Chinese firm hired Blaster hacking group, says U.S. cable

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• Chinese firm hired Blaster hacking group, says U.S. cable
• Huawei open security test center in the UK
• LimeWire to close online music store on December 31
• The cloud that broke the stack
• Internet Explorer 'protected mode' weakness spelled out
• Cisco, BMC co-develop cloud platform for service providers
• Journalistic responsibility in the age of the Internet telephone game
• WikiLeaks: China pressured Google on Internet censorship
• RIM to give Indian government access to BlackBerry Messenger

Chinese firm hired Blaster hacking group, says U.S. cable Posted: 06 Dec 2010 08:00 AM PST Chinese security firms with ties to the Chinese military have hired hackers, including the group behind the original Blaster worm, U.S. diplomats alleged in a 2009 cable published by WikiLeaks.

Huawei open security test center in the UK Posted: 06 Dec 2010 08:00 AM PST Huawei Technologies has opened a security testing center in the U.K. to ensure its products meet government standards, the company announced Monday.

LimeWire to close online music store on December 31 Posted: 06 Dec 2010 08:00 AM PST LimeWire will close for good on New Years Eve as it will shut its online music store permanently.

The cloud that broke the stack Posted: 06 Dec 2010 08:00 AM PST Here's another reason cloud computing is tricky from a security perspective: It breaks pieces of the stack beneath many of your favorite apps.

Internet Explorer 'protected mode' weakness spelled out Posted: 06 Dec 2010 08:00 AM PST Researchers have found a chink in Internet Explorer's 'protected mode' security armour that hints at trouble for other Windows apps built around the technology, including Google's Chrome and Adobe's new Reader X.

Cisco, BMC co-develop cloud platform for service providers Posted: 06 Dec 2010 08:00 AM PST The Integrated Cloud Delivery Platform, jointly developed by Cisco and BMC, is aimed at eliminating many of the manual steps required to set up and provision cloud computing services.

Journalistic responsibility in the age of the Internet telephone game Posted: 06 Dec 2010 08:00 AM PST Information security professionals are concerned with preserving the six fundamental properties of information: confidentiality, control, integrity, authenticity, availability and utility of information. One of the issues we must watch carefully is the publication of inaccurate information in corporate publications that have an Internet presence.

WikiLeaks: China pressured Google on Internet censorship Posted: 06 Dec 2010 08:00 AM PST Google's struggles to operate its search engine in China worsened after a high-ranking Chinese official Googled himself only to find "results critical of him," according to a new cable released by WikiLeaks on Saturday.

RIM to give Indian government access to BlackBerry Messenger Posted: 06 Dec 2010 08:00 AM PST Research In Motion has agreed to provide the Indian government with access to BlackBerry Messenger communications on a case-by-case basis, according to a spokesman for the company in India.

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