Top 5 worries keeping IT pros up at night

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• Top 5 worries keeping IT pros up at night
• Apple developing fixes for dangerous iOS vulnerabilities
• Financial services firms get updated authentication guidance
• Washington Post reports data breach on job ads section
• Anonymous attacks Turkish websites again
• Fox hackers exploit slow Twitter response
• Jailbreak artists exploit unpatched Apple iPhone, iPad bugs
• DHS tests show security's people problem
• Second DOE lab is likely victim of spear-phishing attack
• Google+ Privacy: 5 Settings You Need to Know
• Microsoft: No botnet is indestructible

Top 5 worries keeping IT pros up at night Posted: 07 Jul 2011 08:06 AM PDT What keeps you up at night? IT pros share what weighs most heavily on their minds.

Apple developing fixes for dangerous iOS vulnerabilities Posted: 07 Jul 2011 06:42 AM PDT Apple said on Thursday that it is developing a fix for vulnerabilities that affect its iPhone, iPad and some iPod touch models, a problem that the German government warned could be used to steal confidential data.

Financial services firms get updated authentication guidance Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:52 AM PDT This month's update is designed to reinforce risk-based authentication for customers and covers layered security and other controls designed to mitigate transaction risk. Expert reaction to the guidance's efficacy is mixed.

Washington Post reports data breach on job ads section Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:09 AM PDT The Washington Post has alerted job seekers who use its employment pages of a data breach that compromised up to 1.27 million accounts.

Anonymous attacks Turkish websites again Posted: 06 Jul 2011 08:32 AM PDT Hacker group Anonymous said late Wednesday that its Antisec movement hacked and defaced Turkish government websites, in protest against new Internet filtering rules that come into force in the country in August.

Fox hackers exploit slow Twitter response Posted: 06 Jul 2011 02:59 AM PDT The recent hijacking and misuse of a Fox News Twitter account by unknown attackers highlights some of the risks enterprises run when using services such as those offered by the popular microblogging site.

Jailbreak artists exploit unpatched Apple iPhone, iPad bugs Posted: 06 Jul 2011 12:40 AM PDT Developers today said they used a pair of unpatched vulnerabilities in Apple's iOS to "jailbreak" the iPhone and iPad, including the first-ever hack of the iPad 2.

DHS tests show security's people problem Posted: 06 Jul 2011 12:19 AM PDT A U.S. Department of Homeland Security test that found some workers plugging found USB drives into work computers and others who provided passwords to fake support people shows how inadvertent employee miscues are often at the center of security breaches.

Second DOE lab is likely victim of spear-phishing attack Posted: 05 Jul 2011 11:15 PM PDT The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is working on restoring Internet connectivity and email services after being hit by a "sophisticated cyberattack" five days ago.

Google+ Privacy: 5 Settings You Need to Know Posted: 06 Jul 2011 09:30 AM PDT While Google's new social network, Google+, is barely a week old, it's already received a lot of attention from tech pundits and the social media community. And as with any new online service, understanding how to control your information is essential.

Microsoft: No botnet is indestructible Posted: 06 Jul 2011 09:28 AM PDT No botnet is invulnerable, a Microsoft lawyer involved with the Rustock take-down said, countering claims that another botnet was "practically indestructible."

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