May, 2011

Sony breach timeline shows missteps, says security firm

Sony has spent $171 million cleaning up its massive data breach. One security firm outlines mistakes.

Google Wallet gains interest from security researchers

Google’s NFC service will be thoroughly vetted for vulnerabilities, access for cybercriminals. Cloning may be possible.

Symantec to acquire Clearwell for its eDiscovery processing platform

Acquisition of Clearwell Systems Inc. bolsters Symantec's eDiscovery capabilities in a crowded market for software that helps contain civil litigation costs.

Symantec Corp. has agreed to acquire privately-held data achiving and...

Facebook scam prompts call for more social networking safeguards

Scammers are spreading phishing attacks and other scams on Facebook and other social networks.

By Ryan Cloutier, Contributor

Facebook scammers began spreading a cross-site scripting attack last...

Report: Sony breach started with attack from Amazon EC2

An attacker rented space on Amazon’s EC2 service to wage cyber attacks on Sony Corp., according to a report.

Sony restarted its PlayStation Network and Qriocity services over the weekend and investigators have reportedly traced the attack to servers...

VUPEN outs sandboxing weaknesses in Google Chrome attack

The French security firm exploited a Google Chrome vulnerability, bypassing its sandboxing security feature and ASLR and DEP capabilties. Google Chrome’s sandboxing security technology, designed to keep malicious code from infiltrating system processes has...