludes that spammers have turned to using online translation services to develop multilanguage spam runs.
Forensics links fake online postcards to Zeus Bot
The Computer forensics department at the University of Alabama has tracked down the Zeus Bot virus to a raft of fake internet postcards circulating on the Internet.
Fifth Syrian cybercrime event hailed a success
The Fifth International Forum on Combating Cybercrime - a two-day security conference - opened in Damascus, Syria, yesterday and, say the organisers, is a great success.
