Secure coding news flash: BSIMM3 coming in August

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• Secure coding news flash: BSIMM3 coming in August
• EU will take a year to set up full cybersecurity agency
• Cisco faces second suit over China actions
• Quest expands virtualization
• UK health service warned of poor security by hacker group
• Turkish government sites targeted by Anonymous
• In wake of breach, RSA names chief security officer
• Microsoft slates hefty Patch Tuesday, to fix 34 flaws next week
• Federal telework deadline highlights progress, lingering roadblocks
• Warning: Urgent Microsoft update may be Firefox malware
• Facebook may have privacy battle on two fronts

Secure coding news flash: BSIMM3 coming in August Posted: 10 Jun 2011 07:33 AM PDT BSIMM3 will let organizers see how initiatives have evolved. One of its new features is the result of the group going back and re-measuring 12 of the original initiatives, to see what changes and improvements have made over time.

EU will take a year to set up full cybersecurity agency Posted: 10 Jun 2011 07:20 AM PDT Security experts have criticized the European Commission's plans to set up a team to look at how to combat cyberattacks as too little, too late, saying that more coordination between member states is needed.

Cisco faces second suit over China actions Posted: 10 Jun 2011 09:20 AM PDT Cisco is now facing a second lawsuit alleging that the company's technology and training aided in identifying and monitoring Chinese dissidents.

Quest expands virtualization Posted: 10 Jun 2011 03:00 AM PDT It's always nice, I guess, when two old friends take an informal relationship and make it permanent. That's what happened last week when Quest Software announced the acquisition of virtual directory vendor Symlabs.

UK health service warned of poor security by hacker group Posted: 10 Jun 2011 02:12 AM PDT The U.K. National Health Service (NHS) said Friday that no patient data was compromised after an intrusion of one of its websites by Lulz Security, a hacker group that has recently stung organizations including a U.S. public broadcasting network and Sony.

Turkish government sites targeted by Anonymous Posted: 10 Jun 2011 09:52 AM PDT Hacker group Anonymous said on Thursday it has launched DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks on some Turkish government websites, in protest against government plans to introduce Internet filtering.

In wake of breach, RSA names chief security officer Posted: 09 Jun 2011 02:08 AM PDT Eddie Schwartz, former chief security officer at Netwitness Corp., which was recently bought by EMC, has been named chief security officer of the storage vendor's RSA security division.

Microsoft slates hefty Patch Tuesday, to fix 34 flaws next week Posted: 09 Jun 2011 12:02 AM PDT Microsoft today said it will issue 16 security updates next week to patch 34 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Office, SQL Server and other products.

Federal telework deadline highlights progress, lingering roadblocks Posted: 08 Jun 2011 10:44 PM PDT A key deadline passed this week for federal agencies that are required by law to revamp their telework policies and notify all employees whether they are eligible to work from home.

Warning: Urgent Microsoft update may be Firefox malware Posted: 08 Jun 2011 10:36 PM PDT A phony anti-virus scam is presenting itself as a near-perfect Microsoft update popup with one notable exception - it appears only on machines using Firefox browsers.

Facebook may have privacy battle on two fronts Posted: 09 Jun 2011 09:11 AM PDT Facebook said it's working with European Union regulators to resolve criticism about its new facial recognition feature, but trouble may also be brewing for the social network here in the U.S.

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