Monday, July 14, 2008 3:15 PM/CST
A new survey indicates that North American IT departments are still worried about the threat of data loss, over messaging systems, in particular.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 3:09 PM/CST
Network security vendor Secure Computing has announced a major leadership shake-up that sees CEO John McNulty (left) leaving the company. No reasons were provided for McNulty's sudden departure. Daniel Ryan, who currently serves as the company's president and chief...
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 12:28 PM/CST
LendingTree, an IAC subsidiary that connects online borrowers with mortgage, credit card and auto loans, has suffered a major insider breach that exposed sensitive user files to lenders. The company sent out e-mails to customers affected by the breach,...
Thursday, March 20, 2008 6:11 PM/CST
I'm hearing some murmurs that Microsoft's acquisition of anti-rootkit startup Komoku could hit a patent hurdle. My sources point to Patent #7,181,560, which was granted to Joe Grand (aka Kingpin from L0pht) and Brian Carrier of digital-evidence.org and covers...
Thursday, January 17, 2008 4:07 PM/CST
Blogging software provider Six Apart has released a mandatory security update for its flagship Movable Type product, warning that unpatched installations are vulnerable to data leakage. According to an alert from the company, there are certain circumstances in which...
Wednesday, January 16, 2008 1:45 PM/CST
As I wrote in this piece over at eWEEK.com, rigged Microsoft Excel files are being used to exploit a zero-day (previously unknown/unpatched) vulnerability and plant keystroke loggers on select (.gov?) networks. As Rob Lemos points out, bugs in Microsoft...
Thursday, January 10, 2008 3:15 PM/CST
Clearly worried about the insider threat to its corporate assets, search marketing giant Google is looking for an Investigator/Threat Analyst to examine "deviations from company policies or acts against Google." According to a job listing first sighted by Search...
Monday, December 17, 2007 4:52 PM/CST
The Open Source Vulnerability Database has hit the 2.0 milestone with a major rewrite, a new "Watch List" service and several UI enhancements to provide greater details about specific vulnerabilities. The five-year-old project, which is backed by Google, Layered...
Friday, April 06, 2007 12:32 PM/CST
Until proper security policies and enforcement are in place, the use of iPods in the workplace could mean employees walking out the door with a pocket full of sensitive data and thus should be banned, according to security firm NextSentry....