Infosecurity News
Egyptian government taps emergency network for mass pro-Mubarak texts
Reports are coming in that the Egyptian government is using elements of the emergency national broadcast network to pipe tens of thousands of pro-Mubarak text messages on the network of Vodafone Egypt.
NIST provides advice on securing full virtualization technologies
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued the final version of its recommendations for securely configuring and using full virtualization technologies, which allow multiple operating systems to run on a single platform.
Corsaire claims multiple authenticators are not secure enough
A white paper just published by Corsaire claims to show that multiple authenticators - such as PIN codes with security questions – are still not enough to protect private data.
Trusteer reports US and Russia now primary sources of Zeus servers
Trusteer says that its research into the Zeus malware and botnet command and control (C&C) servers that control the swarms of infected internet users shows Russian and US top level domains are now the main home of C&C infestations.
BoxSentry rebrands itself as TrustSphere
New name, and new vision – that was the crux of the explanation delivered by the chief executive of the security firm formerly known as BoxSentry.
Apple faces second lawsuit over UDID disclosure to third parties
Apple is being sued again over alleged disclosure of its mobile devices’ unique device identifiers (UDIDs) to third parties without users’ consent.
Twitter flood heralds Egypt’s return to the internet
A flood of celebratory and congratulatory tweets on Twitter has greeted the news that internet services have been restored in Egypt.
Programmers must be literate, Donald Knuth tells IET in Turing Lecture
Software quality would be much better if programmers adopted "literate programming", according to Stanford University's unique professor emeritus for the art of computer programming, Donald Knuth.
Programmers must be literate, Donald Knuth tells IET in Turing Lecture
Software quality would be much better if programmers adopted "literate programming", according to Stanford University's unique professor emeritus for the art of computer programming, Donald Knuth.
Google and Twitter join forces to beat Egyptian internet blackout
Google and Twitter have joined forces to enable Egyptians to tweet using the phone to bypass a government-imposed internet blackout.
Watch out for Super Bowl scams in your trash-talking tweets
No matter which team you root for in the Super Bowl this Sunday, be careful of scams that might be lurking in your trash-talking tweets or other online communication, warns Mark Maciw, web product manager at Clearswift.
Hackers could take a security bite out of Android Gingerbread
Researchers at North Carolina State University have discovered a flaw in the Android 2.3 Gingerbread mobile operating system that allows hackers to gain access to information on the phone's microSD storage card.
Kaspersky Lab hit by anti-virus software source code leak
Source code that apparently relates to v8 of Kaspersky anti-virus has appeared on BitTorrent and other file-sharing sites in the last few days. According to news wire reports, the source code was leaked by an employee of the IT security vendor who is now in jail for intellectual property theft.
Poor firewall implementations pave wave for DDoS attacks
Research published today claims to show that the increasing problem of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks has been made worse by a tendency to misconfigure firewalls and intrusion prevention systems (IPS).
NewNet Communication purchases encryption specialist Traxcom
Privately held network communications supplier NewNet Communication has acquired another business from within its own parent company – secure transactions provider Traxcom Technologies. The move is expected to strengthen the security of NewNet’s mobile commerce offerings.
Belgacom taps CyberArk for privileged ID management in the cloud
CyberArk has landed a prestigious project for protecting critical applications, identities and information in Belgacom's data centres in Belgium.
Indian government threatening BlackBerry ban again
India may yet ban BlackBerry services after maker Research In Motion (RIM) said it was technically impossible to give government access to corporate e-mails.
Lax compliance costs more than strict compliance with security rules
Noncompliance costs organizations almost three times as much as compliance with information security regulations and standards, according to a new study by the Ponemon Institute and Tripwire.
Assange reveals WikiLeaks back-up plan
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has revealed a back-up plan to continue releasing secrets if the whistle blowing website is shut down.
Symantec is Marmite, says Spamina
“The love hate relationship between the very large vendors like Symantec and their potential customers, leaves the door open for smaller email security companies”, Jim Tyer, international sales manager of Spamina, a Spanish email security company, told Infosecurity.
