Employees at the Pelican Bay State Prison in California have reached a settlement with the state over allegations that their personnel information was exposed to prison inmates.
16 code defects uncovered for open source code bases
Software testing firm Coverity has uncovered 16 code defects, similar to a defect recently found in the MySQL database server, in nine different open source code bases, including Nmap, OpenBabble, and Ncbi-tools.
PPTP traffic should be considered unencrypted
This is the view of Moxie Marlinspike, who along with David Hulton first presented his method for cracking Microsoft’s CHAPv2 at Defcon, and has now described the process on CloudCracker.
Remove Unwanted Files With CCleaner
This is a guest post by Vincent Ammirato.Your personal computer has a lot more junk in it, than what is visible to the eye. To ensure this junk does not hinder the performance of your PC you must do away with it on an on-going basis. This will not…
Bachmann aide accuses candidate, senior staff of data theft
A campaign aide to former Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is suing Bachmann and her senior campaign staff for allegedly stealing her private email list to promote the candidate among Christian home-school advocates in Iowa.
Better late than never: Wells Fargo appoints first CISO
In an announcement that boggles the infosec-savvy mind, global financial firm Wells Fargo has only just appointed its first chief information security officer (CISO).
Big Data Analytics should be used for security as well as commercial purposes
“Big data analytics can improve information security and increase cyber resilience” claims a new report from the Information Security Forum (ISF).
ENISA calls for joint effort between users and providers to secure online identities
ENISA notes that nearly 18.5 million user passwords have been stolen in just seven major hacks this year already, and has published guidelines on how both users and service providers can better secure them in the future.
New Morto worm variant emerges with file infection capability
A new variant of the Morto worm has added a file infection capability to the malware’s arsenal of weapons, warned a Microsoft researcher.
Korean hackers arrested for stealing data on 8.7 million mobile subscribers
South Korea’s National Police Agency (NPA) has arrested two hackers for stealing and selling personal information on 8.7 million KT mobile subscribers.