EFF inspects encryption tool for Adium, Pidgin IM clients

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• EFF inspects encryption tool for Adium, Pidgin IM clients
• 'Lurid' malware hits Russia, CIS countries
• Cisco: Is the Internet as important as food, water, air, shelter? Some think so
• Need switches? Buy now, report says
• Microsoft passes Rustock botnet baton to FBI
• Alleged LulzSec Sony hacker arrested
• Bad new world: Cyber risk and the future of our nation
• SIEM: Dead or alive?
• H-1B, B-1 Visa Scrutiny Threatens IT Outsourcing Providers

EFF inspects encryption tool for Adium, Pidgin IM clients Posted: 23 Sep 2011 05:27 AM PDT The digital watchdog Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) lent a technical hand to fix security problems in a tool used to encrypt instant messenger conversations using the Adium and Pidgin programs.

'Lurid' malware hits Russia, CIS countries Posted: 23 Sep 2011 03:20 AM PDT The latest espionage-related hacking campaign detailed by security vendor Trend Micro is most notable for the country it does not implicate: China.

Cisco: Is the Internet as important as food, water, air, shelter? Some think so Posted: 23 Sep 2011 03:00 AM PDT The Internet is just as important as water, food, air and shelter to a third of people with Internet access, according to an international poll by Cisco.

Need switches? Buy now, report says Posted: 22 Sep 2011 02:54 AM PDT If you're in the market for Ethernet switches, now's the time to buy.

Microsoft passes Rustock botnet baton to FBI Posted: 23 Sep 2011 02:52 AM PDT Microsoft on Thursday wrapped up its civil case against the still-unnamed controllers of the Rustock botnet and handed off the information gleaned during its investigation to the FBI.

Alleged LulzSec Sony hacker arrested Posted: 22 Sep 2011 04:32 AM PDT The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Phoenix student, claiming that he is one of the LulzSec hackers responsible for a database attack on Sony Pictures computers that claimed more than 1 million victims.

Bad new world: Cyber risk and the future of our nation Posted: 21 Sep 2011 11:21 PM PDT In September 2007, in a remote laboratory in Idaho, researchers began to show that that picture had begun to change, dramatically and irreversibly. Dubbed "Aurora," the researchers' project demonstrated the ability of a cyber hacker to destroy physical equipment--in this case a generator used to create electricity for the power grid. The Aurora research brought the question of physical safety and the ability for a nation to defend itself from attack in the cyber world to the forefront. For the next three years, this difficult discussion would largely remain just a discussion, contemplated, if passionately, in corners of Washington and at wonk-ish meetings across the U.S.

SIEM: Dead or alive? Posted: 21 Sep 2011 11:11 PM PDT Security practitioners defend the value of SIEM after elQnetworks declares the technology dead.

H-1B, B-1 Visa Scrutiny Threatens IT Outsourcing Providers Posted: 21 Sep 2011 11:09 PM PDT IT outsourcing companies are starting to feel the pinch from increased U.S. government scrutiny of H-1B and other nonimmigrant visa programs. The latest investigation into misuse of the H-1B visa program comes from the Social Security Administration.

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