August, 2011:

Lenovo confirms that its #ThinkPad Tablet will have Absolute Software's Computrace software embedded

Advanced malware and targeted attacks evade traditional defences and leave enterprises vulnerable to attack

Data breach issues can't be solved by IT departments alone

Hacking of certificate authority #DigiNotar led to fraudulent Google certificate being issued

Apple and Google hire notable hackers

Cyber crime remains primary concern for businesses, as a third experience attacks on a regular basis

Addressing the modern day challenges of identity and access management

ICO says knowledge of data privacy should be part of national curriculum

#VMworld: VMware announces acquisition of PacketMotion, as LogLogic and HP launch virtual solutions

Facebook awards more than £24,000 in first month of bug bounty program, as it denies requests for third party app bug reports

Nokia takes down developer website after hack and Homer-ism defacement

Professional Monitor: in association with (ISC)2

No escape from the regulator

The vendor collectors

Following hacking attacks at the Defcon conference, just who can you trust?

Show me the Tunny

F-Secure identify spear phishing email that impacted RSA

Cyber Security Challenge announces start of Linux contest

Hartlepool man gets collar felt, part of #Anonymous investigation

Taking down Rustock

"We are not quitting PC business" says #HP UK supremo. Not yet anyway

With members leaving, is this the beginning of the end for Anonymous?

As easy as APT? It's not as simple as that

Gartner warns of advanced persistent threats and offers suggestions for mitigation

Second #Anonymous member speaks out against group's recent actions

Twitter begins moving users to default #HTTPS sessions

Calm down fellas, bad spam not surging after all says Symantec

Facebook follows Google's lead on user privacy settings

How a national education network ran secure computers without anti-virus

London Fire Brigade implements access solution to reduce password reset requests

South Korean branch of Epson suffers breach of 350,000 people's data following hack

Has the advanced encryption standard been broken or weakened?

McAfee defends its #shadyrat report, niet way it's shoddy

Spam SMS reporting service application launched by AdaptiveMobile

Lieberman Software and EdgeSeven announce partnership to combine SIEM and privileged identity management

The Day after McAfee

Former Anonymous member leaves the movement and condemns it for actions against innocent people

Banks rated by Which? on security and usability

LogLogic announces version 5.2 of its solution to introduce specific data management and double-authentication data masking

Sticky password security technology from Lamantine Software launched for Apple devices

HP announces plans to acquire #Autonomy

A thousand days of Conficker

Eugene Kaspersky dismisses Shady RAT report and likens malware to 'a lame piece of homebrew'

Business app added by IntraLinks for Apple devices

Second #opBART attack targets San Francisco police officers

Apple facing £15 million class-action lawsuit over location data storage

Revenge attack on pharmaceutical network was done via McDonalds WiFi

Who is responsible for enforcing password etiquette in your business?

BAE Systems IT Security Manager

Security labs record surge in malicious spam over past week. Reasons unknown

Report finds Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 ahead of Google Chrome and Apple Safari in blocking malicious pages

NitroSecurity and Palo Alto Networks combine technologies to offer next-generation firewall and SIEM enterprise security solution

Thales offers payment application capability for mobile devices

Google passes ICO audit but must make privacy improvements on all products

Radius now compatible with pin+

Botnets create up to 80,000 daily queries on search engines

Anonymous moves its BART fight to the streets of San Francisco, Michael Douglas not involved

Senior IT Security and Assurance Officer

Anonymous launches #OpBart attack after San Francisco transport group derails mobile signal

BlackBerry small business management console launched

PCI council guidance on tokenisation welcomed

What should you do in the event of a data loss?

Member photo u-turn on #linkedin adverts, group admits it could have 'communicated intentions more clearly'

The Anonymous #opFacebook was genuine, but was not created to encourage a 5th November attack

Avatars ahoy as #scmagazineuk goes virtually live this November 3

Security R&D firm Subreption hit out at terms of Microsoft's #bluehat prize

Anonymous says it will "kill #Facebook" on 5th November

Trojan sticks to Super Glue website as infection fixes for five days

Sophos announces new features for Astaro Security Gateway

Citigroup hit by another data breach, as 92,000 Japanese customers affected

Adobe releases patches for critical vulnerabilities in Flash, Shockwave and Photoshop

Microsoft fixes Internet Explorer and 'blue screen of death' vulnerabilities on Patch Tuesday

BlackBerry blog defaced and threats made over co-operation with police over #londonriots

Multi-layered DDOS mitigation tool launched by Simwood

Is your IT policy just a signature on a piece of paper?

Consumers failing to take mobile security seriously says Sophos

Schoolboy errors in Hampshire school hack attack, 20,000 at risk

Anonymous ups the ante against police in new attack claim

Gartner - privacy policies need to be revised by the end of 2012

DLP is only as good as the people empowered to use it: your IT staff!

SC Magazine Awards Europe 2012 officially open, new Global Award announced

Salvation Army selects Becrypt for secure connectivity

Rackspace launches mission-critical application saving service

Sophos anti-virus criticised in research paper

Microsoft to release 13 bulletins covering 22 vulnerabilities on its August Patch Tuesday

How did intrusions go on for five years without being noticed?

USB stick with financial details of 800 people lost in London boozer

Hershey hacked by attacker who changes recipe rather than steal data

IT services company recovers lost laptop after break-in

Stuxnet, RSA and Sony scoop pwnie awards

Black Hat: Microsoft stumps up $200,000 for "next great security technology"

Black Hat: former CIA head likens cyber threat to run up to 9/11; scares audience

Met Police warns off wannabe hackers, teenage collars in danger of being felt

Qualys launches new web application scanner, user interface and consultant service at Black Hat

McAfee's Shady RAT investigation reveals mass attacks over five year period

Five new BlackBerry phones unveiled in London; first ever all-touch handset

Mark McLaughlin switches from VeriSign to Palo Alto Networks to assume CEO position

Mobile devices cause a rise in data breaches

Security vendors offer united SIEM and penetration testing

Check Point launches new software blade to offer URL filtering

It's The Sun wot lost its data!

Organisations fail to meet security awareness and compliance training best practices

BeyondTrust acquires GentleSecurity to incorporate DLP into product line

Facebook introduces bug disclosure program but no payment for third-party flaws

New Anonymous YouTube "communication"; posters appear in US cities

Symantec adds eDiscovery and data loss prevention technology to latest version of Enterprise Vault

"Anonymous" Shetlander no longer anonymous as Met name arrested man in Topiary case

Malware campaign uses RSA SecurID as subject matter, as cost of incident suspected to be around £40 million

CA Technologies gets its paws on WatchMouse

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DDoS and downtime: Considerations for risk management

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Ponemon 2012 Global Encryption Trends Study

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