Security

Wed, May 09, 2012 - A good reputation can help mobile operators, but they still need to earn it, some said

Tue, May 08, 2012 - There is now an ongoing and massive cyberattack targeting the American gas-pipeline industry, aimed at giving the attacker a way to gather sensitive information by compromising business systems and possibly even subverting industrial control systems. The Department of Homeland Security's investigative division, called the ICS-CERT, says it's taking the somewhat unusual step of issuing an alert and speaking publicly about it to heighten awareness of a dangerous situation.

Tue, May 08, 2012 - In its May "Patch Tuesday," Microsoft released seven bulletins covering 23 vulnerabilities

Tue, May 08, 2012 - Tatanga malware asks victims to approve rogue transfers in order to activate free credit card insurance from their banks

Tue, May 08, 2012 - It sounds like a privacy hole big enough for a truckload of your personal information to be leaked to the world, but experts say a recently disclosed Windows 8 privacy issue is really a non-issue.

Tue, May 08, 2012 - At its annual Symantec Vision conference attended by enterprise customers and business partners, Symantec laid out its management and security product strategy for mobile endpoint devices, including the iPhone, iPad and Google Android devices.

Tue, May 08, 2012 - Cisco this week at Interop 2012 released an API for its branch routers designed to enable third-party developers to write applications to enhance the security of phone calls over the router network.

Tue, May 08, 2012 - At Interop this week, Avaya will toss its hat into the rapidly expanding BYOD ring with new software for its policy manager that helps IT get a handle on mobile device management (MDM).

Tue, May 08, 2012 - Is the BYOD craze going to bring a revival of NAC, the policy-based network-access control that was hyped a decade ago but didn't end up widely adopted for endpoint security?

Mon, May 07, 2012 - The United States Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) has issued a warning about an active "spear phishing" campaign targeting companies in the natural gas pipeline sector.