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Infosecurity (USA) News - 24 Aug 2010
Editor's Choice
No charges in Lower Merion webcam scandal Earlier this week, Federal authorities announced they would not be prosecuting administrators of the Lower Merion School District over its highly publicized webcam spying incidents. The district’s legal troubles, however, are likely not over. More Adobe issues emergency patches for Reader and Acrobat Delivering on an earlier promise, Adobe has released out-of-band updates for critical Reader and Acrobat flaws, in addition to a security fix for Flash Player. More Security threats evolving at breakneck pace The most recent threat landscape report from Forrester claims the gap between hacker threats and suitable security defenses is widening, at a faster pace than ever before. More
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| | Application SecurityGoogle releases security updates for Chrome browser
The latest security update from Google includes 10 patches for its Chrome web browser, as the company pays out more than $10 000 to the handful of researchers who discovered the bugs. ... More HP makes deal for Fortify Software
With more than $14bn cash-on-hand, it was only a matter of time before HP made a play. So it was no surprise that the company scooped up security firm Fortify Software in the latest deal during this busy acquisition season. ... More |
| |  | File Reputation Comes of Age
Using reputation in the security field makes users safer. Infosecurity's Danny Bradbury takes a look at file reputation technology, and finds that if carefully managed and skillfully honed, it can be a useful addition to a security suite |
| | | | | | | | | | Internet and Network SecurityForrester and Gartner: Why did Intel do it?
Analysts debate whether spending nearly $7.7bn makes sense. ... More Intel announces mega-deal to purchase McAfee
A blockbuster deal just announced has Intel acquiring McAfee, one of the world’s largest security firms, for $7.68bn.... More 500 000 websites hacked, including Apple
An SQL injection hack has affected more than 500 000 websites according to recent reports, including two sites maintained by Apple to promote iTunes podcasts. ... More HP makes deal for Fortify Software
With more than $14bn cash-on-hand, it was only a matter of time before HP made a play. So it was no surprise that the company scooped up security firm Fortify Software in the latest deal during this busy acquisition season. ... More Latest Facebook scam goes viral
With two big thumbs down, security vendor Sophos is warning Facebook users about the latest scam preying on the service’s members – one that entails a ‘dislike’ button to counter what is a seemingly endless string of ‘like’ comments from other users. ... More Hacker trend analysis and SEO techniques going haywire?
Much has been made of hackers maintaining a seemingly constant analysis of the top topics on the newswires and social networks – a technique known as trending – but it seems that at least one campaign has gone wrong as cybercriminals are reported to be targetting Halloween and the US Thanksgiving holidays.... More |
| | | Malware and Hardware SecurityTrojans suspected of contributing to 2008 plane crash
Reports are coming in that a Spanair plane crash in 2008, in which 154 people died, may have been caused by trojans and similar malware. If true, this could be one of the first links to malware causing a major loss of life.... More AVG links with MokaFive to secure the virtual desktop for free
AVG Technologies, which has carved out a name for itself as one of the most popular free anti-virus software vendors, has linked up with virtual desktop management vendor MokaFive. The move will allow AVG to move into the virtual desktop marketplace.... More Warning issued for serious Facebook clickjacking worm
While Facebook seems to have more security holes than Swiss cheese, mainly down to the extensible code that the social networking service uses, Sophos has issued an alert about an especially nasty clickjacking worm.... More |
| | | Wireless and Mobile SecurityHacked smartphones may pose a military threat
The increased use of smartphones with on-board satnav and location data software could pose a serious security threat to troops in hostile countries such as Afghanistan, as their mobiles could transmit their location to the enemy, says the Network World IT portal.... More Android game app conceals GPS tracker
A malicious application that conceals spyware and GPS tracking behind a mobile phone game has been discovered in the Android app store.... More |
| | | | | EventsISACA Training Week
Dates: 13 September 2010 until 17 September 2010
Location: Orlando, Florida, USA
Website: http://www.isaca.org/Template.cfm?Section=ISACA_Training_Wee...
More Information Security and Risk Management Conference: North America
Dates: 13 September 2010 until 14 September 2010
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Website: http://www.isaca.org/Template.cfm?Section=ISRMC&Template=/Co...
More ISACA Training Week
Dates: 11 October 2010 until 15 October 2010
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Website: http://www.isaca.org/Template.cfm?Section=ISACA_Training_Wee...
More CSI 2010
Dates: 26 October 2010 until 29 October 2010
Location: National Harbor, Maryland, USA
Website: http://www.csiannual.com/
More Government Cyber Security Readiness Summit
Dates: 03 November 2010 until 05 November 2010
Location: Arlington, Virginia, USA
Website: http://www.wbresearch.com/cybersecurity/
More For a full list of events and conferences, please visit
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