Reports are coming in that the Iraqi resistance group claiming to be behind the `here you have’ malware may be located in Spain, as a video posted on YouTube, from the profile of a 26-year-old apparently living in Spain, is claiming the cyberattack com…
Adobe brings forward zero-day patch releases
Adobe has announced it will release security patches for the latest zero-day vulnerabilities being exploited in its Reader and Acrobat products.
IT downtime costs UK £2bn a year, study finds
UK organisations are losing 300 000 hours and £2bn a year through IT downtime, according to a report by CA Technologies.
Cloud apps cost firms £500,000 a year in poor performance
European organisations are losing more than £500 000 per year because of the poor performance of cloud-based apps.
Money mule industry gets a professional makeover
Money mule soliciting has always been associated with the less tech-savvy amongst the internet user base, mainly on the basis that such programmes prey on the greedy and gullible, but now it seems that soliciting is getting very professional.
HP eyes $1.5bn deal for ArcSight
Hewlett-Packard is widely reported to be close to buying intrusion detection security software company ArcSight for $1.5bn.
Anti-US hacker claims credit for ‘Here you have’ worm
A hacker who claims to be behind the “Here you have” email worm that clogged up corporate networks last week, says it was designed, in part, as a propaganda tool.
ICO investigates FIFA over world cup ticket data loss
The Information Commissioners’ Office (ICO) is investigating FIFA, the international football authority, over allegations that details of thousands of World Cup fans – including their passport data – were accessed by one or more members of staff and th…
Third-party apps now a top vulnerability, says security expert
Attacks on third-party applications have become a major threat to enterprise information security, says security firm NGS Secure of the NCC Group.
Global Risk Register to improve business risk management is launched
Last night the Global Risk Register – a non-profit organisation seeking to improve the risk management of businesses – was launched in at a special event in the London Cabinet War Rooms.