Apple Mac-based security threats jumped in 2011

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• Apple Mac-based security threats jumped in 2011
• IE URI encoding behavior facilitates XSS attacks, researchers say
• How smarter hypervisor use can lead to a 'big, big change' in security
• Foreign Cloud Privacy Issues Dismissed by U.S. Officials
• Surging mobile use creating big security headaches: survey
• RSA says 2012 will focus on mobile, cloud security
• McAfee due to patch spam relay problem in cloud product
• WAN optimization market shakeup predicted
• Twitter, Facebook fuel SOPA protests
• Senate to Consider Cybersecurity Overhaul
• Into the cloud -- securely
• Will 2012 be the dawn of DNSSEC?
• Wikipedia anti-SOPA blackout bypass trick roils backers
• How the Red Cross found its ID management groove
• Alcatel-Lucent, Arbor Networks partner on DDOS mitigation
• Cisco expands smart grid portfolio

Apple Mac-based security threats jumped in 2011 Posted: 19 Jan 2012 07:12 AM PST New Mac-based security threats jumped in 2011, but still remain far below that of Windows PCs, according to a posting by F-Secure Labs.

IE URI encoding behavior facilitates XSS attacks, researchers say Posted: 19 Jan 2012 06:46 AM PST An inconsistency in how Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) encodes double quotes in URIs (uniform resource identifiers) can facilitate cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, researchers from security firm Imperva claim.

How smarter hypervisor use can lead to a 'big, big change' in security Posted: 19 Jan 2012 06:18 AM PST To gain insight on the months ahead as they relate to IT attacks, malware, cloud security, and the impact of virtualization on security, we recently chatted with Simon Crosby, former CTO of Citrix Systems' data center and cloud business. Crosby recently founded a cloud security startup, Bromium, with Guarav Banga, former CTO and senior vice president at Phoenix Technologies, and Ian Pratt, chairman of Xen.org and co-founder of XenSource.

Foreign Cloud Privacy Issues Dismissed by U.S. Officials Posted: 19 Jan 2012 06:13 AM PST Amid rising concerns over foreign 'digital protectionism,' leaders at Justice and State Departments look to quell controversy about U.S. jurisdiction over cloud data U.S. companies store overseas.

Surging mobile use creating big security headaches: survey Posted: 19 Jan 2012 06:06 AM PST An explosion of personal mobile devices on corporate networks is creating new security headaches for the enterprise, according to a survey of IT professionals by a network security vendor.

RSA says 2012 will focus on mobile, cloud security Posted: 19 Jan 2012 05:53 AM PST Beyond addressing details about its big breach of 2011, RSA Security executives this week outlined its 2012 product strategy that is centered on three areas, mobility, anti-threat and cloud security.

McAfee due to patch spam relay problem in cloud product Posted: 19 Jan 2012 03:39 AM PST McAfee expects to patch by Thursday two problems with its SaaS Total Protection antimalware service, one of which lets an attacker use a computer as a spam relay.

WAN optimization market shakeup predicted Posted: 19 Jan 2012 07:23 AM PST WAN optimization is shaping up to be one of the hottest areas of the network equipment market, prompting industry experts to predict high-profile acquisitions and vendor shakeups in the near future.

Twitter, Facebook fuel SOPA protests Posted: 19 Jan 2012 02:16 AM PST Several major internet companies and thousands of concerned users are lighting up social networks in efforts to spread opposition to controversial anti-piracy bills now under debate in Congress.

Senate to Consider Cybersecurity Overhaul Posted: 18 Jan 2012 02:36 AM PST Majority leader Harry Reid is poised to bring long-debated cybersecurity legislation to floor in hopes of broad bipartisan support, according to comments from his senior aide at the State of the Net conference.

Into the cloud -- securely Posted: 18 Jan 2012 12:20 AM PST Companies are on the path to cloud adoption. According to a recent report, 28% of U.S. organizations are using cloud computing today, with 73% reporting their first step was implementation of a single cloud application. Yet while 84% of organizations say they have employed at least one cloud application, most do not yet self-identify as "cloud users" who are "implementing or maintaining cloud computing."

Will 2012 be the dawn of DNSSEC? Posted: 17 Jan 2012 10:41 PM PST Will 2012 be the year when U.S. retailers, banks and content providers finally bolster their DNS systems with an add-on security measure that prevents Web site spoofing? That's what advocates of the security measure - dubbed DNSSEC for DNS Security Extensions - are hoping will occur.

Wikipedia anti-SOPA blackout bypass trick roils backers Posted: 17 Jan 2012 10:03 PM PST A security company's advice on how to circumvent today's anti-SOPA Wikipedia blackout has roiled some users.

How the Red Cross found its ID management groove Posted: 17 Jan 2012 09:57 PM PST Red Cross CISO Suzanne Hall on the organization's monster effort to overhaul security and identity management.

Alcatel-Lucent, Arbor Networks partner on DDOS mitigation Posted: 17 Jan 2012 09:22 PM PST Alcatel-Lucent is now offering a router with technology from Arbor Networks that defends against distributed denial-of-service attacks, the two companies said on Wednesday.

Cisco expands smart grid portfolio Posted: 18 Jan 2012 06:35 AM PST Cisco this week expanded its smart grid portfolio for utilities with a reference architecture, products and services intended to modernize the electric grid.

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