Pressure SCADA developers on security

Pressure SCADA developers on security
Sony offers identity theft protection after cyber-attacks
Insider data theft costs Bank of America $10 million
Want to stop junk email? Block payments to spammers: study
Senator wants privacy policies for mobile apps
Newest MacDefender scareware installs without a password
A malware-induced rapture for mobile devices?
Lawmakers question Obama cybersecurity proposal

Posted: 26 May 2011 06:25 AM PDT

The discovery of a number of what have been described as serious vulnerabilities within industrial control systems built by manufacturing giant Siemens AG -- and the subsequent nixing of a presentation about those very vulnerabilities -- has raised questions about how the nature of vulnerability disclosure should -- or shouldn't -- change when it comes to the security flaws in industrial systems.

Sony offers identity theft protection after cyber-attacks

Posted: 25 May 2011 07:36 AM PDT

Sony began letting its U.S. PlayStation Network and Qriocity customers sign up on Wednesday for free identity theft protection services following cyber-attacks that may have exposed the personal data of its 77 million members.

Insider data theft costs Bank of America $10 million

Posted: 25 May 2011 05:03 AM PDT

A Bank of America insider who sold customer data to criminals cost the bank at least $10 million in losses.

Want to stop junk email? Block payments to spammers: study

Posted: 25 May 2011 01:01 AM PDT

Stopping spam is an almost futile effort if the focus continues to be on spam filtering and botnet takedown, according to a research team from the University of California, San Diego, the University of California, Berkeley, The International Computer Science Institute and Budapest University. These measures are simply like cutting the head off of a hydra monster, because spammers quickly find ways to replace lost resources.

Senator wants privacy policies for mobile apps

Posted: 25 May 2011 12:28 AM PDT

A U.S. senator calls on Google and Apple to require location apps to have privacy policies.

Newest MacDefender scareware installs without a password

Posted: 24 May 2011 11:50 PM PDT

Hours after Apple owned up to a fake security software scam campaign, the "scareware" gang released a new variant with a streamlined installation process that doesn't require a victim's password, a French antivirus firm said today.

A malware-induced rapture for mobile devices?

Posted: 24 May 2011 11:03 PM PDT