The fundamental failure of endpoint security

The fundamental failure of endpoint security


The fundamental failure of endpoint security

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 06:00 AM PST

According to Stefan Frei, Research Analyst Director with Secunia, it's not the vulnerabilities in Microsoft's products we should worry about, but those in third-party software. Even though the numb...

Should antivirus vendors block state malware?

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:57 AM PST

The question was raised by security firm F-Secure after the news that documents found in the recently raided Headquarters of the Egyptian State Security revealed that its Investigation Department had ...

Brain: Searching for the first PC virus in Pakistan

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:46 AM PST

Here is a 10-minute video reportage about Mikko Hypponen's trip to Lahore, Pakistan, to find the authors of the first PC virus "Brain". This is the first time the brothers have given a video interv...

Most sites are exposed to at least one vulnerability each day

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:33 AM PST

The average website has serious vulnerabilities more than nine months of the year and data leakage has over taken cross site scripting as the most common website vulnerability, according to WhiteHat S...

Pwn2Own: Safari and IE8 go down, Chrome's attacker a no-show

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:21 AM PST

The results of the first day of the Pwn2Own contest held each year at the CanSecWest conference are the following: Safari and IE8 went down, Chrome is still unscathed due to a no-show from the regist...

GFI MAX MailArchive released

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 03:45 AM PST

GFI Software launched GFI MAX MailArchive, a hosted service which allows businesses to archive email messages to geographically distributed datacenters for future search, reference and retrieval. T...

Free, open source exploit kit offered online

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 02:52 AM PST

Among the various exploit kits for sale out there it seems there is one that aspiring cyber crooks can use for free. Researchers from M86 have stumbled upon it by chance, and intrigued by the "K0...

Cloud streamlines efficiency of identity theft

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 11:44 PM PST

Working with cloud-based services significantly improves economies of scale – for cybercriminals too, according to Commtouch. Phishers are already benefiting from free hosting by hiding phishing p...

Tips for healthcare organizations to improve their security profile

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 11:37 PM PST

Based upon extensive work in both healthcare IT and information security, CDW Healthcare has identified preliminary steps for healthcare organizations focused on improving their security profile. ...

SANS gets ready for Amsterdam

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 11:32 PM PST

SANS Secure Europe, one of the region's largest infosec training events is returning to Amsterdam's Radisson Blu Hotel from 9th-21st May with 2 weeks of technical, hands-on and in-depth information se...

Apple iOS 4.3 fixes security issues

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 10:52 PM PST

The iOS 4.3 update contains new features, improvements, security and bug fixes. CoreGraphics Multiple vulnerabilities existed in FreeType, the most serious of which may lead to arbitrary code ex...

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