Research from by Altimeter Group, Bloor Research and Trend Micro shows that the ‘consumer marketing’ legacy of many smartphones makes them ill-equipped to meet enterprise security demands.
DHS gets California company to hack game consoles
In a project that started from law enforcement agencies’ request to the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which was then farmed out to the US Navy, Obscure Technologies of California has been awarded a contract to find ways of hacking game cons…
SQL injection tops SMB database security concerns
More than half of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are most concerned about SQL injection attacks against their databases, according to a survey of 6,000 SMBs users of GreenSQL’s database security product.
Adobe plugs security holes in Reader and Acrobat, adds free e-signature to Reader
Adobe has shipped updates for Reader and Acrobat that fix four security holes that could cause the application to crash and allow an attacker to take control of an affected system.
Anonymous attacks high-tech trade groups over support for CISPA
Anonymous claimed credit for launching distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDoS) against a number of high-tech trade groups in retaliation for their support of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA).
Google fixes SSL certificate bug in Chrome browser
Google has released an update for Chrome that fixes a problem with the SSL certificate when users attempt to connect to sites over HTTPS.
Google fixes SSL certificate bug in Chrome browser
Google has released an update for Chrome that fixes a problem with the SSL certificate when users attempt to connect to sites over HTTPS.
Utah increases estimate of Medicaid data breach 10-fold
The Utah Department of Health (UDOH) is now admitting that social security numbers of up to 280,000 individuals were stolen from the Department of Technology Services server, a 10-fold increase from the original estimate.
Real-time data mining comes to Twitter
Twitter is usually described as a micro-blogging social network. To many who monitor its ‘trending topics’ it is also an early warning news service, frequently pointing users to breaking news before the traditional news media reports it.
What an Englishman does in bed
Companies that monitor the end point behavior of their remote workers will have to start monitoring their (internet) behavior in bed. That at least is the inference to be drawn from a new street survey conducted by Infosecurity Europe.