Project Vigilant searching for volunteer hackers at Defcon |
- Project Vigilant searching for volunteer hackers at Defcon
- Microsoft patches the critical Windows LNK vulnerability
- Big firms fail the test as social engineers demonstrate their abilities at Defcon
- Q&A: SOURCE Barcelona
- Bad news for BlackBerry users in the Middle East
- Web 2.0 security in the workplace
- Free anti-spam software from Cloudmark
- Cyber threats to national security
- Device security among biggest mobility concerns
- 55,000 machines compromised by Mumba botnet
- Week in review: ATMs hacked, malware attacks
| Project Vigilant searching for volunteer hackers at Defcon Posted: 02 Aug 2010 01:04 PM PDT Project Vigilant, a division of BBHC Global LLC (an information security firm), is a private, semi-secret, volunteer-based organization of "cyber spies" that is sometimes employed by the U.S. governme... |
| Microsoft patches the critical Windows LNK vulnerability Posted: 02 Aug 2010 11:36 AM PDT An emergency out-of-band update for patching the critical LNK vulnerability has been released by Microsoft. "The vulnerability exists because Windows incorrectly parses shortcuts in such a way that... |
| Big firms fail the test as social engineers demonstrate their abilities at Defcon Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:06 AM PDT The social engineering capture-the-flag-style contest planned for the second and third day of this year's edition of Defcon was executed without a hitch. No financial information, personal data, passw... |
| Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:00 AM PDT Stacy Thayer is the Founder and Executive Director of SOURCE Conferences. Prior to founding SOURCE Conferences, Stacy was employed for a Fortune 500 company, where she worked with other organizations ... |
| Bad news for BlackBerry users in the Middle East Posted: 02 Aug 2010 07:33 AM PDT What seems to be a power play between RIM, one of the biggest manufacturers of smartphones in the world and the TRA, the telecommunications regulation body in the United Arab Emirates, is currently ta... |
| Web 2.0 security in the workplace Posted: 02 Aug 2010 06:30 AM PDT The use of social networking applications has significantly lowered the security posture for up to 82 percent of organizations in a new survey by the Ponemon Institute and Check Point. Nearly half of ... |
| Free anti-spam software from Cloudmark Posted: 02 Aug 2010 06:12 AM PDT Released as a free download, Cloudmark DesktopOne is a lightweight application that continuously filters e-mail to eliminate spam and protect users against phishing and e-mail-borne viruses. Users are... |
| Cyber threats to national security Posted: 02 Aug 2010 06:01 AM PDT Cybersecurity has increasingly become a national security priority over the past decade, according to a report by CACI and the U. S. Naval Institute (USNI). Cyber threats may be perpetrated with littl... |
| Device security among biggest mobility concerns Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:17 AM PDT McAfee announced the results of a survey of 150 Fortune 500 CIOs, CTOs and CSOs that reveals 76 percent of respondent organizations are planning at least one strategic mobility initiative in the next ... |
| 55,000 machines compromised by Mumba botnet Posted: 02 Aug 2010 04:28 AM PDT Each year, cybercriminals generate billions of dollars by their criminal activities online. Therefore, the longer period of time a given malware remains undetected is directly correlated to a cybercri... |
| Week in review: ATMs hacked, malware attacks Posted: 01 Aug 2010 09:01 PM PDT Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, interviews, articles and reviews: U.K. seeks cyber experts, offers challenge and educational and job opportunities The BBC dubbed... |
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