Infosecurity News
Privacy International slams ICO ruling on Google Street View
Privacy International has slammed the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) ruling that Google Street View does not contravene the Data Protection Act.
SmoothWall unveils low-cost secure web gateway appliance
SmoothWall has taken the wraps off a new rack-mounted web filtering appliance that uses the company's Guardian web filtering technology.
Tufin Technologies launches open API security initiative
Tufin Technologies has announced a policy and security network API (application programming interface) initiative and has enlisted the support of several IT security vendors for the program.
Finjan uncovers one of world's largest botnets
Finjan has uncovered what appears to be one of the largest bot networks controlled by a single cybercrime gang, with 1.9 million infected zombie computers forming the swarm.
AVG launches free LinkScanner web security application
AVG, the producers of one of the most popular free anti-virus applications, is now offering a free URL checking utility.
Check Point completes Nokia's security appliance business
It's been a complicated take-over, apparently, but Check Point Software Technologies has at last completed the acquisition of Nokia's security appliances business which was announced last year.
Skype - not as secure as you might think
Although VOIP afficionadoes are wont to promote the encrypted nature of Skype Internet telephony calls, it's now becoming accepted that the use of a compressed data mode within Skype opens the gates to pattern recognition and slow, but steady, text-based decoding of the voice transmissions as a result.
Black Hat briefings start on Thursday
The organisers of the main Black Hat security conference - which takes place at the Moevenpick City Centre hotel in Amsterdam's Piet Heinkade this Thursday and Friday - have announced that presenters will reveal no less than six high profile vulnerabilities at the event.
Infosecurity Weekly Brief - April 13 2009
Powerpoint, Porn and Twitter
It's been a Hard Day's Night for Paul McCartney's web site
The operators of Paul McCartney's web site were caught with their electronic pants down this week after the portal was found to be serving up malware.
Hispasec enhances free online malware analysis service
Hispasec Sistemas, one of Spanish-speaking world's rising IT security stars, has enhanced its online malware analysis service to accept programmes of up to 10 megabytes, as well as supporting an impressive 23 languages via its on-screen interface
Conficker methodology appears in updated Neeris worm
Even though version D of the Conficker worm failed to cause havoc - as was widely predicted - on April 1, the worm's methodology continues to cause problems in the shape of an updated version of the Neeris worm.
Samsung appoints Wick Hill as IT security distributor
Samsung, a name better known for its PC and mobile phone offerings, has signed veteran value-added distributor Wick Hill to handle its IT security products in the UK.
Infosecurity - the Week in Brief
Ghost in the machine The Information Warfare Monitor published a report on GhostNet, a cyber-espionage network that it discovered after conducting a security audit for the Dalai Lama's Tibetan Government in Exile. Almost 1300 machines were discovered in a micro-botnet controlled from servers mainly in Chinese IP blocks. The 30% of machines that it identified were of high importance to Chinese interests, it found. The Dalai Lama has condemned the whole affair, and the Chinese government is denying everything.
SQL injection attack leads to command execution
SQL injection will take a new turn later this month at Black Hat Europe, when a security researcher shows how to take control of a database server using the technique.
“Truly depressing”: GFI laments lack of insight into current IT needs from UK SMEs
Small to medium enterprises (SMEs) are underestimating the security danger posed by their employees, especially in light of the current recession, according to network security software developer, GFI.
TelTech intros pay-as-you-use lie detector phone service
TelTech has launched what appears to be the industry's first pay-as-you-use telephone voice analysis (lie detection) service.
Symantec admits card data probably leaked from India
In a response to a BBC investigation into the leaking of payment card data from Indian call centres, Symantec's Indian operation has admitted that card data on three of its customers may have been leaked from its call centre contractor in India.
Infosecurity - the week in brief
Bugs, browsers, bureaucracy, backtracks and busts.
CanSecWest: lasers and electronic sniffing take over from Van Eck
If you're an IT security professional with a long memory, you'll recall a BBC TV demonstration of the Van Eck phenomenon - the process of eavesdropping on a CRT monitor at a distance of several metres using low-cost electronics in the mid-1980s following the publishing of a paper on the subject.
