Security

Mon, February 06, 2012 - Zsclaer identified rogue PHP redirect scripts uploaded on hundreds of websites hosted at DreamHost

Mon, February 06, 2012 - Intellectual property (IP) protections exist in U.S. law for the purpose of ensuring inventors and creators are compensated for their works, encouraging innovation.

Mon, February 06, 2012 - A key part of any information security strategy is disposing of data once it's no longer needed. Failure to do so can lead to serious breaches of data-protection and privacy policies, compliance problems and added costs.

Mon, February 06, 2012 - Do you think data breaches are up or down in 2011 compared to 2007 or 2008? The official answer may surprise you. According to DatalossDB and the 2011 Data Breach Investigations Report [PDF link] by Verizon, the number of records compromised per year has been decreasing since its 2008 peak. But these reports are missing something very important. It all comes down to what is reported. Last year I met with more than 450 CIOs and CSOs, and almost all of them said that incidents are way up. New breaches are constantly making headlines, so why is there a discrepancy between our perception and what these reports are finding?

Mon, February 06, 2012 - It's a fact of modern life that archiving data is essential to prevent a data disaster. Still, something like one-third of computers are never backed up, according to 2,257 respondents in a recent Backblaze poll carried out by Harris Interactive. The survey came to the dismal conclusion that a scant 7% of users practice safe computing by archiving their systems on a daily (or nightly) basis.

Mon, February 06, 2012 - Facebook's rollout of Timeline and the privacy concerns that go along with it could drive some users down a less-traveled path.

Mon, February 06, 2012 - Trend Micro has found malware that automatically sends and retrieves stolen data from SendSpace

Mon, February 06, 2012 - The trusty telephone is emerging as one of the key elements in new multifactor authentication schemes designed to protect online banking and other web-based financial transactions from rapidly evolving security threats.

Fri, February 03, 2012 - "Hacktivist" group Anonymous is having a laugh at law enforcement's expense after secretly recording a conference call between the FBI, U.K. authorities, and other foreign police agencies, and then posting the recorded conversation online.

Fri, February 03, 2012 - A link to malware purporting to be CNN coverage of a US attack on Iran is reaching hundreds of thousands of Facebook users