NBC has become the latest high-profile target for a cyber-attack, with its website, NBC.com, becoming compromised by the Citadel financial malware kit long enough to start serving malware to visitors before being corrected.
Latest (ISC)2 Workforce Study Shows Lack of Skilled Infosec Professionals and Developers
The problem is that not enough skilled people actually get into the profession; and all too often security is deemed to be separate from software development. These are the key findings of the sixth and latest study among the existing global security w…
A hacker’s dream: two-thirds of SharePoint users have no security policy
Even though Microsoft SharePoint is widely deployed throughout enterprises and SMBs as a collaboration platform, a shocking two-thirds of SharePoint-using companies in a recent survey have admitted to having ‘no active security policy’ in place for the…
New e-shop hawks stolen PayPal accounts
Hacked PayPal credentials are up for sale in the cybercriminal underworld, arranged in a fast and convenient “e-shop” format.
The car of the future will be recording everything you do
A very public row between the New York Times motor correspondent John Broder and Tesla Motors is entertaining motor enthusiasts and worrying privacy advocates. The NYT delivered a negative review, but Tesla had logged every part of the test drive.
Educause hit with server-side data breach
Educause, a non-profit community for IT professionals focused on the higher education vertical, is warning that a data breach has affected its 1,800 college and 300 corporate members.
Security firm accuses Chinese military of involvement in worldwide hacking
Mandiant, a security firm with a close relationship with both US and UK governments (one of the five companies in GCHQ’s new Cyber Incident Response scheme) has made the clearest statement yet: the Chinese military is behind the hacking team known as A…
French data privacy regulator plans to take on Google
France’s National Commission for Computing and Civil Liberties (CNIL) has warned Google that its response to earlier demands over its privacy policy are inadequate, and that an action plan against Google would be discussed by the Article 29 Working Par…
We can’t block YouTube, Egypt’s telecomms authority tells the court
On February 9, Egypt’s Judge Hassouna Tawfiq ordered that YouTube be temporarily banned in Egypt for 30 days following Google’s refusal to remove the Innocence of Muslims video from YouTube.
What will the future of enterprise security look like?
With the year 2020 approaching, join our panel of experts who will examine what near-term advances in information technology may hold, and how enterprises can get ahead of the security curve in anticipation