The Web's Most Annoying Apps

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• The Web's Most Annoying Apps
• Hosted service promises to protect corporate documents on smartphones
• Onapsis to release ERP vulnerability testing suite
• Fake antivirus software using ransom threats
• Cisco buys wireless smart grid company
• Brocade set to unveil 100G Ethernet
• Botnet takedown may yield valuable data
• Miami man pleads guilty in ID theft case
• Discover to get $5M from Heartland for '08 data breach
• DARPA launches insider threat detection effort for military

The Web's Most Annoying Apps Posted: 02 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT They install themselves, marking their territory with icons. They flash distracting, trivial alerts on the screen in front of you. They demand that you install the latest update, and they won't take no for an answer. When you give in and install the update, they make you restart. They nag you to upgrade to a paid version. They spam you. They beg you to sign up. They're a pain in the browser.

Hosted service promises to protect corporate documents on smartphones Posted: 02 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT Confidela's WatchDox is adding support for mobile platforms, starting with Android 2.2. Users can access selected, protected documents. But they can be restricted in being able to forward, print, or copy them. It uses an encrypted version of Flash to display documents, but a native version is being tested now for iOS devices like the iPhone.

Onapsis to release ERP vulnerability testing suite Posted: 02 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT An information security company will soon release a tool that will allow companies to test their ERP (enterprise resource planning) software for security threats.

Fake antivirus software using ransom threats Posted: 02 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT Fake antivirus programs appear to be adopting some of the money-raising tactics of more threatening ransom malware, security company Fortinet's latest threat report has found.

Cisco buys wireless smart grid company Posted: 02 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT Cisco this week said it will acquire Arch Rock Corporation, a privately held developer of IP-based wireless network technology for smart grids.

Brocade set to unveil 100G Ethernet Posted: 01 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT Brocade will soon unveil 100Gbps Ethernet additions to its switching and routing product line, in what the company claims is its most significant Ethernet/IP product rollout since acquiring Foundry Networks in 2008.

Botnet takedown may yield valuable data Posted: 02 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT Researchers are hoping to get a better insight on botnets after taking down part of Pushdo, one of the top five networks of hacked computers responsible for most of the world's spam.

Miami man pleads guilty in ID theft case Posted: 01 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT A Miami man has pleaded guilty to two identity-theft related charges after federal agents found more than 26,000 credit card numbers stored on his computer, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

Discover to get $5M from Heartland for '08 data breach Posted: 01 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT Heartland Payment Systems has agreed to pay $5 million to Discover to settle claims arising from the massive data breach disclosed by the payment processor last year.

DARPA launches insider threat detection effort for military Posted: 01 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT The Defense Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA) has launched an effort aimed at finding and detecting to insider threats on Department of Defense networks.

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