Billy Rios and Terry McCorkle, the researchers who worked with the Washington Post to uncover security gaps in Tridium’s Niagara Framework, said that Tridium has been “unresponsive” to fixing the flaws.
Cisco buys Virtuata, a California-based virtual security firm
Cisco announced yesterday that it had completed the acquisition of a little known privately held company that develops security for cloud and virtualized environments.
Pulaski Bank sues former employees for taking company data to new employers
First State Bank in Kansas opened two new mortgage offices, and recruited staff from Pulaski Bank – but Pulaski claims that staff wasn’t all they took.
FBI teams with DARPA, George Mason to fuzz test Android apps
The FBI is teaming with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and George Mason University to perform fuzz testing on Android mobile applications.
German state buys CD of Swiss bank customers for €3.5m
Authorities in North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous of Germany’s 16 federal states, have purchased a CD containing the private Swiss bank details of about 1000 wealthy German citizens.
50% Job leavers steal confidential company data
New details from Iron Mountain show the extent to which employees leaving employment will take confidential company data with them when they go.
FTC urges Congress to renew cross-border online scam power
A US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) official urged Congress on Thursday to reauthorize the Safe Web Act, which gives the agency power to combat cross-border online scammers.
UK ISP says Digital Economy Act is past its sell-by date
Last month Ofcom finally published its draft code for the application of the Digital Economy Act. Now UK ISP Entanet asks, “is the DEA old before its time?”
Vulnerabilities in Niagara Framework exposed
Tridium’s Niagara Framework enables millions of devices to be controlled centrally via the internet, but it also opens up vulnerabilities to attacks from hackers, according to a story by the Washington Post.
Stuxnet leak prompts US House to consider prosecution of journalists
Prompted in part by newspaper stories about the US role in the Stuxnet worm, House lawmakers are considering amending the Espionage Act to enable the prosecution of journalists who disclose sensitive national security information.