Google, PayPal and Equifax offer logins for US gov't systems

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• Google, PayPal and Equifax offer logins for US gov't systems
• SafeNet looks to secure data in the cloud
• Narus develops a scary sleuth for social media
• Antivirus software often foxed by malicious URLs
• Internet freedom and security
• CA extends identity management to Salesforce.com apps
• Obama administration partially lifts secrecy on classified cybersecurity project
• Antidotes promised to cloud security woes
• Spam plague in February and more to come: Symantec
• Spanish police take down massive Mariposa botnet
• Security B-Sides: Perfect Authentication Remains Elusive
• Microsoft Warns of F1 Site Attack
• Microsoft again pushes patch linked to Windows blue screens

Google, PayPal and Equifax offer logins for US gov't systems Posted: 03 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST Google, PayPal and Equifax are the first identity certifiers approved to offer secure access to government Web sites under a new trust framework operated by Open Identity Exchange. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will become the first government Web site to allow users to log in using the new system, the organizations announced Wednesday.

SafeNet looks to secure data in the cloud Posted: 03 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST Encryption vendor SafeNet is now offering technologies that help enterprises securely store and access information held in third-party data centers.

Narus develops a scary sleuth for social media Posted: 03 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST Narus is developing a new technology that sleuths through billions of pieces of data on social networks and Internet services and connects the dots.

Antivirus software often foxed by malicious URLs Posted: 03 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST Many malicious URLs are now invisible to URL filters and antivirus software alike, a web security company has found after conducting its own tests.

Internet freedom and security Posted: 03 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST It's already been a busy year in Internet freedom and security, with Google getting hacked, Hillary Clinton speaking out, the FTC notifying companies about P2P threats and ZeuS Trojan attacks

CA extends identity management to Salesforce.com apps Posted: 03 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST CA Identity Manager can now be used to automate processes, such as provisioning and de-provisioning user access, for Salesforce.com's sales forecasting application.

Obama administration partially lifts secrecy on classified cybersecurity project Posted: 03 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST President Barack Obama's administration has declassified portions of the highly secret multi-billion dollar Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI), which was launched by the Bush administration as part of an effort to defend American interests in cyberspace.

Antidotes promised to cloud security woes Posted: 03 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST The legacy physical IT security strategies of the past are unsuitable for the growing cloud computing environment, according to security technology enterprise SafeNet Solutions.

Spam plague in February and more to come: Symantec Posted: 03 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST Spam levels in Hong Kong reached 90.6 per cent and virus activity in China was the highest in the world in February, according to Symantec's latest MessageLabs Intelligence Report.

Spanish police take down massive Mariposa botnet Posted: 03 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST Spanish authorities have arrested three men in an operation that has crushed a major botnet network of infected computers.

Security B-Sides: Perfect Authentication Remains Elusive Posted: 02 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST For years, leaders of the security industry have warned that passwords have outlived their usefulness. Users pick easy-to-crack passwords like the name of a dog or a favorite movie. They're written on post-it notes and left sticking to the monitor for all to see.

Microsoft Warns of F1 Site Attack Posted: 02 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST A new security advisory from Microsoft warns about a risk involving any version of Internet Explorer on Windows 2000 and Windows XP that can allow a malicious Web site to infiltrate your PC.

Microsoft again pushes patch linked to Windows blue screens Posted: 02 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST Microsoft today said it had restarted distribution of a security update that had crippled some Windows PCs last month with reboot problems and Blue Screen of Death error screens.

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