AppGate and Signify have announced they are able to offer clients unified secure access to protected information with strong, cloud-based, two-factor authentication.
Secure USB sticks help to defend Royal Marsden hospital data
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, whose hospital was one of the first to develop cancer treatments back in the 1850s, is using secure USB sticks as part of a managed security solution to protect patient records.
Webroot reports zero-day malware generating forged Microsoft security certificates
The zero-day malware exploit against Adobe Acrobat and Reader reported earlier this week appears to have escalated, with Webroot Software noting that the payload from the exploit is generating a cluster of files designed to look like Windows system fil…
Botnet numbers growing fourfold each year
The number of computers infected by botnet malware has almost quadrupled each year since 2004, according to a report to be released by Project Honey Pot next week.
Spam volumes exceeded pre-McColo levels this year
One year after the McColo shutdown, spam volumes have not only recovered, but have grown beyond what they were before the rogue ISP was taken offline.
Two-factor authentication technology being compromised says Gartner
Just when the UK banks have started issuing two-factor authentication devices to a growing number of account holders, a report from the Gartner group claims to show that fraudsters have started to raid user accounts by beating the same technology.
Imperva reports major social networking hub site compromised
Data security specialist Imperva has issued a warning after discovering a potentially serious SQL injection flaw with Rockyou.com, the social networking application development web portal.
Now Koobface creates its own malicious web pages
Koobface – the long-running worm which first appeared 12 months ago – is being customised by hackers to crack security systems on website hosting services, and so allow it to auto-create its own web pages.
Encrypted MoD laptop stolen – along with encryption key
The UK Ministry of Defence says one of its encrypted laptops was stolen from its headquarters in Whitehall, central London in November – along with the laptop’s encryption key.
Microsoft fixes browser flaw
Microsoft’s last Patch Tuesday of the year saw the release of fixes for five flaws in its Internet Explorer browser, including a critical zero-day security vulnerability that was first publicly disclosed three weeks ago.