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Veracode today shared a newly created infographic that summarizes the techniques News of the World reporters used to pull off nefarious schemes including bribery, cracking insecure passwords, caller ID spoofing and social engineering.The infographic, titled, “News of the Scandal: The Story That Destroyed a 168 Year Old Newspaper” provides a detailed timeline with pivotal events, key players and technology-enabled privacy breaches that destroyed the 168 year old publication.

A former vice president in Citigroup's treasury finance department, pleaded guilty today to bank fraud arising from his embezzlement of more than $22 million from Citigroup. The defendant, Gary Foster, entered his plea before a United States District Judge at a Federal Courthouse in Brooklyn.

Imperva, a soon to go public provider of data security solutions, today launched a cloud-based service designed to help businesses defend against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.

The gap between vulnerability and protection is a distance that can be measured both by the amount of time that sensitive database information goes un-patched and by the extent of damage caused by a potential data breach. While organizations understand the stakes involved in leaving their systems un-patched, quite often they do not install patches in a timely manner. Is there a convenient and reliable way to bridge this gap?

In response to a series of cyber attacks that resulted in the personal information of more than 100 Million customers falling into the hands of hackers, Sony today announced that it has hired Philip R. Reitinger, a former U.S. Homeland Security official in charge of cyber security, as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer.

According to VeriSign, more than five million domain names were added to the Internet in the second quarter of 2011, bringing the total number of registered domain names to more than 215 million worldwide across all domains.The increase of 5.2 million domain names marks a growth rate of 2.5 percent over the first quarter.

All Your Base Are Belong To UsOnce upon a time (many many years ago), I was staying with a French family, and they asked me what I ate for breakfast. For the life of me, I could not remember how to say “honey” in French. I ended up saying “the stuff made by bees”, and they eventually got the point, “Ah, oui, miel!” So, we reached an understanding by talking about what we knew. Well, at least kind of an...

IBM has its eyes trained on the mobile space with a series of apps to help businesses embrace social networking.

A number of servers belonging to kernel.org were compromised last month in an attack that may have started with a stolen user credential.According to a statement on kernel.org, which hosts the source code for the Linux kernel, the attack is not believed to have affected the source code repositories. While the situation remains under investigation, it is believed the attackers gained access to a server known as ‘Hera.’

Thinking Beyond Traditional Cyber Attacks: Are We Prepared for the Boom of Internet Connected Devices?

A New Landscape in Security Technology: Applying Big Data for Intelligent Decision MakingOver the past few years we’ve seen a dramatic shift in the threat environment. Whether the threats come from hackers, script kiddies, client-side attacks, advanced persistent threats, or state-sponsored actors, the attacks are targeted, unexpected and deadly. The perpetrators are organized, well-financed and relentlessly innovative. They are motivated by money and will use any means possible to cash in.

Security is a Big Issue, But it Shouldn't Scare you Away from Utilizing Cloud Computing Services

Mocana, a San Francisco based company that focuses on mobile and smart device security solutions, announced today that it has received a strategic investment from Intel Capital, the global investment arm of chip giant Intel.

VMware and Samsung announced a partnership this week to deliver virtual desktops to mobile devices, enabling a new class of “dual persona” devices that could provide seamless and secure use of employee-owned IT devices for accessing both work and personal data.At the VMworld 2011 conference, the companies said they would collaborate by integrating both the VMware View desktop virtualization platform, and VMware Horizon Mobile with Samsung mobile devices, including its Galaxy S II and Galaxy Tab devices.

2011 State of Security Survey Investigates What Businesses are Doing About SecurityWith data breaches and cyber attacks constantly making headlines, it’s clear businesses continue to face challenges when it comes to securing IT assets and protecting company data. The good news – a new survey commissioned by Symantec has found IT security budgets and workforces appear to be reacting accordingly.