Parting Thoughts: The world of security has turned on its head

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Parting Thoughts: The world of security has turned on its head

Parting Thoughts: The world of security has turned on its head

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 07:50 AM PDT


For the past several years, I have had the honor of writing for Network World in "Risk and Reward." Unfortunately, that time has come to an end as I am leaving the world of independent analysts to pursue new adventures. In my last column, I'd like to explore some of my recurring themes and offer some predictions for the future.

Fearing damage, Microsoft moved data after Japan earthquake

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 06:57 AM PDT


Microsoft undertook a sizable data migration project following Japan's earthquake in March, fearing that one of its data centers could become dysfunctional because of aftershocks.

FTC: P-to-P software shared personal info from smartphones

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 06:35 AM PDT


Peer-to-peer software developer Frostwire has agreed to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission charges that its software would likely cause users to unknowingly share sensitive personal files, including pictures, from their Android devices, the FTC said Tuesday.

German officials admit to deploying intercept software

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 06:31 AM PDT


Officials in a number of German state governments have owned up to using the Quellen-TKÜ Trojan Horse software in criminal investigations to intercept encrypted telecommunications on PCs. At least one state said it has suspended use of the software, after the Chaos Computer Club discovered that it could be controlled by anyone, not just law enforcement officers.

Toshiba doubles capacity, adds encryption to enterprise hard drive

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 06:13 AM PDT


Toshiba will begin shipping its highest-capacity 2.5-in. enterprise-class hard drive early next year. The drive comes with native encryption for data security.

Stonesoft identifies new ways to evade intrusion detection systems

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 05:43 AM PDT


Finnish security firm Stonesoft claims to have developed 163 new attack methods that can evade network intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDPS) over multiple communication protocols including IPv4, IPv6, TCP and HTTP.

RSA chief says two groups for SecurID breach

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 05:40 AM PDT


Six weeks after EMC's RSA security division saw its SecurID system hit by hackers, RSA president Tom Heiser met with the CIO of a large global medical device company.

Zero-day bugs overrated, Microsoft says

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 03:07 AM PDT


Microsoft advises that users don't panic when news breaks about the latest zero-day vulnerability, a flaw that hackers exploit before a software developer manages to patch the problem.

Anonymous may have slowed down NYSE site

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 05:41 AM PDT


The website of the New York Stock Exchange slowed down significantly twice on Monday afternoon, the day when the hacker group Anonymous was scheduled to launch a DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attack on the website, according to an Internet and mobile cloud monitoring company.

Good extends security platform to third-party apps

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 08:02 AM PDT


Good Technology is opening up its technology platform so that enterprises and third-party developers can build secure mobile applications running on its infrastructure.

Quicken 2012: A Lot to Offer the Budget Weary

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 09:38 AM PDT


Despite a few blemishes and competition from free cloud-based services like Mint.com (also owned by Intuit), Quicken 2012 offers well-integrated "old school" software that's still the best at helping you budget and control your debt.

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