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A consortium of experts has published a preview of standards meant to improve the security of the global supply chain for commercial software and hardware products.

Network security firm Fortinet today introduced several new network security appliances targeted to mid-sized enterprises, along with solutions to help protect messaging environments, provide remote access authentication and optimize Web content caching.

March Madness Causes Headaches for IT Professionals

Thousands of Unreleased Michael Jackson Songs Accessed and Downloaded By Attackers. Other Compromised Works Include Songs From Jimi Hendrix, Paul Simon, the Foo Fighters, and others.The plot thickens, and Sony once again has found itself in the news surrounding another hacking-related incident. This time around, the breach doesn’t appear to be in regard any lost user data or customer accounts, but instead, some valuable property owned by the record company.

EnCase 7 Expands on Device Support, Encryption, and User Experience Guidance Software announced some enhancements to its EnCase forensics tool last week at the RSA Conference, which expands on its existing platform and compliance-related investigation needs within the enterprise.

RSA CONFERENCE 2012 – Starting with Android and a handset from Motorola, the National Security Agency (NSA) said they have essentially taken offerings from column A and some from column B and come up with an idea for a secure smartphone.

To Stay Ahead of New Threats, We Have to Keep Developing New Ways to Look at Security that We Haven't Considered.

Cybersecurity and hacking incidents have made a significant shift over the past two years from previously only being reported in technology-focused publications, to now often covered by mainstream media. While the Stuxnet worm is nothing new to information security professionals, CBS's “60 Minutes” will broadcast a segment on topic of Stuxnet this Sunday and bring the incident to the attention of milllions of Americans.

The Department of Justice announced on Friday that a Redmond, Oregon, man who provided products and services to help users steal Internet services, was convicted on Thursday of seven counts of wire fraud.According the Department of Justice, Ryan Harris, 26, owned and operated TCNISO, a company that distributed hardware and software tools that let users modify their cable modems in order to disguise themselves as legit customers and obtain Internet service without paying.

RSA Conference 2012: Combating Threats in the Cyber World: Outsmarting Terrorists, Hackers, and Spies

Report Shows Serious Weakness In NASA's Cyber Security Posture, Reveals Several Breaches and Security Incidents at the Space AgencyRecent testimony by NASA Inspector General Paul K. Martin before the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, revealed that NASA faces serious challenges when it comes to protecting its information and systems from cyber attacks.

SAN FRANCISCO -- RSA CONFERENCE 2012 -- Dell SecureWorks pulled the covers off of a cyber-espionage operation that compromised as many as 200 computers – many belonging to government ministries in Vietnam, Brunei and Myanmar.

SAN FRANCISCO -- RSA CONFERENCE 2012 -- Qualys CEO Philippe Courtot is pushing a new initiative aimed at taking on security issues fundamental to the Internet.The effort will be led by the Trustworthy Internet Movement (TIM), a nonprofit created to take on issues such as SSL governance and the spread of botnets and malware. TIM is built around three core pillars:

A newly-discovered malware plug-in for the Cridex Trojan has a database of 137 banks and financial institutions around the globe that are on the attackers’ menus, according to research from M86 Security.