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Does your Security policy take the Carrier into Consideration? Does it Require Users to Change the Default PIN?

To Maximize Profits, Fraudsters Need to do a Whole Lot of Learning.

Carrier IQ, a provider of software that helps mobile carriers monitor handset performance, has backed off its threat to sue a security researcher for saying its software secretly tracked mobile phone users.

“There’s an app for that” has become a mantra of the modern day smartphone carrier. Most businesses are deploying mobile apps as a convenient accompaniment for their web services. Almost every major service customer use can be performed using a smartphone. From banks letting us do monetary transactions through an app, to retailers like Amazon, or Starbucks letting you simply hold up your phone for a scan to pay for your coffee.

Invincea, Inc., a provider of malware threat protection via virtualization within the desktop OS, today announced that it has raised $5.1 million in growth capital led by Harbert Venture Partners, Grotech Ventures, and New Atlantic Ventures. The cash injection will be used primarily to expand Invincea's corporate sales, engineering, and marketing efforts. The company previously raised $2.1 in March 2009, bringing total funding to date to $7.2M.

WatchGuard Technologies unveiled two product announcements today, with one being a head nod to organizations looking to secure mobile devices running Apple iOS.The first announcement is an update of the company’s operating system for its XTM line of unified threat management appliances. WatchGuard has added support for the IPSec functionality present on Apple devices. By doing so, WatchGuard enables users of the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch a way to access corporate resources securely from the device, according to the...

Twitter has acquired mobile security vendor Whisper Systems for an undisclosed sum.Whisper Systems has a number of security products in beta for Android devices, such as the voice encryption product RedPhone and TextSecure, which encrypts text messages.

When Do Malware and Cyber Attacks Become a Weapon or Act of War That Warrant a Real-World Response?

Former Iron Mountain CEO Joins Cloud-Based Application Security Provider Veracode, a provider of application security testing technology, today announced that it has appointed Bob Brennan as CEO of the Burlington, Massachusetts based company.

Undercover Agents Made Online Purchases to Identify Sellers of Counterfeit Goods, Leading to Seizure of 150 Domain NamesAs part of an effort to combat the growing number of domestic and international intellectual property crimes and defend against those who seek to profit illegally from American creativity, innovation and work, U.S. Federal authorities seized 150 domain names of websites involved in the illegal sale and distribution of counterfeit goods.

How Much Security Technology is Ending up in the Hands of Those We'd Rather it Not?

Delta Air Lines today announced that David DeWalt, former president, chief executive officer and director at McAfee, has joined the company’s board of directors.DeWalt served as president, chief executive officer and director of McAfee from April 2007 until February 2011, after Intel’s surprise $7.68 billion acquisition of McAfee. DeWalt resigned from his role as President at McAfee in July 2011. 

The Philippines Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) said on Saturday that with the help of the FBI, four people have been arrested and stand accused of running remote toll scam in order to fund terrorism.

The Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, Francis Maude, published a set of plans on Friday outlining the UK’s goals over the next four years that will introduce sweeping changes to the nation’s cyber security posture.In all, Maude said that the plan is to spend £650m GBP over the next four year on a National Cyber Security Program (NCSP), designed to make the UK, “one of the most secure places in the world to do business.”

Hungarian Hacker Pleads Guilty After Hacking into Marriott Computers and Extorting Job in Company's IT DepartmentA tough global economy has certainly created challenges for many people looking for jobs, but one Hungarian man took things to another level in an effort to gain employment at hotel giant Marriott International.

Working Smarter not Harder is Key. The Most Important Thing to do is Prioritize. 

With Cyber Monday just days away, online shopping will surge, and with that will come a jump in online fraud attacks, causing problems for both consumers and merchants. According to Shop.org, more than half of all workers plan to shop online on Cyber Monday while on the clock, and are predicted to spend $1.2 billion, up from $1 billion in 2010, according to ComScore.

Experts Say Industrial Control System Security is a Decade Behind Enterprise IT SecurityIt seems strange that a burned out water pump would be at the center of suspected cyber-attack. Yet that is exactly what appears to be the case.

About 200 customers of the Central Maine Power Company recently noticed something odd after the utility installed smart meters in their homes: in some cases other wireless devices stopped working, or behaved erratically.