Sega hacked, 1.3 million accounts compromised
Sega Corporation was attacked and its database breached last week, and the fact was confirmed by the company the day after it took its SEGA Pass system offline on Thursday. …
Free Service helps companies keep Web browsers secure
Qualys announced BrowserCheck Business Edition, a new free service helping organizations identify and fix browser security issues. The service gives IT administrators a clear …
LulzSec teams up with Anonymous for Operation AntiSec
Over the weekend, LulzSec has seemingly finally moved away from being in it “for the lulz” and has acquired a cause: it has announced it has teamed up with …
iCloud search ends with fake AV
Following Steve Jobs’ announcement of Apple’s entry into the cloud business, the term “iCloud” has quickly become a trending topic. And cyber scammers …
Comparative risk benchmarking service
Invictis launched its Risk Score service (IRS), a comparative risk benchmarking service which generates a security profile of the enterprise. Offered in three incremental …
IT’s strategic contribution increases in uncertain economic times
In the midst of a belief that tough times lie ahead, more boards of directors are saying that they expect a high to extremely high strategic contribution of IT in 2012, …
Free return on security investment calculator
The Information Security & Business Continuity Academy launched its free Return on Security Investment (ROSI) calculator (registration required). This calculator provides …
New book: MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit
Fully updated for Windows Server 2008, this 2-in-1 Training Kit delivers in-depth exam prep, including self-paced lessons, exercises, and review, practice tests on CD, and an …
Week in review: IMF breach, Bitcoin-stealing Trojan and the 10 most common iPhone passcodes
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news: Foreign government behind IMF breach and data theft? The International Monetary Fund’s …
Trojan targets devices with custom Android versions
A Trojan targeting rooted smartphones and those with custom built versions of Android has been spotted on third-party Android markets in China. Lookout researchers have dubbed …
LulzSec leaked passwords come from Writerspace
Following LulzSec’s sharing of a list of 62,000+ random login credentials, people who have been looking into it say that some of them are likely to come from online …
Protect yourself from Olympic phishing scams
Nobody yet knows for certain whether they have been allocated 2012 Olympic event tickets. Until June 24, when confirmations arrive, there remains the risk that some people …