European Space Agency website and FTP servers hacked
The European Space Agency’s website has been hacked on Sunday by a Romanian going by the handle TinKode, who documented the hack on his personal blog and made public the …
Bredolab variant delivered by fake Facebook warning
There are over 600 millions of active Facebook users in the world, so it’s no wonder that they are often targets of a great variety of scams. The latest one is delivered …
Yahoo! backtracks on data retention policy decision
In late 2008, Yahoo! announced that their file retention period for most log file data would be cut down to 90 days – with the exception of raw data kept for 6 months …
DARPA invests $4.9M towards secure cloud computing
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded $4.9M to Galois, Inc., as research integrator for the PROCEED program (Programming Computation on Encrypted …
Green IT to become a priority
Green IT initiatives will take on added importance in the next few years as more organizations commit financial resources and develop comprehensive strategies, according to a …
Cybercriminals shifting to smaller, more opportunistic attacks
Data loss through cyber attacks decreased sharply in 2010, but the total number of breaches was higher than ever, according to the “Verizon 2011 Data Breach …
Easter greetings deliver malware
The days leading up to major religious holidays are when you should be more careful with the contents of your inbox. One malicious spam run recently spotted by McAfee consists …
Software industry risks and SQL injection trends
With the trend of targeted cyber attacks along with the exploitation of common vulnerabilities such as SQL injection, it is clear that the core software infrastructure of …
Managed government-level secure USB from Kingston
Kingston announced the DataTraveler 4000-M Managed (DT4000-M) USB Flash drive, a fully managed version of the company’s DataTraveler 4000 product. Specifically developed …
PCI DSS compliant companies suffer fewer data breaches
While the majority of PCI compliant organizations suffer fewer or no breaches, most practitioners still do not perceive PCI-DSS to have a positive impact on data security, …
SecureDoc 5.2: Full-disk encryption supports Lenovo Hardware Password Manager
WinMagic launches SecureDoc 5.2, the only full-disk encryption (FDE) solution to support Lenovo Hardware Password Manager (HPM) on ThinkPad laptops and ThinkCentre desktops. …
NetWrix integrates with Microsoft System Center
NetWrix released the SCOM Management Pack for Change Reporter Suite, an integrated solution for automated change auditing of the entire IT infrastructure, integrated with …