The gap between business and IT is still very wide when it comes to the realities of data security awareness, according to a new report. Find out why business managers are actually overrating data encryption
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IBM plans to combine two separately acquired technologies, Watchfire’s AppScan and Ounce Labs software, into a security app development tool to be released later in 2010
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At the RSA Security Conference, panelists from the U.S. National Security Agency and the Weizmann Institute of Science raised concerns about cloud computing. The former NSA technical director says the American electronic surveillance bureau still has an advantage over universities in cryptography
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The company’s Hone technology works with NarusInsight to connect different profiles to one person. Narus plans to hype the technology, which is geared toward tracking anonymous criminals on the Internet, later this week at the RSA conference in San Francisco
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Two months after Google Inc. got hacked, a security firm says another 68 command-and-control servers have been identified. The code that was used, dubbed Operation Aurora, allowed miscreants to access corporate networks for months without detection.
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IBM’s X-Force 2009 Trend and Risk report shows a drop in some popular attacks, and a 345 per cent rise in others like new malicious Web links. Security consultant Brian O’Higgins said social engineering continues to be a useful tool for malware authors
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The U.S. government needs to take a more active role in regulating cybersecurity, according to a former U.S. director of national intelligence. If confronted in a cyberwar today, the U.S. would not come out on top, he said.
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The Web traffic study also finds issues with botnets, corporate policies, Adobe Systems Inc.’s Acrobat reader and JavaScript. ZScaler found significant use of Internet Explorer 6, which unlike later versions of Microsoft Corp.’s browser does not maintain malicious URL and phishing block lists. Just what exactly is a darknet?
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Google faces a class-action lawsuit and criticism from Canada’s Privacy Commissioner over its new social networking tool. A Strategic Counsel analyst investigates
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The Alberta city has realized a 75 per cent reduction in costs for network threat monitoring and real-time employee Web usage reports. Buying behaviour has changed among those shopping for security tools, says an Astaro rep
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