Facebook’s 500 millionth member highlights risks
Lancope is warning IT administrators at Global 1000 companies to be aware of the hidden risks to corporate networks because of social networking sites such as Facebook, …
Disk encryption for Mac OS X
Sophos announced SafeGuard Disk Encryption for Mac, which protects against data breaches of confidential and private information on MacBooks and Macs. Today, businesses are …
Software Blade controls over 50,000 Web 2.0 applications and widgets
Check Point announced its new Application Control Software Blade that enables organizations to secure and manage the use of thousands of Web 2.0 applications in the …
Project Vigilant searching for volunteer hackers at Defcon
Project Vigilant, a division of BBHC Global LLC (an information security firm), is a private, semi-secret, volunteer-based organization of “cyber spies” that is …
Microsoft patches the critical Windows LNK vulnerability
An emergency out-of-band update for patching the critical LNK vulnerability has been released by Microsoft. “The vulnerability exists because Windows incorrectly parses …
Big firms fail the test as social engineers demonstrate their abilities at Defcon
The social engineering capture-the-flag-style contest planned for the second and third day of this year’s edition of Defcon was executed without a hitch. No financial …
Bad news for BlackBerry users in the Middle East
What seems to be a power play between RIM, one of the biggest manufacturers of smartphones in the world and the TRA, the telecommunications regulation body in the United Arab …
Web 2.0 security in the workplace
The use of social networking applications has significantly lowered the security posture for up to 82 percent of organizations in a new survey by the Ponemon Institute and …
Free anti-spam software from Cloudmark
Released as a free download, Cloudmark DesktopOne is a lightweight application that continuously filters e-mail to eliminate spam and protect users against phishing and …
Cyber threats to national security
Cybersecurity has increasingly become a national security priority over the past decade, according to a report by CACI and the U. S. Naval Institute (USNI). Cyber threats may …
Device security among biggest mobility concerns
McAfee announced the results of a survey of 150 Fortune 500 CIOs, CTOs and CSOs that reveals 76 percent of respondent organizations are planning at least one strategic …
55,000 machines compromised by Mumba botnet
Each year, cybercriminals generate billions of dollars by their criminal activities online. Therefore, the longer period of time a given malware remains undetected is directly …