Secure computing on a USB flash drive
The new IronClad USB drive shrinks a laptop’s hard drive – including the entire operating system, software applications, and files – onto a secure flash …
Four information management roles IT departments need
Gartner has identified four information-management roles that IT departments need to establish and recruit from outside the IT team in a major trend that will affect both IT …
Phishing attacks escalate, DIY cybercrime kits to blame
It used to be that cybercrime was almost exclusively perpetrated by individuals and groups who had in-depth knowledge about the techniques, mechanisms and technologies on …
Online cybercriminal DarkMarket closed, founder arrested
Who would have thought that Renukanth Subramaniam, a 33-year old former pizza bar worker and dispatch courier, was the founder and one of the site operators of DarkMarket, the …
Twitter message leads to police arrest
“It is the world we live in,” was the sentence that Paul Chambers was hearing all over again during his interrogation by UK law enforcement regarding his imprudent …
Week in review: Google and Adobe hacked by China, threats 2.0 and rogue Android applications
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Pay by password Verotel announced Verotel QuickCharge – a new tool for Internet …
8,378 reasons for better banking security
Reports that the Suffolk County Bank – a subsidiary of Suffolk Bancorp, the US financial institution – had its banking servers hacked last November were met with …
Attackers exploiting unpatched vulnerability in Internet Explorer
Microsoft is investigating a report of a publicly exploited vulnerability in Internet Explorer. There are active attacks attempting to use this vulnerability against Internet …
Top 3 tips for virtual infrastructure protection
Flexible infrastructure If you already have a disaster recovery solution in place make sure that it is flexible enough to be used for physical and virtual server platforms. …
Mobile security market to exceed $4 billion by 2014
Strong enterprise demand for data security is driving rapid growth in mobile device management services. According to a study by ABI Research, the number of smartphones …
Threats 2.0: A glimpse into the near future
Collaboration and socializing, flexible and movable content, interoperability – these are all things that made Web 2.0 the answer to our needs. New technologies to …
Top 10 information security threats for 2010
“The start of a new year is a great time for companies to evaluate their information security practices and begin thinking about what threats they’ll be facing in …