Compliance violations via email increase
In a study of how professionals use, and companies manage, email – particularly the handling of private and confidential information – VaporStream found that …
Entrust expands authentication platform
Entrust is extending their Non-Federal Identity SSP service to include Personal Identity Verification-Interoperable (PIV-I) compliance for state governments, the private …
Wardriving gang targeting small firms
A group of individuals who are believed to have been engaged in wardriving around Seattle and stealing personal and financial information from networks belonging to small area …
Week in review: European Space Agency breach, SQL injection trends and iPhone secret location tracking
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and reviews: Final report: Pan-European cyber security exercise The EU’s cyber security …
Carder pleads guilty to hacking and selling stolen card numbers
A carder and hacker that has been arrested in 2009 by the Secret Service for trying to sell 40 stolen card numbers to one of their undercover agents, has pleaded guilty to …
Michigan State Police denies downloading drivers’ phone data
A few days ago, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan made public their belief that the Michigan State Police might have been using portable devices that allowed them …
GFI VIPRE Antivirus integrated into OPSWAT MetaDefender
OPSWAT has added GFI VIPRE Antivirus technology to its MetaDefender solutions portfolio. OPSWAT enhanced its malware detection capabilities by incorporating the award-winning …
Why do governments have trouble retaining cyber warriors?
It is becoming painfully obvious that the U.S. government and the governments of European countries are having trouble recruiting enough capable “cyber warriors” …
Gold-themed spam fishing for personal information
It is almost a rule of thumb that everything that might interest a large number of people makes for a good lure for spammers and scammers. From news regarding natural …
Software company Ashampoo breached, customer data stolen
The German computer software company Ashampoo has been targeted by attackers that managed to gain access to its customers database and possibly exfiltrated data such as names …
Interest in royal wedding abused by fake AV peddlers
As the day of the wedding of Prince William of England and his long-time girlfriend Kate Middleton quickly approaches, scammers have began to exploit the interest of Internet …
IT teams still struggling with spam and viruses
IT teams are still struggling to protect their businesses from spam email and viruses, according to Mimecast. Their research also finds that the majority of organizations are …