Gateshead College in the UK has opened a digital forensics lab for the training of information security staff to combat cybercrime such as digital fraud.
Paypal registration page vulnerabilities revealed
Methodman, a so-called ‘grey hat’ hacker specialising in discovering cross-site scripting (XSS) flaws, claims to have uncovered a number of XSS security flaws in various Paypal registration pages.
Software piracy on the rise
Worldwide software piracy is on the rise, according to a study by the Business Software Alliance and analyst firm IDC.
Australian two-factor payment card authentication technology on beta test
A two-factor authentication system – complete with keypad and display – has been successfully integrated into a plastic payment card by Melbourne-based EMUE and is being trialled by MBNA in the UK
Forrester questions the security of cloud computing
With the economic downturn, cloud computing is seen as a way to improve operational efficiency, reduce headcounts and help with the bottom line, but according to the report from Massachusetts-based Forrester Research on cloud computing, organisations s…
Estonia now firmly on the FBI cybercrime map
The importance of Estonia, one of the most Internet-connected and e-trading nations on earth, has ramped up a notch or two with the FBI, which has announced plans to station a cybercrime expert and his/her team in the country later this year.
Swine flu challenges information security
The recent outbreak of swine flu has thrown up a number of topics related to information security ranging from secure sharing of data between health professionals, to spam / phishing and issues around remote working.
Infosecurity Weekly Brief – May 12th 2009
Danny Bradbury rounds up the most important news in the security space from the last week.
Heartland takes US$12.6m hit for breach
Heartland Payment Systems has revealed that it lost US$12.6m as a result of its 2008 data breach, in the same week that it finally regained official Payment Card Industry Data Security standard (PCI DSS) compliance.
Information security technology not enough
Information security technology is of little use if employees unwittingly give up log-in details, passwords and other sensitive information to hackers using social engineering.