Infosecurity News
Identity theft remains the major complaint reported to the FTC
For the 12th consecutive year the FTC has revealed that identity theft tops the list of consumer complaints received: 15% of 1.8 million complaints in 2011.
RSA 2012: Cyber security school challenge reaches 8000 children in 2011
At the RSA conference in San Francisco, February 28 2012, Joyce Brocaglia, founder of the Executive Women’s Foundation, hosted a session on the logistics and impact of the cyber security school challenge - a collaborative outreach program that helps educate youth on the topics of online security, privacy, and safety.
RSA 2012: Schneier reveals three biggest information security risks in 2012
In his session at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, February 28th 2012, Bruce Schneier listed what he perceives to be the three biggest risks to information security right now: The rise of big data; ill-conceived law enforcement regulations; and the cyberwar arms race.
RSA 2012: Coviello's mea culpa
Looking none the worse for wear from the huge RSA data breach last year, Chairman Arthur Coviello Jr. said he and his team felt the breach “personally” and have struggled to regain the company's reputation in the security community.
Gatekeeper – a new security feature or a walled garden for OSX?
Apple’s OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion due this summer will contain a new feature called Gatekeeper. Opinions vary on whether it is a genuine security feature or the cornerstone of a new walled garden.
WikiLeaks redux: Site teams with hacktivists to publish Stratfor emails
WikiLeaks is back in the news. The site dedicated to leaking state secrets has teamed with Anonymous to disclose emails from intelligence firm Stratfor, which Anonymous offshoot LulzSec breached in December.
Agari expands use of DMARC email security standard through new program
Based on the DMARC email authentication standard announced last month, Agari has launched a receiver program that enables mailbox providers to adopt DMARC and improve their customers’ email security.
OACP website hacked in protest against Canadian Bill C-30
The OACP website currently displays a simple message: “Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police - UNDER MAINTENANCE”
Former McAfee researcher exploits zero-day hole in smartphone browser
Former McAfee researcher Dmitri Alperovitch has successfully exploited a zero-day vulnerability in an Android smartphone and installed Nickispy malware that can control the device, record calls, access texts and emails, and pinpoint location.
FCC calls on service providers to step up efforts to combat online threats
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is urging internet service providers (ISPs) to take a more proactive approach in combating online threats.
Top-secret Anglo-French drone plans stolen
A briefcase reportedly containing top secret documents about an Anglo-French drone project was stolen from a senior Dassault Aviation executive on his way to London.
AlienVault’s Open Threat Exchange
National security strategies frequently stress the need and desirability for information sharing to counter cyber security threats. But while they have few concrete proposals, business is going ahead on its own.
Firms move ahead with mobility, despite security concerns
Although 71% of enterprises are considering deploying custom mobile applications, 41% are concerned about the security risks posed by mobility programs, according to a survey sponsored by Symantec.
The Electro-Magnetic Pulse threat to national infrastructures
The House of Commons Defence Committee has examined the UK posture towards EMP, and finds it wanting. “It is time that the Government began to approach this matter with the seriousness it deserves.”
Memphis police investigate tax preparer's data dump
A tax preparer based in Memphis, Tenn., is accused of throwing out thousands of tax documents containing customers’ personal information, including driver's license and social security numbers, in dumpsters at one of its offices, according to Memphis police.
The contradictions of password psychology
A new survey on attitudes towards passwords indicates an apparent contradiction: most people want stricter password security policies, but don’t bother changing their own default passwords.
End of the death grip court case
Apple has agreed settlement terms for the ultimate self-inflicted DoS: the ‘death grip’ that can cause the iPhone 4 to drop its signal.
TGIF: If you are a member of Anonymous, that is
Giddy with its recent successes against the FBI, Scotland Yard, the CIA, and US stock exchanges, Anonymous and its affiliates are vowing to launch cyberattacks every Friday.
The BYOD problem: criminal infiltration and data exfiltration
A solution to the growing ‘BYOD problem’ can be achieved by extending network access control at the servers to include mobile devices in the field by combining NAC and MDM.
Local authorities have spent £515m on CCTV in four years
A new report compiled with information from Freedom of Information requests shows that UK local authorities have spent more than half a billion pounds on CCTV surveillance cameras in the last four years.
