A single click can open door to cybercrime
Blue Coat Systems unveiled their 2011 security report that examines Web behavior and the malware to which users are most frequently exposed. The report analyzes Web requests …
Smartphone users not aware of mobile security risks
More than a third of surveyed smartphone users are not aware of the increasing security risks associated with using their phones for financial purposes and to store personal …
Facebook survey scam toolkit lowers entry bar for scammers
If you have been wondering about the recent proliferation of survey scams on Facebook and thinking to yourself how is it possible that so many people to know how to develop …
The notable decline of identity fraud
In 2010 the number of identity fraud victims decreased by 28 percent to 8.1 million adults in the United States, three million fewer victims than the prior year, according to …
Malware increases by 46% in only one year
There is a steady growth of threats to mobile platforms, according to a new McAfee report. The number of pieces of new mobile malware in 2010 increased by 46 percent compared …
73% of organizations hacked in the last 2 years
Website attacks are the biggest concern for companies, yet 88 percent spend more on coffee than securing Web applications, according to a survey by Barracuda Networks, Cenzic …
Organizations still don’t understand application security strategies
Organizations lack a sense of urgency for securing critical data, according to a new report by Application Security. The report found that the greatest challenges to securing …
Increasing adoption of open source software
A recent survey by Gartner found that more than half of organizations surveyed have adopted open source software (OSS) solutions as part of their IT strategy. Nearly one-third …
Serious jump in new vulnerabilities exploitation
On a typical month, exploit activity falls between 30 percent and 40 percent, according to Fortinet. Half of new vulnerabilities rated as “critical” were targeted …
Governance has a central role in IT security
A major survey from ISACA confirms the central role that governance plays in information security within large organizations and stresses the fact that 95% of IT professionals …
Security professionals focus on cloud computing skills
Information security professionals may be focusing on familiar territory rather than new paradigms when it comes to skilling up for the cloud, suggest early survey results …
Think PCI is not beneficial? Think again
In the wake of massive data breaches of payment card information in the past few years, the topic of PCI compliance and its adoption has been top of mind in any organization …