Latest News

Real Security goes Beyond Compliance, and Integrates with Validation and Security Processes. 

Operation Swiper: More than 100 people have been indicted in connection with what may be the largest identity theft crackdown in the country’s history. The 111 defendants hail from countries all over the world, including places in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, according to the Queens District Attorney’s office. In a total of 10 indictments, the suspects are charged with defrauding financial institutions and retailers of more than $13 million during a 16-month period.

Earlier this month, a video from Anonymous announced the pending invasion of Wall Street. Shortly after, Anonymous denounced the invasion plans, suggesting they were promoted by law enforcement. Confused? Don’t be. Trap or not, some think it’s a great idea and may choose to take part anyway.“The events transpiring within Wall Street have caught our eye,” the video announcement promoting Invade Wall Street starts.

Story Update: Air Force Officials Share Details on Malware That Infected Drone SystemsComputers controlling American military drones have been infected with a keylogger that tracks pilots’ keystrokes as they remotely fly the unmanned machines around the world, according to a report.

Symantec today released a public beta of version 6.0 of its all-in-one security suite, Norton 360.Version 6.0 of Norton 360 includes the same core security technology that powers Norton Internet Security 2012, and also brings enhanced tuneup and backup capabilities.According to Symantec's internal testing, the version 6.0 beta outperforms version 5.0 on key performance metrics, including an average improvement of over 50 percent on file copy impact.New features and enhancements in Norton 360 version 6.0 beta include:

My previous column emphasized the most prevalent attack techniques used by hackers. By studying thse types of attacks we can enhance our solutions. Here’s how. Remote File Inclusion as a case study

Finnish security vendor F-Secure, along with the U.K.’s Sophos, have each pledged to detect a new backdoor, allegedly developed and used by the German government. The news comes via the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) in Germany, who released a report about the malware on Saturday.

Over the weekend, the “Chaos Computer Club” (CCC), a group considered to be the largest European Hacker Club, said it had identified and reverse engineered a Windows backdoor trojan that the group claims is being used by the German government.

Security is not a “thing” – it’s a goal and a business enabler that, to be done well, requires a layered approach based on an understanding of risk and an organization’s IT environment.

Kaspersky Lab has released what it declared as the most significant “business related” products it has released in four years. Officially launched on Thursday, Kaspersky Endpoint Security 8 for Windows and Kaspersky Security Center include new multi-layer anti-malware protection, powered by Kaspersky’s intelligence network.

Three unencrypted backup tapes containing sensitive personal data have been reported missing by Nemours, a children's health care services provider.The tapes in question were reported missing from a facility in Wilmington, Delaware on September 8, 2011. The company believes they have been removed around August 10, 2011 during a renovation project.

Baltimore-based data protection vendor SafeNet, said on Friday that it has received baseline approval from the US Government for its new MDeX system.MDeX, or Multi-Domain eXchange, was designed to address cross domain data sharing between government organizations. Earning a Unified Cross Domain Management Office (UCDMO) Cross Domain Inventory, Version 4.0 baseline, means that SafeNet is now free to offer MDeX to departments such as Homeland Security, and other intelligence agencies.

The recent and ongoing Occupying Wall Street rally is an interesting and refreshing exercise in US democracy at its best. Starting out with just 200 protesters in mid-September, the New York City rally has grown to thousands of activists, with similar protests in 30 cities including Chicago, Boston and Denver. Initially scoffed at as being "leaderless" and "directionless", the Occupying Wall Street rally appears to be moving towards focusing on defining such lofty demands as ending the death penalty, ending...

After a relatively quiet Patch Tuesday in September, Microsoft is releasing fixes for 23 separate vulnerabilities in its security update next week.The patches will be spread across eight bulletins – two rated ‘Critical’, six designated ‘Important’ – and will touch Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG), Microsoft Host Integration Server, the .NET Framework and Silverlight.

Developers Leave Debug Tool Open for The World to Use, Including AttackersDevelopers from American Express have made somewhat of a big mistake recently, leaving an administration panel for Web site debugging wide open for anyone to access, providing a potential tool and avenue for attackers to target AMEX customers. (Update: Amex appears to finally have closed access to the admin panel within the past hour, as of 11:15AM EST on Oct 6.)