Survey finds dangerous gap in prevention

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• Survey finds dangerous gap in prevention
• The Apple security survival guide
• Raytheon's cyberchief describes 'Come to Jesus' moment
• The SSL certificate industry can and should be replaced
• Peer-to-peer update to Zeus Trojan confers resistance to take-downs
• Sony suspends 93,000 online accounts after illicit logins
• Nukona manages mobile app by app
• Computer infected? Blame yourself, Microsoft report concludes
• Cellphones will become a way to attack otherwise protected devices: report
• Microsoft patches critical IE, Silverlight drive-by bugs
• Security on a shoestring budget
• Drone fleet keylogger infection: How'd it happen?
• Study: Many websites 'leaking' personal info to other firms
• Microsoft pans Chrome, Firefox security

Survey finds dangerous gap in prevention Posted: 12 Oct 2011 08:03 AM PDT It's no big secret: contemporary attacks are levied over the Web; attackers will craft custom malware to slither past anti-malware defenses; and any business on any given day can be compromised. That's the reality of where information security stands today.

The Apple security survival guide Posted: 12 Oct 2011 07:30 AM PDT Attacks against the Mac are on the rise, and users need to know what they're up against to mount an effective defense. Here's a survival guide that will help.

Raytheon's cyberchief describes 'Come to Jesus' moment Posted: 12 Oct 2011 07:23 AM PDT After Raytheon began selling missiles to Taiwan in 2006, the defense company's computer network came under a torrent of cyberattacks.

The SSL certificate industry can and should be replaced Posted: 12 Oct 2011 06:36 AM PDT The SSL certificate authorities like Comodo that have had their security undermined by hackers shouldn't be trusted, and in fact, the way the entire SSL certificate industry of today works can and should be replaced with something better, says Moxie Marlinspike, a security expert who's come up with a plan he says will do that.

Peer-to-peer update to Zeus Trojan confers resistance to take-downs Posted: 12 Oct 2011 05:42 AM PDT The Zeus financial malware has been updated with P-to-P (peer-to-peer) functionality that makes it much more resilient to take-down efforts and gives its controllers flexibility in how they run their fraud operations.

Sony suspends 93,000 online accounts after illicit logins Posted: 11 Oct 2011 11:33 PM PDT Sony has suspended 93,000 user accounts on several of its gaming and entertainment networks after unauthorized login attempts on those accounts, it said Wednesday.

Nukona manages mobile app by app Posted: 11 Oct 2011 03:54 AM PDT Startup Nukona is taking a different tack from mobile virtualization advocates when it comes to securing and managing apps, introducing a "wrapper" for individual apps in which enterprises can apply a specific set of policies for each one.

Computer infected? Blame yourself, Microsoft report concludes Posted: 11 Oct 2011 12:52 AM PDT Zero-day exploits are nerve-racking for IT professionals but are far less dangerous than unpatched older vulnerabilities for which fixes are available, Microsoft says.

Cellphones will become a way to attack otherwise protected devices: report Posted: 11 Oct 2011 12:42 AM PDT Mobile phones will become an increasing menace to network security that could drop malware onto protected devices when they dock to sync or plug into USB ports to charge, security experts say in a Georgia Tech report.

Microsoft patches critical IE, Silverlight drive-by bugs Posted: 11 Oct 2011 12:41 AM PDT Microsoft today shipped eight security updates that patched 23 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), .Net Framework, Silverlight and other bits in its portfolio.

Security on a shoestring budget Posted: 10 Oct 2011 11:54 PM PDT According to figures released recently by Kaspersky Lab, 1300 IT pros were asked about IT risks and security spending. Among large companies, the average security budget is $3.35 million, according to Kaspersky's data.

Drone fleet keylogger infection: How'd it happen? Posted: 10 Oct 2011 11:49 PM PDT As you've probably heard by now, a rather tenacious keylogger has reportedly infected an Air Force unmanned aerial vehicle command center at the Creech Air Force Base in Nevada.

Study: Many websites 'leaking' personal info to other firms Posted: 10 Oct 2011 10:34 PM PDT Many top websites share their visitors' names, usernames or other personal information with their partners without telling users and, in some cases, without knowing they're doing it, according to a new study from Stanford University.

Microsoft pans Chrome, Firefox security Posted: 10 Oct 2011 10:00 PM PDT Microsoft today launched a website that cranks out security scores for the various editions of its own Internet Explorer (IE) as well as browsers built by rivals Google and Mozilla.

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