World’s first wireless USB external hard drive
Imation announced its Pro WX Wireless USB hard drive that provides 1.5TB of storage. With a fast Wireless USB data transfer rate of up to 15MBs/second, the product can back up …
A look at Securitybyte & OWASP AppSec Asia Conference 2009
India’s largest security conference – Securitybyte & OWASP AppSec Asia Conference 2009 – closed its doors after a very successful four days. Help Net …
Biggest threats to federal systems and critical infrastructure
E-Government initiatives aimed at modernizing federal information systems are fraught with risk, according to a new study sponsored by CA and conducted by the Ponemon …
Are 64-bit Windows inherently safer?
Microsoft has discovered a way to create the illusion that Windows 7 is more secure than its predecessors simply because it has a 64-bit version of the OS. As Joe Faulhaber of …
NSA on cyber attacks and Microsoft collaboration
Government Computer News reports that at a hearing entitled “Cybersecurity: Preventing Terrorist Attacks and Protecting Privacy in Cyberspace”, held two days ago …
New books: ModSecurity, Snow Leopard, social Web applications
ModSecurity Handbook features an in-depth coverage of ModSecurity, an open source web application firewall. The main highlights are the following: Step-by-step instructions …
Vulnerability in IBM SolidDB memory caching software
Core Security disclosed a vulnerability that could affect large numbers of organizations using IBM’s SolidDB relational database management system, as well as those …
Two arrested for Zbot Trojan
Officers from the Metropolitan Police’s Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) have made Europe’s first arrests in the battle against the ZeuS or Zbot Trojan which threatened …
Employee data breach at MassMutual
Internetnews reports that the latest data breach to be discovered happened to MassMutual, a Massachussets-based insurance company. One of the company’s employees …
Cyber criminals worked furiously in 2009
Symantec’s Security Responce team took it upon itself to gather information from various sources and thousands of experts and compile a list of threats that marred the …
Gumblar is back with a vengeance
ScanSafe reported that 29% of all Web malware blocks in October 2009 were the result of Gumblar. This series of website compromises, collectively dubbed “Gumblar” …
Data-stealing malware soars
From phony emails to Facebook phishers, cybercriminals are casting a wide net to lure online shoppers this season. According to new research from Webroot, certain infections …