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Hacktivism dominated more than just the headlines in 2011; according to Verizon, it also dominated the world of data breaches.In its 2012 Data Breach Investigations Report, hacktivism was linked to 58 percent of the data that was stolen in 855 incidents last year around the world.
New Duqu Variant Discovered in IranIt’s been an interesting week in developments related to Duqu, the complex cyber-espionage malware often referred to as “Son of Stuxnet.”
The assistant secretary of defense for global strategic affairs, Madelyn Creedon, told the House Armed Services Committee’s subcommittee on emerging threats and capabilities on Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Defense is developing rules of engagement for cyberspace.
On Tuesday, Russian law enforcement arrested eight men in Moscow for allegedly boosting millions of dollars from the nation’s banks by installing the Carberp Trojan on their victim’s computers. According to a press release by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the group’s crime spree was first discovered by law enforcement last October.
Security researchers at BitDefender have identified an attack campaign that enlists multiple banking Trojans to help compromise bank account information.
A new survey of developers and security professionals revealed that many organizations are still not baking security into the application development process.According to research by Security Innovation and the Ponemon Institute, 80 percent of the developers and two-thirds of the security personnel surveyed do not have a process where they build security into their software applications. In addition, 47 percent of developers state that there is no formal mandate in place to remediate vulnerable software code.
Symantec today announced its plans to acquire Nukona, Inc., a privately-held provider of mobile application management (MAM) solutions.Nukona's technology enables IT administrators to protect and control iOS, Android and HTML5 apps by "wrapping" both native and web-based apps with a management layer, and allowing them to apply security policies without having to modify the applications.
It has been close to four years since the birth of the Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP). The program is meant to give security vendors vulnerability information early so that they can provide updated protections to customers, and up until recently, seems to have functioned without a hitch.
According to data collected by security researcher Dan Kaminsky, the recently disclosed RDP vulnerability in Windows has a potential attack surface equal to millions of systems. Interestingly, this data is based on scans to less than 10-percent of the Internet.
On Wednesday, the AntiSec movement defaced hundreds of websites in what was said to be proof that the movement works just fine without Sabu, their alleged leader who was arrested and flipped by the FBI last year.
Silver Tail Systems, a provider of fraud prevention solutions for Web sites, this week announced a new offering that provides site operators with real-time analysis of web site user behavior to help identify potentially malicious activity.
SourceForge has removed a controversial Ubuntu-based operating system from its Website due to claims the software is laced with Trojans.
The British Broadcast Corporation (BBC) says the company was hit by a recent cyber-attack that followed a campaign of intimidation by Iranian authorities.
If You No Longer Know What You’re Looking for, You Can’t Protect Yourself Against It.
While Cisco has made strategic changes over the past year as it looks to focus on its “network-centric platform strategy”, including the shutting down of its Flip video unit and Umi consumer focused video conferencing line, the company today said it plans to spend approximately $5 billion to acquire NDS Group Ltd., a provider of video software and content security solutions for the television industry.
Organizations Don’t Have to be Fearful of Public Clouds, They Just Need to Better Understand Them.
Mobile management technology firm Good Technology, on Wednesday said that its Good for Enterprise™ platform now supports the Kindle Fire.
Web Application Firewalls: What Should You Keep In Mind When Evaluating WAF Solutions?
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Microsoft fixed vulnerabilities across Azure and AI-branded products, with privilege escalation flaws accounting for the majority.
