This morning, 30 July, at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, Robert Lentz, Senior Information Assurance Official for the Department of Defense, declared the need for two extra cyber-czar roles: one for identity, and one for information security tra…
Latest MessageLabs intelligence report: spammers getting cleverer
The July 2009 MessageLabs Intelligence Report concludes that spammers have turned to using online translation services to develop multilanguage spam runs.
Symantec develops pooled high-end cyberthreat analysis service
Symantec has joined the growing ranks of IT security vendors that are offering their pooled information on the latest ITsec threats as a value-added outsourced option for major corporates.
Forensics links fake online postcards to Zeus Bot
The Computer forensics department at the University of Alabama has tracked down the Zeus Bot virus to a raft of fake internet postcards circulating on the Internet.
Fifth Syrian cybercrime event hailed a success
The Fifth International Forum on Combating Cybercrime – a two-day security conference – opened in Damascus, Syria, yesterday and, say the organisers, is a great success.
Latest MessageLabs intelligence report: spammers getting cleverer
The July 2009 MessageLabs Intelligence Report concludes that spammers have turned to using online translation services to develop multilanguage spam runs.
Kaspersky Lab: watch out for Twitter-linked scamware
Veteran IT security vendor Kaspersky Lab has warned internet users to be aware of rogue or scam software that purports to be an IT security application, but is merely a vehicle to extract revenue – and possibly even card details – from unsuspecting web…
Russia starts ball rolling against Skype
One of Russia’s most powerful business lobby groups has told the country’s government that Internet telephony services like Skype are a threat to the country’s businesses and to national security.
Zero-day Adobe exploit zapped by Finjan
Finjan, the business internet security specialist, claims its gateway security technology can easily counter a zero-day vulnerability of Adobe Acrobat Reader and Flash Player
HSBC hit by three million pound fine
A three million pounds-plus fine imposed on three of HSBC’s divisions for failing to adequately protect customer data could easily have been avoided if the banking group has made use of digital data vaulting technology, says Cyber-Ark.