Advanced persistent threats (APTs) are real and all companies should be taking them seriously, says telecommunications company AT&T. In the past year, the company has set up an IT security team dedicated to researching APTs and making ...
RSA chief Art Coviello kicked off RSA Conference Europe 2012 by highlighting the need for enterprises to adopt new ways to ensure cyber security. He said IT leaders should adopt an intelligence-based approach to security that makes use of ...
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RSA,the security arm of storage corporation EMC,today claimed that not one of its customers has been the victim of a successful cyber attack in the past 19 months. Speaking at RSA Conference Europe 2012,RSA president Tom Heiser said that ...
Computerworld-Microsoft today patched a dozen vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer(IE),Windows,Word and Exchange,fixing flaws in the new IE10 for the first time and crushing bugs in Windows 8 and Windows RT for the second month running. ...
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(ISC)2 is inviting applications for scholarships worth a total exceeding 90,000 pound to promote information security studies for women,undergraduate,graduate and post-graduate students. The scholarship scheme,run by the (ISC)2 ...
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The UK national Cyber Security Challenge has announced four face-to-face competitions for the next round of the current challenge. Cyber Security Challenge UK runs a series of national inspirational competitions aimed at attracting ...
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Computerworld - Adobe has changed its schedule for releasing Flash Player security updates to coincide with Microsoft's Patch Tuesday schedule. "Microsoft and Adobe are now officially married," joked Andrew Storms, director of security ...
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As a security professional, justifying a budget for a product that may never be needed is a constant bugbear. So, when you find a solution that will deliver safety as well as save you money, you know you’re onto a good thing. As ...
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Computerworld - One in four Macs now run OS X Mountain Lion, Apple's newest operating system, data released last week showed. But there are signs that OS X Snow Leopard, an edition shipped in August 2009, may be the Mac's equivalent of ...
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Small to medium-sized enterprises(SMEs)suffer more from malware than larger organisations,but their security procedures are lagging behind,says security firm,Kaspersky Lab. SMEs are typically more vulnerable to viruses,worms,spyware and ...
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Cost pressures and the rise of cloud computing have led many businesses to turn to lower-cost virtual environments on premise and in the cloud, but a lack of expertise and experience may be exposing these organisations to unnecessary ...
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Michael Ossmann,co-founder of Great Scott Gadgets,is developing HackRF,a software-defined radio(SDR)that lets you switch between radio frequencies on the fly. Most wireless gadgets,like the 3G antenna in a phone,operate using a fixed ...
Today's security systems are not ready for an always on, always connected world, says McAfee CTO Michael Fey. "McAfee understands that security technology has to evolve very rapidly, but also that organisations can't rip out what they ...
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Security system designers need to start taking into account the differences in users, according to Hugh Thompson, RSA Conference programme committee chair. "They need to build technologies that respect those differences because people ...
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Cloud computing is an opportunity information security professionals should not miss,according to Philippe Courtot,chairman and CEO of security company Qualys. "This is a fantastic and opportunity to sit down with the CIO and the ...
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