Week in review: Zappos, Symantec breaches, identities of Koobface gang revealed, and Megaupload shutdown
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and podcasts: Google Docs hosted phishing schemes abound Sophos has recently spotted two distinct …
Mozilla offers alternative to OpenID
Mozilla has been working for a while now on a new browser-based system for identifying and authenticating users it calls BrowserID, but its only this month that all of its …
McAfee closes spam-spewing hole in its anti-malware service
McAfee has patched a vulnerability in its SaaS for Total Protection hosted anti-malware service that seems to have been misused by spammers to make users’ computers spew …
Programmer steals US government software source code
A Chinese computer programmer has been arrested in New York for having allegedly copied and stolen the source code of software developed by the US Treasury Department, …
Megaupload shuttered, founders arrested, Anonymous retaliates with DDoS attacks
As the Internet-wide blackout in protest of the anti-piracy PIPA and SOPA legislations was slowly winding down, US authorities have announced the seizure and takedown of …
Qualys expands its FreeScan service
Qualys announced its new and improved FreeScan service to help SMBs audit and protect their web sites from security vulnerabilities and malware infections. The new FreeScan …
CIOs still sensitive about cloud adoption
More than 90% of CIOs and IT directors believe that data and its sensitivity level dictates the type of cloud solution they are considering when researching cloud vendors, …
Leading CSOs outline roadmap to combat advanced threats
RSA released new insights from a group of the world’s leading CSOs, designed to help corporations and governments improve visibility into advanced threats ranging from …
Windows Phone App Analyser 1.0 released
David Rook, the author of the acclaimed security code review tool Agnitio, today released version 1.0 of Windows Phone App Analyser, an application that can be used to …
The importance of master data management
Master data management (MDM) is critical to achieving effective information governance, according to Gartner. Failure to manage information accurately has been the root cause …
The Information Diet
The modern human animal spends upwards of 11 hours out of every 24 in a state of constant consumption. Not eating, but gorging on information ceaselessly spewed from the …
Koobface botnet goes down, suspects scurry to erase tracks
As the names of the five individuals believed to be behind the Koobface botnet were revealed on Tuesday, their reaction was almost immediate and seems to validate the …
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