DARPA director leaves the agency for Google
Regina Dugan, the first female director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), has been offered and has accepted a “senior executive position” …
New online banking fraud schemes target mobile users
Trusteer uncovered two online banking fraud schemes designed to defeat one time password (OTP) authorization systems used by many banks. Unlike a previous attack Trusteer …
iOS 5 Programming Cookbook
Now you can overcome the vexing, real-life issues you confront when creating apps for the iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. By making use of more than 100 new recipes in this …
NATO signs huge cyber defense contract
Rome-base Finmecchanica and the Northrup Grumman Corporation have been awarded a 58 million Euro ($76 million) deal for upgrading NATO’s cyber defense capabilities. The …
A new security strategy for Sony
2011 was a tough year for Sony. Having been attacked over 20 times by hacktivists going after its websites, the PlayStation Network, its customers’ and company …
Teen exploits three 0-days to hack Chrome, earns $60K from Google
The end of this year’s editions of the Pwn2Own and Pwnium contests has been marked by another Chrome hack, executed by a teenage security researcher that goes by the …
Higher education breaches significantly down
In a year highlighted by the biggest data security breaches on record, the higher education vertical appears to have had a reprieve relative to prior years in terms of overall …
SafeNet acquires Cryptocard
SafeNet has acquired Cryptocard, a provider of cloud based authentication solutions. Financial terms were not disclosed. By combining SafeNet’s authentication solutions …
DirectPass: Password management and login convenience
Trend Micro announced DirectPass, a password management solution. Designed to organize and manage passwords, DirectPass provides consumers with a way to manage their online …
Carnegie Mellon researchers unveil iOS and Android security app
Carnegie Mellon University CyLab researchers have developed a new smartphone app that leverages the growing proliferation of these devices to establish a secure basis for …
Facebook scam uses fake CAPTCHA to spread
In order for a Facebook survey scam to be successful, it has to make users do two things: propagate the scam further by “endorsing” it and complete at least one …
New IEEE standards for the smart grid
IEEE announced five new standards, as well as a modified standards-development project, that are all intended to aid the efficient rollout of the smart grid worldwide. The new …
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