The director of security research with Solera Networks has called malware authors “mal-slackers” for their “lazy repetitive malware scams” they have created for this US Thanksgiving.
BEAST-driven SSL attack not as bad as it seems claims Context
Researchers at Context Information Security are playing down the level of risk to enterprises caused by the BEAST – Browser Exploit Against SSL/TLS – that was identified by researchers in late September.
ISF publishes guide on risk-free Federated Identity & Access Management
The Information Security Forum (ISF) has published a new report on Federated Identity and Access Management that describes the methodology that IT security professionals need to adopt when implementing the technology into their systems.
Symantec reports one-click fraud has arrived on smartphones
Do you want the good news, or the bad news first? The bad news is that one-click fraud has, at long last, arrived on smartphones. The good news (unless you live in Japan) is that the frauds are focused on Japanese language users of mobile phones.
Fake iTunes updates demolish the idea that Apple iOS is secure
The long-held belief that the Apple iOS platform is inherently secure due to Apple’s walled garden approach to software has been holed once again, this time by a security firm that has developed a method of sending Fake iTunes and Flash updates to iPho…
Websense slams Motorola Android ad campaign on security grounds
Websense has slammed the latest ad campaign from Motorola for its Droid Razr smartphone, citing the fact that the Android platform is secure.
Lieberman Software president warns on silent update feature being developed for Firefox 10
Mozilla is reported to be making inroads on adding a silent update mechanism to its popular Firefox desktop web browse, and plans to integrate the new service into Firefox 10 early next year, although this timeframe may slip a few months, the open sour…
Prolexic mitigates world’s largest packet-per-second DDoS attack
Prolexic Technologies claims that it has successfully mitigated what it claims was the world’s largest DDoS attack in packets-per-second (PPS) terms – 69 million packets-per-second and with an amazing 45 Gbps of traffic.
Know your enemy: Staying one-step ahead of cyberthreats
Advanced intelligence capabilities are crucial for organizations to stay one step ahead of cyberthreats, advised Rick Howard, general manager of VeriSign iDefense.
ISO issues two new records management standards
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has unveiled two new records management standards for storage and disclosure of corporate information.