February, 2012:

M86 improves email gateway to better protect against targeted attacks

AdaptiveMobile enhances platform to proactively protect users

RSA Conference: Art Coviello calls on industry to collaborate in fight against major attacks

RSA and Zscaler team up to bring trusted access for the cloud

HBGary set for acquisition

Symantec offers cloud-based access control and management platform

Next version of vulnerable software inspector unveiled by Secunia

Good Technology and RSA partnership adds mobile authentication to device management

Duo arrested in France over €100,000 Android malware scam

RSA expands NetWitness Live for greater threat detection and mitigation

Sophos partners Egnyte to offer cloud-based encryption

Stonesoft revamps security engine to act as firewall, IPS or UTM

Web application firewall and enterprise-level malware detection added to QualysGuard

WikiLeaks begins offensive against Stratfor

McAfee expands mobile management platform to cope with BYOD

Everything changes: removing risk from network and security change management

Exclusive: BlockMaster offers secure file transfer via USB console

Mastery-level certification in IT security launched

Porno breach keeps us all abreast of password frailty

McKinnon's lost decade

Data security dwindles in times of austerity

DDoS attacks - about more than a flood

Partnerships ahoy - this week's announcements

Avast updates anti-virus product

Survey finds lack of understanding of big data or how to manage it

A third of US and UK organisations have suffered a DDoS attack

Apple iPads for MPs: more secure than you think, but secure enough?

Webmasters of infected sites 'usually unaware of a problem'

BYOD is being deployed as CISOs name malware as main mobile threat

Juniper trumpets £50m acquisition of Mykonos Software

Enhanced privileged user management technology to be launched by Cyber-Ark

GCHQ-backed penetration testing lab opens

AlienVault introduces threat intelligence forum

Webroot delivers business edition of SecureAnywhere

Halon Security unveils virtual firewall

ForeScout combines mobile device management with network access control

DDoS mitigation and protection technology launched by Akamai

New variant of Waledac botnet detected

How secure e-commerce sites can survive the crunch

The simple solution to SIEM

Encrypted data was hacked in Valve attack

The smart grid revolution: a security challenge?

Engineering firm selects tokenless authentication from Cryptocard

Trend Micro boosts mobile app scanning

USB stick with 'nuclear power station stress assessment' lost

The fear of being without a phone is real

If Anonymous took down the internet on a Saturday, who would notice?

Barracuda combines firewall and cloud security to protect on and off the network

Browser add-on tool from Bitdefender gives speedy malware checks

Payment app from Barclays allows transfers via a mobile number

Data losses on USB sticks - it's raining again

New rules for combating new threats

Payment fraud is organised, so what do you do?

Third ICO fine in a week after sensitive information widely distributed by webmail

Microsoft false positive flags Google as hosting Blackhole Exploit Kit

Nine bulletins from Microsoft on Patch Tuesday, as Adobe fixes critical flaw in Shockwave

FireEye report: enterprise networks often have security gaps

AlgoSec suite supports next-generation firewalls and secure web gateways

Twitter to set all users to HTTPS by default

Nortel Networks was under siege to hackers for a decade

Centrify unveils mobile device management using Active Directory

Information security 'recession-proof'

PCI moves into 2012, but are businesses left behind?

Malvertising increases by 240 per cent as networks detected

Fresh ICO fines against councils

Eircom slammed for laptop and data loss

Ticketmaster admits direct mailing system was hacked

PCI council announces credential plans and new chairperson

Google dishes out more than £250,000 in 'bug bounty' rewards

Extortion, ransom demands and code leak - what would you have done in Symantec's shoes?

Microsoft's Valentine's gift: nine bulletins with four critical centres

Regional cyber-crime units created

DDoS attacks get smaller, as IPv6 hits detected

Hybrid theory

Lost USB stick contained details of more than 1,000 school children

Splunk updates Enterprise Security product

More than three-quarters of UK employees 'unaware of EC data protection changes'

Cloud and SaaS visibility solution launched by Fidelis

Early-bird tickets available for 44Con

Even phishers watch daytime TV

Why hackers are targeting CAs - and what you can do about it

Faronics beefs up anti-virus solution

Safer Internet Day reaches out to kids, as extent of malware exposure is revealed

Google Android: now secure

Trustwave's PCI portal provides checklist of compliance actions

Financial services firm and foot doctor report data losses

VeriSign and Symantec say DNS, Trust Services and User Authentication unaffected by 2010 attack

VeriSign reports 'successful attacks' against its corporate network

Government told to invest in Get Safe Online and improve relations with ISPs

Banking malware 'a growing threat', as new variant of Zeus is detected

Ireland targeted once again by Anonymous after copyright bill is signed into law

Government web applications contain the most vulnerabilities

ISO 27001 - a beginner's guide

Security B-Sides London conference to return in April

Cyber crime 'to overtake terrorism' as top threat facing the US

SC Magazine Awards Europe 2012: nominees announced

IBM moves into mobile security with Endpoint Manager product and acquisition of Worklight

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

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2013's invisible network threats: Identify and respond

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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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