Sunday, 5 February 2012
In the next few weeks, Facebook is phasing out its old look and introducing a new profile format for all users - known as 'Timeline' - which presents a scrapbook of all past status updates and photographs.
Many companies don't have the sophisticated systems for identifying breaches in the first place.
Facebook scammers use links to Amazon's S3 service in their campaigns to trick URL filters.
Web attackers are exploiting a recently patched Windows Media Player vulnerability to infect computers with malware.
Many of the 13 'Android.Counterclank'-infected apps remain on the Android Market.
Israel, Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi markets all fall victim to hacking
HD Moore finds thousands of exposed conference and board rooms where secrets aren't so secret.
Encryption keys on smartphones can be stolen via a technique using radio waves.
Nokia has copped a $55,000 wrist-slapping from the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), accepting an enforceable undertaking for infringing the Spam Act 2003.
When the U.S. Department of Justice shut down MegaUpload and sued its operators for copyright infringement last week, users who were storing files legally on the site became collateral damage. Now, some of them are looking to sue the government over lost data, TorrentFreak reports.
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When good backups go bad
Business transactions are faster and have a broader reach to more people in more countries than ever before. Businesses of all sizes can cast a global shadow by setting up a website and conducting business over the Internet. At the same time the volume of data is growing, so are the threats.
Does application security pay?
In the past, businesses confronted the threat of cyber attacks and data breaches primarily by building firewalls and other “perimeter defenses” around their networks, but the threat has continued to evolve, and more criminals are hacking into applications that are running on a plethora of new devices and environments, including cloud, mobile, and social media. Which begets the question: Is it still worthwhile investing in application security?
Red Cross overhauls ID management
Red Cross named the first recipient of the CourionCare Program for Non-Profits with massive overhaul to security and identity management.
Red Cross overhauls ID management
That program helped the agency reduce the risk of security and compliance breaches by automatically eliminating system access when a user changed responsibilities or left the organization.
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Cisco Any Device vision drives competitiveness
This white paper discusses real Cisco experiences and results, and the steps and business decisions that information and security officers, enterprise IT, and information security architects should consider as they allow greater employee choice in endpoint devices.
Securing data and network as SaaS adoption grows
The adoption of SaaS presents a major challenge in managing access control. As more people work from more places outside of the organization and use more types of devices to access a wide range of apps and sensitive data, here's how you can maintain network and data security.
How Cisco IT provides remote access for small offices and telecommuters
At any given time, one-third or more of Cisco’s global workforce is connected by remote access. This case study describes how Cisco developed and deployed its Virtual Office solution and the business benefits that it gained.
RMH’s hospital of the future
RMH Healthcare (RMH) moved into its “hospital of the future” last year. Find out how Cisco Borderless Networks boosted its emergency response times and clinician responsiveness while complying with regulatory standards.
