Technical News
New malware variant targets Uyghur Mac users
Yet another malware variant is being sent to Uyghur activists via e-mail spam; however, for updated systems the threat is nonexistent.
Categories: Computer Security News
Adobe's first CSO sets security of hosted services as top priority
Adobe Systems has appointed Brad Arkin, the company's senior director of security for products and services, to become its first CSO. With a mature product security program already in place, the top priorities for Adobe's new security chief are to strengthen the security of the company's hosted services and its internal infrastructure.
Categories: Information Technology Security
Google: More government takedown requests than ever before
Between July and December 2012, the company received 2,285 government requests to remove more than 24,000 pieces of content from its search.
Categories: Computer Security News
Box sets its sights on healthcare customers
Box is taking steps to increase usage of its cloud storage and file sharing system in the health care industry, where it sees a demand for tools that simplify content collaboration.
Categories: Data Storage
Big data can be a big headache for data defenders
Technology is outrunning the security needed to keep it safe
Categories: Information Technology Security
EMC storage business grows, profit shrinks
EMC reported first-quarter revenue rose 6% to $5.39 billion, while net income fell about 1% year-over year to $580 million as costs rose.
Categories: Data Storage
Amazon looks to move security appliances to the cloud
Amazon Web Services is looking to expand its security offerings with hosted intrusion protection appliances and more extensive encryption features, as it seeks to increase the level of protection users can get in its cloud.
Categories: Information Technology Security
AP Twitter hack looks like a security tipping point
Getting hacked on Twitter is fast becoming a rite of passage for big corporations, but Tuesday's attack on the Associated Press could be a tipping point and shows that social networks must do more to keep their users safe, security experts said.
Categories: Information Technology Security
AP Twitter hack prompts fresh look at cybersecurity needs
Getting hacked on Twitter is fast becoming a rite of passage for big corporations, but Tuesday's attack on the Associated Press could be a tipping point and shows that social networks must do more to keep their users safe, security experts said.
Categories: Information Technology Security
Google joins FIDO's crusade to replace passwords
In the face of rampant weak password selection, group aims to replace passwords for identity authentication when logging into Web sites and online accounts.
Categories: Computer Security News
Australia charges man claiming to be LulzSec leader
Australia has charged a 24-year-old man who allegedly defaced a government website earlier this month and claims to be the leader of LulzSec, a rogue inactive hacking group.
Categories: Information Technology Security
Australian police arrest alleged leader of LulzSec hacking group
Australian Federal Police arrest man who reportedly called himself the leader of the hacking group, which has been the target of recent prosecution after a brief hacking run in 2011.
Categories: Computer Security News
Microsoft re-releases 'Blue Screen of Death' patch
Microsoft today re-released a security update that had crashed customers' PCs and crippled the machines with endless reboots, saying that the revised patch is now safe to install.
Categories: Microsoft Windows
Huawei: US market no longer focus for its carrier business
After facing a congressional battering over security concerns, Huawei's carrier networking group is no longer focused on the U.S. market, and instead expects to find ample business in other parts of the world.
Categories: Information Technology Security
Cyberattacks triple in 2012, Akamai says
China remains the largest culprit, with 41 percent of fourth-quarter observed attack traffic originating in the country, up from 33 percent in the third quarter.
Categories: Computer Security News
Kenneth van Wyk: Making safer iOS apps
There still seem to be a lot of security flaws in iOS apps, but new tools could help fix that.
Categories: Information Technology Security
Coming to Linux: A lightweight KDE alternative
Among the goals for the new 'KLyDE' desktop are a minimal footprint, simplified configuration and a fast startup.
Categories: Unix
Coming to Linux: A lightweight KDE alternative
Among the goals for the new 'KLyDE' desktop are a minimal footprint, simplified configuration and a fast startup.
One in five data breaches are the result of cyberespionage, Verizon says
Even though the majority of data breaches continue to be the result of financially motivated cybercriminal attacks, cyberespionage activities are also responsible for a significant number of data theft incidents, according to a report that will be released Tuesday by Verizon.
Categories: Information Technology Security
5 lessons for IT from the Boston Marathon bombings
The CIO of Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center learned a few things last week. Insider (registration required)
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