An IT security researcher claims to have uncovered a sophisticated mass injection attack that uses a polymorphic obfuscation attack vector, and has been used to target WordPress blogs at a US-based hosting provider.
Network access control still not taking off, says Forrester
Despite a lot of discussion in the media, it seems that only 10% of security organisations in Europe and North America are planning to implement network access control (NAC) technology in the next 12 months.
Internet responds to government attempts to tighten control
US and UK authorities are tightening their control of the internet in their fight against copyright pirates and counterfeiters. But their moves may reverse the principle that people are innocent until proven guilty, and open the way to censorship of on…
Small-scale DDoS hack takes down WikiLeaks site
The hacker who took down the WikiLeaks site just hours before it was set to publish leaked US documents used a relatively small-scale, application-level distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, according to Craig Labovitz, chief scientist at Arbor …
Iran confirms Stuxnet hit uranium enrichment centrifuges
Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has confirmed that the Stuxnet computer worm affected centrifuges in the country’s uranium enrichment program.
IBM launches apprenticeship scheme for school leavers
IBM has launched an apprenticeship scheme for 15 school leavers in a bid to develop its current and future workforce.
Gartner predicts cyber attack will seriously damage G20 economy by 2015
A G20 country will be hit by major cyber attack by 2015, Garter predicts.
BAE Systems buys Australian cybersecurity consulting firm
UK-based defense firm BAE Systems has agreed to acquire stratsec.net, an Australian cybersecurity consulting firm, for around $23 million.
Eset security research fellow says Stuxnet reporting is OTT
Reporting on the Stuxnet malware has reached new heights – or lows, depending on your point of view. According to David Harley, a security research fellow with Eset, the Sky News video report on the malware of late last week was more ‘planet fantasy’ t…
Branson and Murdoch launch iPad ‘newspapers’
Entrepreneurs Richard Branson and Rupert Murdoch are to launch rival publications exclusively for Apple’s iPad.