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Recent Articles

SpyEye Trojan developer and marketer extradited to US

May 08, 2013

One of the masterminds behind the pernicious SpyEye banking Trojan has been extradited to the United States, where he will face charges for computer and wire fraud.
 

Google says account takeovers are down more than 99 per cent

February 20, 2013

Google is crediting enhanced risk analysis efforts with lowering the number of compromised user accounts by nearly 100 per cent over two years.
 

A third of Stabuniq Trojan infections are at US banks

December 21, 2012

An information-gathering Trojan has successfully compromised servers at a number of US financial institutions.
 

Hurricane Sandy could cause problems in cyber space

October 30, 2012

With Hurricane Sandy on a collision course with the north east coast of the USA, cyber crooks are likely to take advantage of the historic storm to make a quick buck or steal personal information from the unsuspecting.
 

Second man pleads guilty to Sony Pictures hacking in 2011

October 15, 2012

Another person has admitted the hacking of Sony Pictures last year.
 

Go Daddy blames technical malfunctions rather than a DDoS for outage

September 12, 2012

Web hosting firm and domain registrar Go Daddy said that technical malfunctions internal to its operations, and not a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, were to blame for Monday's outage.
 

Black Hat: Former FBI top cyber cop says defenders need to think more tactically

July 26, 2012

The strategies used to fight adversaries in the real world are not much different to ones used to battle attackers in the cyber realm.
 

Explosion of Blackhole to be evaluated at Black Hat

July 25, 2012

If 2011 was the year of the breach - and assuming every year going forward is not going to take on the same moniker - then perhaps 2012 is the year of the exploit kit.
 

Alaska Department of Health and Social Services facing $1.7 million HIPAA fine for 2009 breach

June 28, 2012

The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) will shell out $1.7 million (£1.1 million) to settle violations of the HIPAA Security Rule.
 

Firefox and Opera add security updates

April 30, 2012

Mozilla Firefox and Opera released new versions of their web browsers last week to introduce new security features and patch a number of vulnerabilities.
 

SC Featured Webcast

Employee file sharing: the good, the bad and the ugly

Streaming live on 4th June 2013 at 3pm GMT

This new webcast is set to unveil the full results from the latest data security survey, where it was revealed that 50 per cent of the information security professionals asked said that they had 'no real visibility' of how data is being sent within and outside the company. Guest speakers include the director of information security from Monster.co.uk and the ISO from Atos. To secure your free place, please click here.

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Security beyond the (fire)wall

Streaming live on 6th June at 3pm BST

This webcast addresses the technological challenges of maintaining full control of your most sensitive information - even once it goes beyond the firewall - while maintaining the freedom and flexibility necessary to allow your staff and other stakeholders to work as efficiently as possible. Tune in for free to hear from our regular and popular guest speaker, Bola Rotibi from (ISC)2 application security advisory board. To secure your place, please click here.


2013's invisible network threats: Identify and respond

Streaming live on 11th June at 3pm BST

In a recent SC survey, when asked 'Do you think your current network is secure?' 43 per cent of IS professionals said they were not sure. Technology developments such as multi-point cloud solutions, consumerisation, BYOD uptake and even Windows 8 are a major headache in network security for IT leaders. So what can be done? SC's latest webcast shares practical advice from industry experts. To secure your free place, please click here.

SC Whitepapers

Java security: Balancing existing testing platforms with open source solutions

In a rush to get new products out to market quickly, companies expose themselves to the risk of software failure. Java developers often turn to open source solutions to help protect themselves from risk. This new whitepaper explains how you can use your existing testing platforms alongside open source solutions to fix those issues related to both security and quality within your Java code. To download the paper for free, please click here.


DDoS and downtime: Considerations for risk management

The purpose of this paper is to start a conversation about the often overlooked risk of downtime caused by DDoS attacks and to provide sufficient content for risk managers to account for the DDoS threat as they evaluate risks to their day-to-day operations and long-term mission. To read the paper in full, please download it for free here.


Ponemon 2012 Global Encryption Trends Study

In Ponemon's recent Global Encryption Study, the organisation surveyed 4,205 information security professionals across seven countries to examine how encryption has evolved over the last eight years. The study focused on data protection priorities, budgeted expenditures for encryption and the types of encryption technologies involved, with the findings revealing some interesting insight into the relationship between encryption and its impact on the security position of organisations. To read the full report for free, please download it here.


Advanced spear phishing: The rise of industrial phishing attacks

With phishing still the most common form of attack, hackers are now engaging in industrial-scale phishing attacks that leverage sophisticated customisation and delivery techniques. Borrowing tactics from cloud computing and database marketing, this study looks at longline phishing - an advanced form of spear phishing, which has higher clickthrough and penetration rates than traditional attacks, potentially causing a higher risk to IT security departments across the world. To read the study for free, please click here.


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