Malware and virtual patching info added to QualysGuard
Qualys announced that QualysGuard Vulnerability Management (VM) now integrates with Trend Micro Threat Intelligence and Trend Micro Deep Security providing customers with live …
Virus downs Australian ambulance dispatch service
The dispatch system of the Ambulance Service of New South Wales – the Australian most populous state – has been downed on Saturday by an unspecified virus. The …
Companies sever ties with HBGary
The HBGary breach and the publication of internal company documents – including the potentially damning proposal developed by HBGary, Palantir Technologies and Berico …
Hardware security modules for cryptographic protection
Thales announced that Thales nShield Solo hardware security modules (HSMs) have been integrated into Imprivata OneSign. Designed to protect cryptographic keys and sensitive …
SMS Trojan masquerading as valentine-sending mobile application
It’s Valentine’s Day, and for all of you who are getting ready to send a valentine to the special people in your life, Microsoft has a warning: be careful what …
Central management of self-encrypting hard drives
Lenovo and WinMagic announced SecureDoc for Lenovo, a full-disk encryption solution for central management of new self-encryption hard drives that meet the Opal standard …
Week in review: HBGary breach, corporate espionage and 2-step authentication by Google
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Hackers compromised Nasdaq’s network Hackers continue to breach systems of …
Fake scanned documents lead to Zeus infection
A new spam e-mail campaign is currently underway, and takes the form of a document scanned and sent by a Xerox WorkCentre Pro scanner: The attachment is a specially crafted …
Researcher offers free voice and text encryption app to Egyptians
The explosive situation in Egypt has mobilized many repression-hating individuals in the world to try to do something to support the country’s citizens in their efforts …
Nigerian scammers impersonate FBI agents
The so-called “Nigerian scams” have been a staple for online scammers for a while now, most of whom are located in Nigeria – ergo the name. Attempts might …
Chinese hackers behind espionage attacks hitting Western oil firms?
Hackers have targeted five international oil companies and have extracted sensitive corporate information about oil- and gas-field operations, project financing and bidding, …
What Stuxnet means for the process industry
The Stuxnet and Aurora attacks have shown us that malware development has become a professional job. These threats targeting the process industry were written by highly …