April 28, 2008 3:29 PM
Posted by: Marcia Savage
Information Security ThreatsThe Web now hosts an "unprecedented" number of threats, according to a report recently released by Sophos. In the first quarter of this year, Sophos researchers discovered a newly infected Web page every five seconds, three times more than last year.
What's especially unsettling is that a whopping...
April 24, 2008 8:57 AM
Posted by: Robert Westervelt
Information Security ThreatsWe’ve seen the protests in the streets, but now MessageLabs is warning that it has tracked 13 Olympic themed attacks, designed to spread malware and ultimately steal data.
The attacks are originating from IP addresses in Asia, but there’s no surprises here. The attackers are using social...
April 23, 2008 1:24 PM
Posted by: Marcia Savage
Security,
Security Vendor NewsSecure Computing today named Daniel Ryan as interim CEO. He replaces John McNulty, who served as board chairman and CEO since 1999.
Ryan has served as the company's president and chief operating officer since last August. Richard Scott, a Secure Computing board member since January 2006, was...
April 22, 2008 9:55 AM
Posted by: Robert Westervelt
Information Security Threats,
Network Security,
Platform Security,
Security Vendor NewsIBM's X-Force security research team and IBM Research are studying ways to protect virtual computing environments. Code named Phantom, the research project has been ongoing and could result in new products and best practices designed to leverage the hypervisor to improve security. In this interview...
April 22, 2008 9:29 AM
Posted by: David Schneier
Security Vendor NewsRichard Stiennon, the well-traveled vendor executive and industry analyst, has taken up a new post as the CEO of new MSSP Seccom Global, an offshoot of Seccom Networks, an Australian company. Stiennon is a former Gartner analyst who probably is best known for a research study he was involved with...
April 17, 2008 10:42 AM
Posted by: Leigha
Application Security,
Compliance,
Data Breaches and Identity Theft,
Identity and access management,
Information Security Threats,
Microsoft Security,
Network Security,
Platform Security,
Security Management,
Security Vendor News
I...
April 17, 2008 5:00 AM
Posted by: Leigha
Application Security,
Information Security Threats,
Security ManagementA couple of notable security fixes to flag this morning:
First, Apple has patched the Safari Web browser flaw that famously earned a researcher $10,000 at the CanSecWest...
April 11, 2008 10:12 AM
Posted by: Leigha
Platform Security,
Security ManagementOracle said Thursday that it is prepping a Critical Patch Bulletin (CPU) to address 41 security holes across its product line.
According to the database giant's advance CPU bulletin, attackers...
April 11, 2008 12:05 AM
Posted by: Robert Westervelt
Compliance,
Network Security,
Security ManagementIra Hanson-Ralph of EnCana explains why the oil and gas exploration company made log management a priority as part of its compliance program. Hanson-Ralph is EnCana’s group leader of IS compliance and controls monitoring. The interview was conducted at RSA Conference 2008. [kml_flashembed...
