Sophos has added a new data loss prevention (DLP) technology to its stable of enterprise security software. The addition will, said the veteran security vendor, simplify how companies mitigate against accidental data loss.
Fake anti-virus programmes hijack and block computers
PandaLabs has identified an aggressive trend for selling fake anti-virus programmes or rogueware, where instead of users seeing a series of warnings prompting them to buy a paid version, a fake anti-virus programme is combined with ransomware, hijackin…
Webroot reports tax return malware-infecting email scam reaching the UK
Webroot, the internet security software specialist, reports that an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax email scam – in which US internet users have been emailed a malware-infected warning about under-stating their income or underpaying of tax – has arr…
ISSE 2009: CECA receives TeleTrusT Innovation Award 2009 for e-signing in Spanish banks
TeleTrusT, the German IT security association, awarded the TeleTrusT Innovation Award 2009 to the Spanish Savings Banks Organisation (Confederación Española de Cajas de Ahorros, CECA) for its e-signing project at ISSE 2009 last week in The Hague.
Loss of main user accounts cause anger and bewilderment among Apple Mac Snow Leopard users
Apple Computer has been criticised for failing to address a potentially major code flaw in copies of Snow Leopard, its new Mac operating system, which means users’ main accounts can get wiped.
QSA system is broken, says Heartland CEO
In a session titled ‘Enhancing payment security in 2010’, Robert O. Carr, Chairman and CEO or Heartland Payment Systems – the subject of potentially the world’s biggest data security breach earlier this year – declared that the model used by quality se…
ISSE 2009: IAM investments should increase in 2010 despite economic climate
Identity and access management (IAM) investments should be increased rather than decreased due to the current economic climate, according to around three quarters of respondents to a survey presented at ISSE 2009 last week by KPMG IT Advisory and Evere…
ISSE 2009: IAM investments should increase in 2010 despite economic climate
Identity and access management (IAM) investments should be increased rather than decreased due to the current economic climate, according to around three quarters of respondents to a survey presented at ISSE 2009 last week by KPMG IT Advisory and Evere…
Data centre planning: energy efficiency and data density are key
Research just released by Loughborough University and on365, the data centre management specialist, claims to show that data centre managers lack any real understanding of their IT infrastructure energy costs and demands they are placing on it.
Data centre planning: energy efficiency and data density are key
Research just released by Loughborough University and on365, the data centre management specialist, claims to show that data centre managers lack any real understanding of their IT infrastructure energy costs and demands they are placing on it.