The main driver of IT operating expenses is the increasing costs of malware incidents, according to a recent survey of IT personnel conducted by the Ponemon Institute.
India’s CBI hack shows cyberspace is now a battleground
A hacking attack on a key investigative agency of the Indian government shows that cyberspace is increasingly becoming a battleground, say security experts.
India’s CBI hack shows cyberspace is now a battleground
A hacking attack on a key investigative agency of the Indian government shows that cyberspace is increasingly becoming a battleground, say security experts.
Many employees careless about sensitive data outside workplace
Two-thirds of employees expose sensitive data outside the workplace, according to a survey by People Security.
Visa CodeSure technology tapped for online government services
Visa’s CodeSure technology, which essentially adds a calculator-style keypad and LCD screen to a credit/debit card, is about to be tested for use with online government services in the UK.
WikiLeaks: let the DDoS battles begin
December is rapidly turning into a festival of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on WikiLeaks and a number of sites looking to distance themselves from the high-profile government reporting portal.
VMware provides minor security fixes for Fusion
The Mac OS virtualization product has been updated by VMware to address three minor security vulnerabilities and a host of known bugs.
New website tackles challenges of intelligent whitelisting technology
Lumension is sponsoring a new website to share insights into intelligent whitelisting technology to improve organizations’ information security.
AVG update crashes 64-bit Windows 7 systems
The latest software update from security supplier AVG Technologies has caused problems with many users running Microsoft’s 64-bit Windows 7 operating system.
FBI identifies major Russian spam oligarch
Reports are coming in that the FBI has identified a 23-year-old Russian as the lynchpin behind the infamous Mega-D botnet, which has been responsible for as much as a third of all spam generated around the world.