Germany identifies a secure way to deal with spam

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• Germany identifies a secure way to deal with spam
• Wordpress recovers from huge DDoS attack
• Prison for four who ran credit card fraud market
• IPv6 on home routers and DSL/cable modems: FAIL
• Cisco, sources reveal data center next steps
• Beijing to track people's movements via their mobile phones
• Recent events at Apple suggest genuine push for Mac security
• Lock down your mobile handheld devices for ultimate security
• Microsoft won't patch IE before Pwn2Own
• DHS denies plans for expanded use of body scanners
• Are you dressing the part for the security career you want?
• Apple to patch Safari before Pwn2Own, say researchers
• Secure best practices no proof against Stuxnet
• Microsoft pushes anti-AutoRun update at XP, Vista users
• 20 hot IT security issues

Germany identifies a secure way to deal with spam Posted: 04 Mar 2011 07:49 AM PST In theory, stopping spam is easy: just make it uneconomic to send millions of messages by charging for each one sent, or make senders authenticate their identity to stop address spoofing and simplify blocking.

Wordpress recovers from huge DDoS attack Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:22 AM PST Politically motivated hackers are being blamed for a large Distributed Denial of Service attack (DDoS) on the Wordpress blog management system that left many customers experiencing severe disruption on Tuesday.

Prison for four who ran credit card fraud market Posted: 04 Mar 2011 02:59 AM PST Four men who ran what U.K. police say was the largest English-language criminal forum for selling stolen credit card numbers and the tools to steal data were imprisoned for a combined total of more than 15 years, according to the Metropolitan Police.

IPv6 on home routers and DSL/cable modems: FAIL Posted: 04 Mar 2011 02:00 AM PST When it comes to IPv6 support, consumer home networking gear lags far behind other devices, like enterprise equipment and PC operating systems. Most devices certified as IPv6-compliant by the IPv6 Forum are full of implementation bugs, experts say.

Cisco, sources reveal data center next steps Posted: 02 Mar 2011 11:01 PM PST NEW ORLEANS -- Cisco apparently plans to soon unveil a data center switch designed for high-frequency financial trading markets, and may also be readying a switch fabric rollout similar to Juniper's recent QFabric launch.

Beijing to track people's movements via their mobile phones Posted: 03 Mar 2011 11:37 PM PST China plans on tracking the movements of people in Beijing using their mobile phones, a measure that while aimed at relieving traffic congestion, could set off concerns over misuse.

Recent events at Apple suggest genuine push for Mac security Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:09 AM PST When examined in their entirety, recent steps taken by Apple show a concerted effort by Apple to strengthen the security of its Macintosh computing platform.

Lock down your mobile handheld devices for ultimate security Posted: 03 Mar 2011 12:51 AM PST As corporations enable more and more true enterprise applications via mobile smart phones and tablets, the need for tight security on these devices will grow. Mobile Active Defense has a non-intrusive solution that mirrors in the mobile world what you've already built for your fixed environment.

Microsoft won't patch IE before Pwn2Own Posted: 03 Mar 2011 12:28 AM PST Microsoft today revealed that it will not update Internet Explorer (IE) before the Pwn2Own hacking contest begins next week.

DHS denies plans for expanded use of body scanners Posted: 02 Mar 2011 11:34 PM PST The U.S. Department of Homeland Security today denied it plans to expand the use of whole-body scanning technologies to rail and bus transit facilities or for pedestrian surveillance.

Are you dressing the part for the security career you want? Posted: 02 Mar 2011 11:31 PM PST Do the clothes we wear set the stage for success or being stuck in our security careers?

Apple to patch Safari before Pwn2Own, say researchers Posted: 02 Mar 2011 11:24 PM PST Apple will patch its Safari browser before the Pwn2Own hacking contest kicks off next week, security researchers hinted today.

Secure best practices no proof against Stuxnet Posted: 02 Mar 2011 10:22 PM PST A Tofino Security report shows that well-secured computer systems would still get infected with Stuxnet.

Microsoft pushes anti-AutoRun update at XP, Vista users Posted: 02 Mar 2011 09:25 PM PST Microsoft last week changed how it delivers an update that disables AutoRun, a Windows feature that big name worms, including Conficker and Stuxnet, have used to infect millions of PCs.

20 hot IT security issues Posted: 02 Mar 2011 09:01 PM PST From malware on Google's Android phones to the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency trying to understand how stories or narratives impact security and human behavior, the security world certainly is never boring. Here we take a look at 20 security stories that have shaped the industry in the past few months.

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