RSA Conference 2010 and Security B-Sides Recap

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• RSA Conference 2010 and Security B-Sides Recap
• Microsoft Predicts Tame Patch Tuesday for March
• Password application gives wrong info to fraudsters
• Implicit whitelisting blocks malware instead of productivity
• Lose the Trojan
• Microsoft's tax-for-hacks 'horrible' idea, say security experts
• Up to 90% of UK companies may not comply with PCI standards
• Does your laptop's Wi-Fi make it more vulnerable to thieves?
• FBI Director: Hackers have corrupted valuable data
• DHS Crowdsources Ideas for Cybersecurity Campaign
• Juniper helps virtualization security vendor Altor raise $10 million
• DHS Urges 'Sense of Urgency' for Cyber Security
• Microsoft plans to patch 8 Windows, Office bugs next week
• FBI embeds cyber-investigators in Ukraine, Estonia
• CISOs rain on cloud-computing parade at RSA
• Dept of Homeland Security Crowdsources Cybersecurity
• Losing sleep over three data breaches in a year
• Hoping that early attention to security will bolster cloud offerings

RSA Conference 2010 and Security B-Sides Recap Posted: 05 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST Didn't make it to this year's RSA conference or B-Sides San Francisco? Here's what you missed.

Microsoft Predicts Tame Patch Tuesday for March Posted: 05 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for March 2010 and there are only two security bulletins predicted for next Tuesday--both rated as Important. Following the nearly record-breaking Patch Tuesday in February, IT administrators will appreciate getting a little bit of a break.

Password application gives wrong info to fraudsters Posted: 05 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology is selling a mobile phone application that offers a unique feature over other password-storage applications.

Implicit whitelisting blocks malware instead of productivity Posted: 05 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST Application whitelisting is one way to ensure that unwanted software doesn't execute in your environment. Traditional whitelisting products are often too restrictive; they inhibit productivity when workers can't access the applications they need. Savant Protection offers a whitelisting solution that takes its cue from the applications your users already have installed. This helps you get control without breaking the endpoint.

Lose the Trojan Posted: 05 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST Deb asked the Answer Line forum how she can remove a Trojan from an infected .dll file called infamiqayoq.dll. Her security software quarantined the file, but now she gets an error message every time she boots.

Microsoft's tax-for-hacks 'horrible' idea, say security experts Posted: 05 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST Microsoft's idea that the fight against malware could be funded by an Internet tax is "horrible," an analyst said Thursday as other experts weighed in on a recent comment by the company's security chief.

Up to 90% of UK companies may not comply with PCI standards Posted: 05 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST New research suggests that 89 percent of UK companies are not compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards.

Does your laptop's Wi-Fi make it more vulnerable to thieves? Posted: 05 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST It was a startling claim: Like a virtual trail of cookie crumbs, your laptop could be beaming out invisible signals that are attracting intrepid thieves armed with a common $5 gadget.

FBI Director: Hackers have corrupted valuable data Posted: 05 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST Hackers breaking into businesses and government agencies with targeted attacks have not only stolen intellectual property, in some cases they have corrupted data too, the head of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said Thursday.

DHS Crowdsources Ideas for Cybersecurity Campaign Posted: 05 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is looking to Internet users for new ways of getting its cybersecurity message out, and before you ask, the agency says that the method chosen "may under no circumstance create spam."

Juniper helps virtualization security vendor Altor raise $10 million Posted: 04 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST Virtualization security vendor Altor Network has raised $10 million in a new funding round from investors including Juniper Networks.

DHS Urges 'Sense of Urgency' for Cyber Security Posted: 04 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano took advantage of the 2010 RSA Security Conference to express concern about the United States response to cyber-attacks. She used her keynote address to urge the security industry to improve security efforts and operate with a greater "sense of urgency."

Microsoft plans to patch 8 Windows, Office bugs next week Posted: 04 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST Microsoft today announced it will ship two security updates on Tuesday to patch eight vulnerabilities in Windows and Office.

FBI embeds cyber-investigators in Ukraine, Estonia Posted: 04 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST Hoping to catch cybercrooks, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has begun embedding agents with law enforcement agencies in Estonia, the Ukraine and the Netherlands.

CISOs rain on cloud-computing parade at RSA Posted: 04 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST Economic pressures are driving more businesses and governments to nervously eye cloud computing, despite myriad unanswered questions that swirl around a single central concern: security. This was backdrop for a panel discussion between CISOs at this week's RSA Conference.

Dept of Homeland Security Crowdsources Cybersecurity Posted: 04 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is looking to Internet users for new ways of getting its cybersecurity message out. And before you ask, the agency says that the method chosen "may under no circumstance create spam."

Losing sleep over three data breaches in a year Posted: 04 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST Never mind three strikes and you're out. How about three strikes and I've got to ask myself if I even want to be in one of your hotels in the first place.

Hoping that early attention to security will bolster cloud offerings Posted: 04 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST Like a fickle 12-year-old with a favorite pop band, the security industry has forgotten all about last year's fads and is focused on a new one: cloud computing.

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