Research published today claims to show that the increasing problem of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks has been made worse by a tendency to misconfigure firewalls and intrusion prevention systems (IPS).
NewNet Communication purchases encryption specialist Traxcom
Privately held network communications supplier NewNet Communication has acquired another business from within its own parent company – secure transactions provider Traxcom Technologies. The move is expected to strengthen the security of NewNet’s mobile…
Belgacom taps CyberArk for privileged ID management in the cloud
CyberArk has landed a prestigious project for protecting critical applications, identities and information in Belgacom’s data centres in Belgium.
Indian government threatening BlackBerry ban again
India may yet ban BlackBerry services after maker Research In Motion (RIM) said it was technically impossible to give government access to corporate e-mails.
Lax compliance costs more than strict compliance with security rules
Noncompliance costs organizations almost three times as much as compliance with information security regulations and standards, according to a new study by the Ponemon Institute and Tripwire.
Assange reveals WikiLeaks back-up plan
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has revealed a back-up plan to continue releasing secrets if the whistle blowing website is shut down.
Symantec is Marmite, says Spamina
“The love hate relationship between the very large vendors like Symantec and their potential customers, leaves the door open for smaller email security companies”, Jim Tyer, international sales manager of Spamina, a Spanish email security company, told…
Internet darkness hits Egypt – but there’s always dial-up
It’s been a very sad weekend for Egypt on several fronts, but many internet watchers will have been dismayed to see the internet in that country going dark, with most of the country’s ISPs effectively turning of their network resources.
Kaspersky Lab hit by AV software source code leak
Source code that apparently relates to v8 of Kaspersky Anti-virus has appeared on BitTorrent and other file-sharing sites in the last few days. According to newswire reports, the source code was leaked by an employee of the IT security vendor who is no…
Assange reveals Wikileaks back-up plan
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has revealed a back-up plan to continue releasing secrets if the whistleblowing website is shut down.