Book reveals truths about the cloud

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• Book reveals truths about the cloud
• Obama may toughen Internet privacy rules, report says
• Phishing Attack Targets Merchant Accounts
• Bugs & Fixes: Beware OS X 10.6.5 and PGP WDE protected drive
• Brits lose £697 each in online fraud
• Best practices for SIEM deployments
• Virus infecting phones in China costs you $300,000 a day
• Protecting card data at the point of sale
• The Executive Guide to Data Loss Prevention
• Massive Mac OS X Update Shatters Illusion of Security
• EU Parliament hits out at transfer of private data to the US
• Security Update 2010-007 patches Mac OS X 10.5
• BitDefender warns of new corporate Trojan threat
• Three charged with phishing after Sears investigation

Book reveals truths about the cloud Posted: 12 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST I've known Archie Reed for many years, since he was vice president of strategy for TruLogica back in the early years of this century. He went with that company when it was acquired by Compaq, then stayed when that organization was bought by HP, filling various roles involving identity and security until ending up, today, as HP's chief technologist for cloud security.

Obama may toughen Internet privacy rules, report says Posted: 12 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST The Obama administration is reportedly considering plans to step up policing of Internet privacy issues and to establish a new position to direct the effort.

Phishing Attack Targets Merchant Accounts Posted: 12 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST The point of many phishing scams is to gain access to bank or credit account information for financial gain. So, it makes sense to target users or accounts with the highest odds of containing substantial amounts of money. That explains a new phishing attack reported by AppRiver which takes aim at customers of Global Payments.

Bugs & Fixes: Beware OS X 10.6.5 and PGP WDE protected drive Posted: 12 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST If you are using PGP Whole Disk Encryption, beware of updating to Mac OS X 10.6.5. PGP Technical Support has issued the following alert:

Brits lose £697 each in online fraud Posted: 12 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST The average amount lost by victims of online fraud has risen to £697 per person, says Verisign.

Best practices for SIEM deployments Posted: 12 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST The 2010 Data Breach Investigations Report published by the Verizon Business RISK Team has a shocking statistic about the effectiveness of log analysis in helping organizations discover that they've been a victim of a security breach. According to Verizon, logs are available in nearly 90% of the breaches they've investigated, but effective in discovering the breach less than 5% of the time. This article outlines some best practices for deploying a security information event management (SIEM) solution to put those logs to better use.

Virus infecting phones in China costs you $300,000 a day Posted: 11 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST A virus masquerading as an antivirus application (how's that for irony?) has been infecting countless mobile phones in China. The virus lets hackers take control of the phone who then spam the phone's entire address with links that allow the virus to spread to even more phones.

Protecting card data at the point of sale Posted: 11 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST Best methods for navigating the POS security standard minefield

The Executive Guide to Data Loss Prevention Posted: 11 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST Over the last few years, you've heard a lot from information executives, consultants and vendors about data loss prevention, an emerging discipline that aims to keep business-critical, private information from falling into the wrong hands. If it's all left you scratching your head, there's a reason. Businesses are looking for a way to prevent the loss of data, conceptually, while vendors are offering the acronym-friendly Data Loss Prevention (DLP). The disconnect between the two things has led to a fair amount of confusion.

Massive Mac OS X Update Shatters Illusion of Security Posted: 11 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST Perhaps you've heard that the Apple Mac OS X operating system is simply more secure by design and not prone to the security flaws and vulnerabilities that plague the dominant Microsoft Windows operating system? Well, don't believe the hype. Apple unleashed an update for Mac OS X this week which fixes a massive 134 vulnerabilities.

EU Parliament hits out at transfer of private data to the US Posted: 11 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST The European Parliament has criticized the collection of airline travelers' data, calling it "intrusive," as talks between the European Union and the U.S on sharing passenger name records (PNR) continue.

Security Update 2010-007 patches Mac OS X 10.5 Posted: 11 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST Apple on Wednesday released Security Update 2010-007, bringing the same security patches included in the recent Mac OS X 10.6.5 release to Macs running 10.5 Leopard client or server versions.

BitDefender warns of new corporate Trojan threat Posted: 11 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST Internet security specialist BitDefender has warned about the dangers of a new spying Trojan it describes as "a serious enemy" that can be used as a corporate spying tool.

Three charged with phishing after Sears investigation Posted: 11 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST Three men have been arrested on phishing charges after local police got a tip that somebody was sending boxes filled with computer equipment to abandoned houses in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

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