Infosecurity News
Forrester questions the security of cloud computing
With the economic downturn, cloud computing is seen as a way to improve operational efficiency, reduce headcounts and help with the bottom line, but according to the report from Massachusetts-based Forrester Research on cloud computing, organisations should not jump on the ‘cloud wagon’ before considering security and privacy concerns.
Estonia now firmly on the FBI cybercrime map
The importance of Estonia, one of the most Internet-connected and e-trading nations on earth, has ramped up a notch or two with the FBI, which has announced plans to station a cybercrime expert and his/her team in the country later this year.
Swine flu challenges information security
The recent outbreak of swine flu has thrown up a number of topics related to information security ranging from secure sharing of data between health professionals, to spam / phishing and issues around remote working.
Infosecurity Weekly Brief - May 12th 2009
Danny Bradbury rounds up the most important news in the security space from the last week.
Heartland takes US$12.6m hit for breach
Heartland Payment Systems has revealed that it lost US$12.6m as a result of its 2008 data breach, in the same week that it finally regained official Payment Card Industry Data Security standard (PCI DSS) compliance.
Information security technology not enough
Information security technology is of little use if employees unwittingly give up log-in details, passwords and other sensitive information to hackers using social engineering.
Fake search engines used to divert users to malware infected websites
Hackers are starting to create fake search engine sites to divert hapless internet users to malware infected websites, says PandaLabs, the research operation of Panda Security.
Global Security Challenge Competition open for entries
The fourth annual Global Security Challenge Competition where security entrepreneurs compete for up to US$500 000 in cash grants, is open for entries until 15 June 2009.
RSA: Splunk’s sales benefit from economic downturn
Splunk, the vendor who calls itself “the google for data centres” are seeing an increase in sales due to the high crime that comes hand in hand with an economic downturn.
Palo Alto networks formally launches in the UK
After several years of offering its products via a few specialist systems integrators in the UK, California's Palo Alto Networks has established a formal presence in the country.
German Police arrest Bavarian cracking group
Police in Bavaria have arrested 11 people suspected of being members of the Hacksector cracking group, which maintains a dark hats forum of the same name on the Internet.
Infosecurity Europe: firms get access to military grade forensics
It's not often that firms supplying specialist network forensics technology to US government agencies are allowed to supply their systems software to civilian companies, especially outside of the United States, but Utah-based Solera Networks has achieved this.
Infosecurity Europe: Police central e-crime unit can’t afford to tackle e-crime
At the Infosecurity Europe show, London, on 30 April 2009, in a session titled ‘The dynamics of e-crime’, an audience member - an employee of the police central e-crime unit (PCeu) within the Metropolitan police service – interrupted the panel to declare that police are not ignoring the increasing problem of e-crime, but are under-funded and thus unable to tackle it effectively.
Infosecurity Europe: Employee awareness of security is “dangerously immature” says (ISC)2’s Colley
John Colley, managing director of (ISC)2 EMEA lamented the lack of security is company culture in his talk ‘Are we getting the basics right’ at Infosecurity Europe this year.
Infosecurity Europe: Mobile-originated spam set to be a major problem
The issue of spam is a major concern for vendors and attendees at the show. And, while internet service providers (ISPs) are doing their bit in shutting down the accounts of spammers in real time, it`s only the fixed line ISPs that have this luxury.
Infosecurity Europe: Business social networkers can “learn a lot from kids”
Chris Boyd, director of malware research at FaceTime Security Labs, warned against the dangers of social networking at the talk ‘Social networking pirates: Batten down the hatches, Cap’n Jack is coming’ at Infosecurity Europe.
Infosecurity Europe show opens with security cafes and expert forums
The Infosecurity Europe show opens for a three-day run in London today, with two features that are new for 2009 - security cafes and expert forums.
Infosecurity Europe: Lord Erroll calls for greater punishment for cybercrime
Lord Erroll stole the limelight, and the audience’s attention on the ‘Who got caught out the last 12 months’ keynote panel at the Infosecurity Europe show in London, 28 April 2009, by calling for greater penalties and repercussions for cybercrime.
Infosecurity Weekly Brief - April 27
Last week, Infosecurity Magazine was at the RSA show in San Francisco. A variety of vendors launched new products.
A new generation security architecture revealed
Join Infosecurity magazine and Check Point software technologies in a webinar discussing `software blades,' a new architecture that allows companies to select from a library of over 20 software-driven systems to create a tailored security gateway for specific environments.
