The US Departments of Homeland Security and Commerce are seeking public comments on a proposed voluntary program under which Internet service providers (ISPs) would notify users when their computers have been infected by botnet malware.
Close to 5 million US military patient records stolen from contractor
Medical records of 4.9 million US military personnel and their families have been compromised as a result of a theft of backup tapes from an SAIC contractor’s car in San Antonio, Texas.
Iran threatens to reciprocate any US, UK and Israeli cyber-attacks
The war of words between the US and Iranian governments took a dark turn last week when an Iranian army chief – apparently responding to comments from US military chiefs’ previous threats of an internet war – said that Iran will respond to any form of …
Trend spots malware hidden within rogue copies of Opera Mini Java edition
A Trend Micro fraud analyst claims to have spotted rogue versions of Opera Mini, a Java (jar) mobile phone browser that can be downloaded and used on a wide number of mobile phones.
Betfair loses data on more than three million customers to hackers
Betfair has apparently admitted that data on more than three million of its customers – including 2.9 user names and almost 90,000 bank account details – was hacked by cybercriminals, possibly from Cambodia.
Is personnel turmoil behind DHS cybersecurity reorg?
High-level turnover at the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) cybersecurity office may be a factor in the reorganization of the National Protection and Programs Directorate, which oversees the office.
Red Lambda develops auto-mining security intelligence software
Red Lambda has taken the wraps off an automatic data mining application that analyzes data on the organization’s IT resources and archives – as well as on the internet – and presents the information in a drill-down dashboard format to the user.
Red Lambda develops auto-mining security intelligence software
Red Lambda has taken the wraps off an automatic data mining application that analyzes data on the organization’s IT resources and archives – as well as on the internet – and presents the information in a drill-down dashboard format to the user.
ISF issues major update on Standard of Good Practice for IT security professionals
The Information Security Forum (ISF) has published a major update on its Standard of Good Practice for IT security professionals, which is billed as the industry’s most business-focused, all-in-one guide to information security assurance.
ISF issues major update on Standard of Good Practice for IT security professionals
The Information Security Forum (ISF) has published a major update on its Standard of Good Practice for IT security professionals, which is billed as the industry’s most business-focused, all-in-one guide to information security assurance.