March, 2009:

Conficker Demystified

Conficker - a whole lot of bother about nothing?

Two-factor authentication tool introduced for Apple iPhone

Malware reaches highest level in nine months while infected websites increase by 200 per cent

Application control of email attachments could have prevented the GhostNet infiltration

Cloud manifesto supporter claims that it is only at the point of inception and not trying to exclude anyone

A third of cardholders fail to spot fraudulent transactions in their accounts

Microsoft and TomTom reach settlement in patent infringement cases

Users warned against April Fool emails as history shows it as an opportunity for malware

European Commission calls for Europe-wide cooperation on cyber attack prevention

China refutes report claims of the 'GhostNet' spying network

Malware expert believes that Conficker author will create a new variant and exploit another zero day vulnerability

More companies reject the 'open cloud manifesto' as Amazon and Google call for better dialogue

Tabaq offers compliance platform via SaaS

More than half of British savers would switch banks if their provider suffered a data breach

Facebook code error allows user accidental control of 17 pages

Manchester, London and beyond

Expert claims press are overhyping Conficker and that there will not be a large impact on 1st April

Government network hit by Conficker worm as trail of poor management exposed

Security solution launched to bridge URL filtering gap

Easter-related malicious sites appear on search engine results two weeks before Good Friday

Website hacking criticised by censorship opponents

Microsoft hits out at cloud manifesto creation without its involvement

Conficker worm authors could launch DDoS attacks

Interview: Pauline Jorgensen

Review of 2006: Total recall

ROI: How to make IT security pay

Don't give away your brand

Hot, free and dangerous

Be careful what you dig for

Researcher publishes Mozilla Firefox vulnerability

Vundo Trojan begins sending out ransomware

Disabling AutoRun could block a Conficker attack

Government may be permitted to record personal activity on Facebook and MySpace

Malware authors use Conficker searches to spread rogue anti-virus

Security industry remembers the Melissa worm ten years after it hit the world

Companies encouraged to take 1st April Conficker attack seriously

SafeNet completes acquisition of Aladdin

Twitter hit by fake accounts that link to malicious sites

China blocks access to YouTube after claims that Tibetan video is a hoax

Privacy group requests opt out of Phorm system from Google, Microsoft, eBay, Facebook, Amazon, Yahoo! and AOL

German owner of Wikileaks has home raided by police

Companies fail to maintain or update hardware while networking devices have vulnerabilities

HackersBlog team retire from active service

Privacy International calls for Google Street View to be shut down

FAST launches campaign against unlicensed software

Industry hits out at claims of government websites and databases being unsecured

Sun Microsystems warns of vulnerability in Identity Manager software

VeriSign launches PKI platform for governmental security use

Cyber-Ark launches Privileged Identity Management Suite

DQM Group launches online benchmarking service for data security

Secure social networking guide introduced for IT managers

Tufin Technologies launches SecureTrack 4.5 and the Tufin Security Suite

Crafty cigarette exposed by Google: PI swings into action

Defining and Exploring Clouds: Mission Impossible?

Infosec organiser in expert view shock

More companies feeling the strain of cyber attacks

Consumer title claims PayPal is not secure and offers its users no power in disputes

Wikileaks taken offline after it publishes banned Australian websites

Financial writer criticises point of insurance against identity theft

Companies neglect security of the LAN and waste time on activities that could be automated

Fake anti-virus downloads put $10,800 a day into the pockets of scammers

As online fraud figures rise by more than 100 per cent, is there any way for the public to win the battle against scammers?

Fighting in the Street View

Suffolk Council loses unencrypted laptop that contained 3,000 records of personal details

Worm attack created that could see Twitter users' machines taken over

Companies not taking the necessary steps to secure information from departing employees

IT worker discovers 19,000 active credit card numbers via Google security failure

BBC claims that Click botnet attack was in the interest of journalism

Visa risk officer encourages businesses to keep faith with PCI DSS

Security of cloud computing could be at the heart of the claim against Google

Hackers use Natasha Richardson news to spread fake anti-virus software

Government offers £6 million fund in aim to improve information security

Privacy group claims Google knowingly put user's data at risk

Hacking contest winner hits Mac platform in just ten seconds

Government needs to take the lead and educate on security

Microsoft introduces 'security focussed' Internet Explorer 8

Imperva introduces new version of database activity monitoring solution

Facebook changes privacy settings as users criticise its latest page design

British parents unaware of children's internet habits

Mobile users use their devices to store personal and business information without password protection

UK businesses are still at risk of data leaks and losses

ISP customer details posted online

Digital Britain plan proposes 'rights agency' to encourage compliance with copyright laws, though code of conduct preferred

Nebulas to demonstrate automatic provisioning of virtual servers

Microsoft accused of holding monopoly over other browsers by Opera CTO

Webroot selected by Premier League to secure email

Former hostage calls on US to drop charges against Gary McKinnon

FutureSoft announces addition of anti-virus to new version of DynaComm PointGuard

Australian web filter threatens AUS$11,000 a day fine for hosting banned link

Bomb threat spam hides Waledac variant

Companies discouraged from relying on group policy objects

BBC poll - respondents claim that it helps raise awareness but may be legally questionable

Companies need to ensure that their firewall policy is up-to-date and enforced

New encryption technology ensures that sender remains in control

IBM launches endpoint solution that allows choice in a fixed environment

Vulnerability discovered that could allow 'man-in-the-middle' attacks on Windows DNS servers

Prevx defends itself over BBC Click botnet experiment as CEO attacks Sophos

BBC should be applauded for raising awareness of botnet attacks

ISP database - new weekly news review

Gartner suggests major changes are likely for access management and authentication

BBC may face legal challenges over Click programme's hacking feature

Sir Tim Berners-Lee raises fears over user's security as the world wide web celebrates its 20th birthday

SaaS vendors should demonstrate security and be held to higher standards

New variant of Conficker set to hit computers on April Fools Day

As ISPs are set to record their data, how secure will the database be?

Welcome to the security cats

BBC Click botnet 'attack' criticised by industry experts

Companies should look to encrypt the 'final frontier of communication'

Victims of HackersBlog claim that it is overstating its achievements

Sunbelt names top ten malware threats in February

Adobe issues patches for Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9

Veracode moves to detect backdoor viruses and embedded malicious code

Software measures to monitor and beat cheating in online gambling launched

SC editor Paul Fisher talks of "email hell" in Proofpoint YouTube video

Russian youth group claims responsibility for 2007 Estonian attacks

Cybercriminals move into data harvesting and hitting popular websites

Cloud security access solution launched

Patch Tuesday updates welcomed but questions asked over failure to cover Excel vulnerability

Hackers use Pifts.exe incident to spread spam via malicious links

Symantec responds to PIFTS.exe controversy

University of Westminster implements LogRhythm management and analysis solution

A complete focus on security could have prevented the Scottish hospital virus attack

ISP communications database comes under heavy criticism on eve of launch

Norton users have raised concern over the Pifts executable file

McAfee issues cybercrime fighting grants and adds members to council

Companies should evaluate themselves and their needs before removable media is considered

Pill-based spam levels fall as McAfee claims that the battle against spam is not being won

Symantec introduces new generation of client and server management

Google admits that some of its Docs have been accidentally shared

Levels of cybersquatting and brand abuse remain high as major brands are hit

Virus causes havoc at two Scottish hospitals

Second generation of data sharing moves to include real-time information

Gmail hit by problems once again

Adaptive threat management solutions launched by Juniper

MySpace takes security steps to protect users against malicious messages

Secrets of the providers detailed in new report

Lumension claims that tomorrow's Patch Tuesday will see a busy time for IT managers

Unencrypted police memory stick lost

Computers previously hit by the Conficker worm set for second attack

Conficker and Waledec lead to increase in spam for first months of 2009

Spotify users could see a rise in phishing emails if stolen personal details are used

Data privacy clarification could lead to greater confidence in cloud computing

Failure to report cybercrime could be cause of low charge numbers

Obama appoints federal chief information officer

Proof of concept released for Google Gmail CSRF flaw

Hacker forum shut down by German police internet crime unit

New malware analysis software launched by Sunbelt

Companies should rate security for endpoint systems as a priority

Asset management, data protection and geolocation capabilities introduced for BlackBerry

Spammer banned from using Facebook after court order passed

German office for information security claims internet safety is poor, as almost half of users are unprotected

Basics of information security detailed as IT managers admit employees do not understand their security policy

Companies encouraged to restrict social networking access

Fortinet launches latest version of operating system

Security focus should be on vulnerabilities rather than on patching

Employees are under educated on data protection policies as there is no such thing as an accident

The possible threat to President Obama's security highlights the need for network access control

Banking mergers lead to increase in phishing attacks

A lack of security awareness has caused Facebook and MySpace worms

SC Magazine's interview with the global head of Barclays' information risk management team, Stephen Bonner

SC Top 30: Information security overview 2009

Could the new technology from Check Point rock the security sector?

All the best tools of the trade

Cloud computing is on the up, but what are the security issues?

Technology briefing: Anti-virus is alive and kicking

Technology briefing: Physical security is just as important

Self service password reset in large organisations

Obama's technology manifesto may help to establish a global effort to secure the PKI

Local authorities do not feel that councillors see business continuity as important

Individual users are the weakest link in a business' security plan

EV SSL celebrates second birthday with more than 11,000 certificates now deployed

Koobface worm begins to spread through Facebook, MySpace and Bebo

Patching is too important to be neglected

Japanese cybercrime levels see significant rise

Waledac botnet is active again with malicious money saving website built

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