While Facebook seems to have more security holes than Swiss cheese, mainly down to the extensible code that the social networking service uses, Sophos has issued an alert about an especially nasty clickjacking worm.
200-plus websites using Justin Bieber as bait to distribute malware
Reports are coming in that blackhat SEO techniques are being used by cybercriminals to position malicious links among the top results in internet search engines.
500 000 websites hacked, including Apple
An SQL injection hack has affected more than 500 000 websites according to recent reports, including two sites maintained by Apple to promote iTunes podcasts.
NIST announces approved procedures for EHR systems testing
The electronic health record (EHR) certification program is no longer temporary, as the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has removed the ‘pending’ label from its EHR approved testing procedures, developed by th…
Ocean Blue develops green software to tackle standby power consumption
A digital TV software specialist, whose Sunrise digital video broadcast (DVB) firmware is found in a number of TV set top boxes, has taken the wraps off a ‘deep hibernation’ system for TV digiboxes that slashes standby power consumption.
Government could outsource IT to India, says Ovum
The government should consider offshoring IT work to India to achieve spending cuts, according to analyst firm Ovum.
Android game app conceals GPS tracker
A malicious application that conceals spyware and GPS tracking behind a mobile phone game has been discovered in the Android app store.
Gartner predicts 11% growth for security software market in 2010
Although the global downturn slowed security revenue to 7% growth in 2009, organizations globally have indicated their intention to give priority to security budgets, says Gartner.
Internet users’ careless password usage increases ID theft
Research released by credit reference agency Experian claims to show that the careless use of passwords on the internet is creating an identity theft paradise of criminals.
FaceTime extends Web 2.0 control technology into the cloud
FaceTime Communications has unveiled a software-as-a-service (SaaS) version of its Unified Security Gateway technology, which allows enterprises to gain granular control over the use of Web 2.0 and social networking systems plus services.