Secunia: Third-party apps remains security weak point

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• Secunia: Third-party apps remains security weak point
• Facebook halts controversial sharing feature for now
• Study: Cloud breaches show need for stronger authentication
• As PC Virus Turns 25, New Worry Emerges: Attack Toolkits
• Security fail: When trusted IT people go bad
• Real government identity cards
• Will electronic toll systems become terrorist targets?

Secunia: Third-party apps remains security weak point Posted: 18 Jan 2011 08:00 AM PST Microsoft is still burdened with a bad reputation among users for security, although figures show its products are more secure than most on a person's computer, according to new data from the Danish security vendor Secunia.

Facebook halts controversial sharing feature for now Posted: 18 Jan 2011 08:00 AM PST Facebook said Monday it will temporarily disable a controversial feature that allows application developers and third-party web sites to access the mobile phone numbers and addresses of certain users.

Study: Cloud breaches show need for stronger authentication Posted: 18 Jan 2011 08:00 AM PST The number of security breaches is rising as organizations increase their reliance on cloud-based services, collaboration tools and enabling users to access networks, Forrester says in a new report. Weak usernames and passwords are making matters worse.

As PC Virus Turns 25, New Worry Emerges: Attack Toolkits Posted: 18 Jan 2011 08:00 AM PST 25 years ago, two brothers from Pakistan released the Brain Virus. Today, hackers can buy ready-made toolkits to launch malware attacks - and this trend should concern you.

Security fail: When trusted IT people go bad Posted: 18 Jan 2011 08:00 AM PST It's a CIO's worst nightmare: You get a call from the Business Software Alliance (BSA), saying that some of the Microsoft software your company uses might be pirated.

Real government identity cards Posted: 18 Jan 2011 03:00 AM PST It was perhaps serendipitous that the same week the brouhaha over The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) broke I had scheduled an interview with Jeff Nigriny. He's the CEO of Certipath, a company intimately involved in real government identity cards.

Will electronic toll systems become terrorist targets? Posted: 18 Jan 2011 02:00 AM PST Weaknesses in 802.11p vehicular wireless networks could make them targets for terrorists seeking to wreak havoc on the nation's highways, according to a briefing scheduled this week at the Black Hat DC conference.

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