PCI Council says mobile payment apps can meet security standard

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• PCI Council says mobile payment apps can meet security standard
• Apple patches 36 bugs in Snow Leopard, preps OS for Lion upgrade
• Security concerns aside, consumer IT takes over enterprises
• WordPress warns server admins of Trojans
• Key questions to ask your service provider about security
• Microsoft exploits uproar over Firefox 4's retirement to beat IE drum
• LulzSec said it leaked Arizona police documents
• Gartner: New security demands arising for virtualization, cloud computing
• Enterprise IT unhappy with Firefox 4's quick demise
• Lockdown: How would you handle emergency network operations?
• Twitter scam claims to get you more followers
• Teach, don't just learn, to build your security career
• AT&T iPad hacker pleads guilty

PCI Council says mobile payment apps can meet security standard Posted: 24 Jun 2011 08:59 AM PDT The PCI Council Friday released a list of mobile payment app types that are eligible to meet its security standard; analysts critical of incomplete list.

Apple patches 36 bugs in Snow Leopard, preps OS for Lion upgrade Posted: 24 Jun 2011 08:49 AM PDT Apple on Thursday released the final feature update for Snow Leopard as it prepared users' Macs for the upcoming Lion upgrade set to ship next month.

Security concerns aside, consumer IT takes over enterprises Posted: 24 Jun 2011 06:24 AM PDT To mitigate the risks associated with these technologies, organizations are moving away from a "trust-only" approach and deploying three-layer security and compliance strategies that include a combination of trust, policy and technology, the study says.

WordPress warns server admins of Trojans Posted: 24 Jun 2011 06:21 AM PDT For about a day, three popular plugins used by WordPress installations contained rogue code, says the company that maintains the code.

Key questions to ask your service provider about security Posted: 24 Jun 2011 03:00 AM PDT Back in March, IT services provider Avanade Inc. conducted a global study of 573 business leaders, asking them about their primary IT focus areas for the next 12 months. It comes as no surprise that cloud computing, security and IT consolidation topped the charts. While 60% of the companies surveyed said cloud computing is a top IT priority for the next year, 75% of the C-level executives in those companies place it at the top of the priority list.

Microsoft exploits uproar over Firefox 4's retirement to beat IE drum Posted: 24 Jun 2011 02:58 AM PDT Addressing the IT furor over Mozilla's plan to pull support for Firefox 4, Microsoft issued an open letter affirming its commitment to support the current Internet Explorer edition through 2020.

LulzSec said it leaked Arizona police documents Posted: 24 Jun 2011 09:54 AM PDT Lulz Security, the hacker group that earlier attacked websites of the Central Intelligence Agency and Sony, released Wednesday information that it claimed was hacked from the computers of an Arizona law enforcement agency.

Gartner: New security demands arising for virtualization, cloud computing Posted: 23 Jun 2011 01:12 AM PDT The rush toward virtualization of internal enterprise computing resources and cloud computing can have many advantages, such as server consolidation, but it's largely outracing traditional security and identity management practices.

Enterprise IT unhappy with Firefox 4's quick demise Posted: 23 Jun 2011 12:27 AM PDT Some corporate IT managers are unhappy with Mozilla's decision to push out new editions of Firefox every six weeks with its new rapid-release program.

Lockdown: How would you handle emergency network operations? Posted: 22 Jun 2011 11:31 PM PDT Are you ready for a natural disaster, denial of service or security breach? If one happened right now, would you have a plan ready to respond to it? What the recent highly publicized security breaches demonstrated was that some companies were ready and some were woefully unprepared. Part of that has to do with technology and security controls, but most of it is about planning and process, not tools. So what does it take to be ready for an attack?

Twitter scam claims to get you more followers Posted: 22 Jun 2011 11:25 PM PDT A scam that has been making its way around Twitter for some time has resurfaced recently and promises to increase a user's followers, but really gives control of one's account to a questionable third party.

Teach, don't just learn, to build your security career Posted: 22 Jun 2011 10:57 PM PDT More than a powerful movie about war, We Were Soldiers reveals a key way to improve a security career while improving the organization.

AT&T iPad hacker pleads guilty Posted: 23 Jun 2011 09:42 AM PDT A 26-year-old man who last year helped hackers publish personal information belonging to about 120,000 iPad users pleaded guilty to fraud and hacking charges in a New Jersey court Thursday.

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