Cybercrime is both global and organised, Mike Humphrey at the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), told the audience at the Security for a Digital Britain conference on 24 September in Nottingham.
Vodafone develops encrypted password vault for smartphones
Vodafone has revealed it is developing a secure and encrypted data / password vault for smartphones. Known as Keeper Mobile, the encryption technology will be released by the mobile carrier’s operations worldwide by the end of the year.
ISACA Middle-East’s information security seminar
The Muscat chapter of the Information Systems Audit, Control Association (ISACA) held an education seminar on information security earlier this month at the College of Banking and Financial Studies in Oman.
Data loss in the perimeterless zone
The increasing blurring of network perimeters has accelerated as a direct result of the introduction of cloud computing to the corporate IT mix, but can your IT security handle the challenge?
Weekly brief – September 28, 2009
Takedowns, Tools, Threats, and Tsk, Tsk! We review the week’s information security news.
DeviceLock lands Gazprom Neft endpoint security contract
DeviceLock, the endpoint security specialist, has announced that the Gazpromneft-Khantos branch of Gazprom Neft, the high-profile Russian oil company, has selected its software for endpoint security.
Malicious advertising malware hit popular websites
Popular websites have been made to serve up malware via malicious advertising delivered by advertising banner services.
Hackers pose as internet telephony firm in New York Times ad scam
The New York Times has admitted it has been the victim of a complex scam, in which a group of hackers purchased ad space on the famous publisher’s website, then posed as internet telephony company Vonage, to infect users with malware.
Online Monopoly gamers targeted via social networking spam
Websense Security Labs has found a spam operation targeting players of the old game favourite, Monopoly, via social networking methods.
MI5 hires teenage hackers in fight against cyberterrorism
MI5 has hired a batch of Asian teenage computer hackers to help fight cyberterrorism in China, Russia and Pakistan.