Flame abused Windows Update to spread

Flame abused Windows Update to spread


Flame abused Windows Update to spread

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 11:50 AM PDT

You have probably already heard that Microsoft released an out-of-band update that revokes three rogue certificates that were used to sign a couple of modules of the recently discovered Flame (SkyWipe...

Win8’s AV will kick in after other solutions stop working

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 10:29 AM PDT

Last week, McAfee shared the findings of a year-long project that revealed that some 17 percent of all the tested PCs around the globe had either no AV software installed or they have and it's not act...

Apple publishes iOS security guide

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 08:05 AM PDT

Apple has a reputation for being extremely reticent when it comes to discussing security in public - so much so that most of the security features their devices sport have been discovered by researche...

UGNazi attack 4chan, CloudFlare

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 06:29 AM PDT

Visitors to 4chan have recently been automatically redirected to the Twitter account of hacker group UGNazi, and an investigation into the matter revealed that the attack has been executed through a c...

Real-time mobile vulnerability management

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 06:21 AM PDT

Mobilisafe launched its cloud-based Mobile Risk Management (MRM) solution, enabling IT to identify and eliminate the significant risks associated with the Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) trend. A 30-day ...

Over-55s pick stronger passwords than youngsters

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 05:05 AM PDT

Despite the often repeated recommendations by security experts, most users regularly fail to choose strong enough passwords. Joseph Bonneau, a computer scientist and researcher at Cambridge Unive...

Passing the internal scan for PCI DSS 2.0

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 05:00 AM PDT

Merchants subject to Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) rules are often blindsided by DSS changes, arrival of new payment technologies, and newly emerging business context. In addi...

Consumers confused about data breaches

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 04:11 AM PDT

A business's ability to protect personal information and communicate the circumstances of a data breach can impact customer loyalty and an organization's trustworthiness and reputation, according to a...

Some Flame modules were signed with rogue Microsoft certificates

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 03:34 AM PDT

While investigating the recently unearthed Flame (SkyWiper) toolkit, Microsoft's researchers have made an unwelcome discovery. "We have discovered through our analysis that some components of the m...

Siemens enhances security of industrial networks

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 11:09 PM PDT

Siemens announced new versions of its Simatic NET CP 343-1 Advanced and Simatic NET CP 443-1 components with integrated security functions to enable companies to enhance the security of their networks...

iOS app creates different personas on social networks

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 10:12 PM PDT

Have you ever decided not to post an update because you didn't want your entire social network to be privy to every intimate detail of your life? Of course you have. That's why a new app is eliminatin...

Information Storage and Management

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 09:30 PM PDT

Information Storage and Management covers the components of a storage system and the different storage system models while also offering essential new material that explores the advances in existing t...

Week in review: New cyber weapon Flame, gamers under attack, and the new issue of (IN)SECURE Magazine

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 09:00 PM PDT

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, podcasts, videos, interviews and articles: Privacy trends affecting security In this podcast recorded at the RSA Conference 2012,...

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