Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Microsoft sounds alert on massive Web bug An advisory from Microsoft Corp. warns of a flaw in the ASP.net Web developer tools. It has promised patches for related software including Windows XP Service Pack 3, SharePoint and Windows Server
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Was Stuxnet built to attack Iran's nuclear program? A German security researcher says a worm designed to target software for industrial systems made by Siemens AG may have had Iran’s Bushehr nuclear reactor as a target. It seems to target supervisory control and data acquisition, or SCADA systems.
Monday, September 20, 2010
How to hack IP voice and video in real-time An expert from Sipera Systems Inc. demonstrated how hackers can eavesdrop on companies’ voice over IP calls. Find out how do defend your network
Friday, September 17, 2010
Enterprises to clamp down on downloads, predicts HP Organizations will have to institute a 'default deny' policy to keep malware out of their systems, the company's security division says
Thursday, September 16, 2010
How I got thrown out of an NSA party Reporter finds the welcome mat for the press thrown out by the U.S. National Security Agency had a few loose threads 
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Are universities at greater risk of data breaches? Privacy Rights Clearinghouse says higher education institutions have experienced nearly 160 breaches, exposing more than 2.3 million records, since 2008
Thursday, September 16, 2010
NSA product accreditations lag security advances NSA and military-supported certification processes are slow as molasses compared to the IT industry's lightning-fast innovations
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Ottawa group promises interoperable security Canadian entrepreneur Terry Matthews leads association that includes six of his companies selling video surveillance, wireless and telephony solutions
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Cisco upgrades data centre switches In addition to new versions of the Nexus and Catalyst switches, Cisco Systems Inc. announced an update to its Unified Computing System server, plus security software for the Nexus 1000V switch. Find out what’s new in Unified Network Services
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
iPad creeping into business offices Analysts say the popular Apple tablet needs more business apps, but early adopters are finding ways to use it at work
Monday, September 13, 2010
Microsoft helps Adobe block PDF zero-day exploit The malware, which uses a dynamic link library, can reportedly be mitigated by turning on Address Space Layout Randomization and Data Execution Prevention. Microsoft Corp. says its enhanced migration experience toolkit will turn on these functions
Friday, September 10, 2010
Vendor demonstrates insider attack on VMware ESX An engineer with BeyondTrust Software Inc. said IT workers with root access to VMware Inc.’s ESX hypervisor could manipulate the service console and steal data tied to virtual machines and then delete history and log files. VMWare says root passwords to any system will allow access but moving to ESXi will make data harder to steal
Thursday, September 09, 2010
Getting your data safely across the border You can take steps of your own to get your data across the border without legal action
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
5 ways providers can improve cloud security At the Defcon hacking conference in Las Vegas, speakers said ease of use, log management and preventing account hijacking are among the ways you can improve the security of cloud applications.
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Women did well on Defcon social engineering test Contestants in the Defcon hacking contest were successful in getting most firms to divulge information that is not supposed to be revealed to strangers. How corporate IT departments are vulnerable to social engineering
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Nokia setting up enterprise mail servers in India Nokia will set up servers in India by November for its push e-mail service in the country to comply with government regulations
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
RIM gets 60 days reprieve as India evaluates proposals India says will try out interception solutions proposed by RIM and review the situation after 60 days. The government maintains that communications through telecom networks should be accessible to security agencies
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Citrix’s CMO demos desktop virtualization on the iPad Video: Wes Wasson runs Windows on his iPad in a demo of Citrix desktop virtualization and explains why the new version of XenDesktop 4 makes life easier for IT departments
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Cisco patches bug that crashed part of Internet A Duke University experiment inadvertently uncovered a bug in Cisco Systems Inc.’s Internetwork Operating System XR, which is used on carrier grade routers such as CRS 1. A Renesys Corp. official said it affected 3,500 prefixes and caused some Cisco routers to corrupting Duke’s experimental data
Monday, August 30, 2010
EMC targets FISMA compliance in cloud networks The movement of virtual machines threatens regulatory compliance, but the company is trying to solve that issue. EMC will preview its new technology at this week's VMworld 2010
Friday, August 27, 2010
RIM clarifies three misperceptions about BlackBerry RIM proposes establishing an industry forum to work with Government of India on encryption issues and stresses the need to ‘unequivocally clarify’ three misperceptions, in a statement Thursday. But RIM isn't clarifying the difference between BES, BBM and BIS, says one analyst
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Intel closing in on deal with Infineon, reports say The buying spree could be continuing at Intel. In effort to get a stronger footing in smartphone market, the company is reportedly ready to buy Infineon's wireless chip unit
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Citrix targets laptop security with new XenDesktop Citrix's next version of XenDesktop will automatically encrypt corporate data on employee-owned laptops and include a bare-metal client hypervisor
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Hackers post attacks for Windows DLLs This week dozens of exploits to subvert Firefox, Chrome, Word, Photoshop, Skype and other programs have been posted. They are designed to exploit dynamic link libraries in Microsoft Corp.’s Windows operating system
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Disband the ITU's IPv6 Group, says expert So few organizations have adopted IPv6 that government's shouldn't be pushing the protocol, argues a former ITU member. Besides, he says, there's a simpler alternate protocol available