Cross-platform botnet targets both Windows and Mac users

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• Cross-platform botnet targets both Windows and Mac users
• IT caught in crossfire when it comes to smartphone privacy
• Amazon Service Outage Reinforces Cloud Doubts
• Security pros launch cybersecurity index
• Cisco and NSS Labs still arguing firewall vulnerability test results
• Cisco's mass of acquisitions spawned growth, competition
• 25 ways IT will morph in the next 25 years
• John Chambers on the network
• 25 ways IT will morph in the next 25 years
• Phishing Becomes More Sophisticated
• Native intelligence: Awareness and humor
• Broadcom buying smart-card security specialist SC Square

Cross-platform botnet targets both Windows and Mac users Posted: 09 May 2011 08:36 AM PDT A McAfee researcher has discovered a Java-based, cross-platform botnet that can infect both Mac and Windows macines.

IT caught in crossfire when it comes to smartphone privacy Posted: 09 May 2011 08:03 AM PDT The news that iPhones, iPads and Android devices secretly track the locations of their owners poses a potentially serious dilemma for IT staffs. If someone's manager asks IT to retrieve that data and hand it over, what should IT do? We certainly have to acknowledge that a device that's used for business purposes but automatically tracks personal information blurs the line between personal and corporate information.

Amazon Service Outage Reinforces Cloud Doubts Posted: 09 May 2011 07:31 AM PDT The days-long partial outage of Amazon.com's EC2 cloud service has heightened fears that the technology doesn't meet the security and performance needs of large businesses.

Security pros launch cybersecurity index Posted: 09 May 2011 06:07 AM PDT The index will track the overall sentiment of a group of cybersecurity experts to offer a measure of cyber risk.

Cisco and NSS Labs still arguing firewall vulnerability test results Posted: 09 May 2011 08:20 AM PDT NSS Labs today is expected to say four out of five vendors -- Palo Alto Networks, Juniper, Fortinet and SonicWall -- whose firewall equipment it said was vulnerable to a hacker exploit have corrected the problem. The fifth, Cisco, maintains its ASA firewall isn't susceptible to the exploit known as the "TCP Split Handshake," which lets an attacker remotely fool the firewall into thinking an IP connection is a trusted one behind the firewall.

Cisco's mass of acquisitions spawned growth, competition Posted: 09 May 2011 03:00 AM PDT Cisco says its success rate with acquisitions is 70% while 90% of them fail for the rest of the industry.

25 ways IT will morph in the next 25 years Posted: 09 May 2011 03:00 AM PDT Imagine a world where the computers, networks and storage systems are all tens of thousands of times faster than they are today -- and then think about the sci-fi type of applications that will be possible.

John Chambers on the network Posted: 09 May 2011 03:00 AM PDT The network is more important today than at any time in history.  In the last 25 years it has had a transformative effect on the way we all live, work, learn and play but I believe it will deliver even greater change in the next decade than it has in the last quarter century.

25 ways IT will morph in the next 25 years Posted: 09 May 2011 03:00 AM PDT Imagine a world where the computers, networks and storage systems are all tens of thousands of times faster than they are today -- and then think about the sci-fi type of applications that will be possible.

Phishing Becomes More Sophisticated Posted: 09 May 2011 02:12 AM PDT Highly targeted phishing emails have become the preferred method for illegally breaking into corporate networks.

Native intelligence: Awareness and humor Posted: 09 May 2011 09:00 AM PDT Recently I asked long-time friend and colleague K Rudolph, CISSP, chief inspiration officer at Native Intelligence some questions about her work.

Broadcom buying smart-card security specialist SC Square Posted: 08 May 2011 01:15 AM PDT Chip maker Broadcom said Sunday that it will pay US$41.9 million for SC Square, a move that will bring expertise in smart-card security to the Irvine, California, architect of silicon for communications equipment.

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