New research with the Aberdeen Group highlights how network complexity is adding cost and increasing risk. Date: Tuesday, November 3 Time: 12:00p – 1:00p CT Register >> Network firewalls have long been established as the ubiquitous first line of defense for every organization’s network...
By JonathanTabb Wired.com had an excellent article last week about Mobile Malware and it got me thinking about future computer threats a little. Let’s see where my mind went: Mobile devices far outrank traditional computers and the gap is only growing. The Wired article points to only one of the p...
“What’s the Pentagon’s next big focus in cyber security technology? I’ll give you a hint: it has to do with sifting through reams of data and deciding how to respond at incredibly high speeds. How do you do that? Automation. The sheer volume of cyber security incidents that t...
The SANS Institute announced today that the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Attorney General’s Office have won the 2011 U.S. National Cybersecurity Innovation Award for their innovative techniques in cyber law enforcement using the computer virus’ own command and control sy...
Software giant Microsoft claimed this week to have stopped another botnet, one believed to be behind the propagation of fake antivirus software. Richard Domingues Boscovich, a senior lawyer at Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit, said the Kelihos botnet was taken down via “Operation b79.R...
via Newsfactor A leading security certificate authority, GlobalSign, has announced it will stop issuing new certificates pending an investigation into security threats. The action comes following an earlier announcement that a hacker or group of hackers had compromised several issuers of certifica...
via patch.com One of the most widespread types of cyber scams being perpetrated against consumers these days involves “scareware”- those pop-up messages you see on your computer saying you’ve got a virus and all you have to do to get rid of it is buy the antivirus software being ad...
via smart-grid.tmcnet.com According to the results of a new survey of 150 U.S. utilities, they have allocated substantial money this year to reinforce and upgrade grid security – with specific attention placed on client security appliances and software (antivirus, anti spam, and anti-malware) ...