OpVendetta Kicks Off As Rumors of Anonymous Attacking PayPal Spread
Rumors circulated early on Monday that Anonymous has kicked off their OpVendetta campaign with a hack on PayPal. While this hasn’t been confirmed, other related defacements and server compromises have...
View ArticlePCI Council Publishes Risk Assessment Guidelines
On Friday, the PCI Security Standards Council published a set of guidelines for organizations looking to get a handle on risk assessment and threat identification. Specifically, the guidelines relate...
View ArticleJohn McAfee Created His Own Botnet to Spy on Belizean Officials
John McAfee, founder of the anti-virus and security company that carries his name, said that he built his own custom made botnet designed to monitor Belizean government employees, police officers,...
View Article6 Steps to Acing Your Next Firewall Audit
Certainly we are no strangers to increased regulations, standards and internal policies, and the resulting audits that impact most organizations – often multiple times per year. While regulations and...
View ArticleOracle Patches Java Zero-Day
Last week, researchers discovered a Java vulnerability being widely exploited online, as it was included in several crime kits, including Blackhole and Cool Exploit. On Sunday, Oracle released a patch...
View ArticleThe Next Cyber security Threat Cycle is here – Are You Prepared?
The first PC viruses appeared more than 25 years ago. Little did we realize that this was just the beginning of what would become a series of threat waves. For nearly 10 years viruses endured as the...
View ArticleSourcefire Unveils Malware Protection Appliance
Network security firm Sourcefire, on Monday introduced a dedicated appliance designed to help customers defend against advanced forms of malware that hit their networks, from the point of entry,...
View ArticleBarracuda Partners with Microsoft to Protect Windows Azure Applications
Announced at the RSA Conference taking place this week in San Francisco, Barracuda said that Windows Azure developers will now be able to leverage its Web Application Firewall (WAF) to protect new and...
View ArticleMalware Attack Linked to Bit9 Hack, Researchers Say
Security researchers have linked a reputed industrial espionage campaign to the attack that compromised security vendor Bit9. According to researchers with Symantec and FireEye, the Java vulnerability...
View ArticleKeeping Trust under Control Is the Key to IT Security
Security has its foundation in trust, but trust and control over the source of trust go hand in hand. What happens when a lack of control over the technologies on which trust is built means you can no...
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