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Twitter SMS authentication security won?t stop attacks, say experts
Twitter?s long overdue rollout of two-factor authentication doesn?t plug every angle of attack and won?t guarantee that customer accounts aren?t compromised in future, experts have warned.
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Black Hat Europe: Security appliances riddled with vulnerabilities, researcher warns
The majority of email and Web gateways, firewalls, remote access servers, UTM (united threat management) systems and other security appliances have serious vulnerabilities, according to a security researcher who analysed products from multiple vendors.
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Cisco recommends McAfee switch for IronPort customers hit by Sophos flaws
Cisco Systems has warned customers about critical vulnerabilities in the Sophos antivirus engine included in its Cisco IronPort email and Web security appliances.
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Google API eases enterprise license management
Google has a new API that IT administrators can use to simplify and automate the management of end user licenses for Google Drive and Maps Coordinate.
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Android smartphones hijacked to build first mobile botnet
Researchers have spotted evidence of what could be the first extensive global smartphone botnet running on compromised Android devices owned by subscribers in a range of developing countries.
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Google, Microsoft and Facebook battle phishing with new specification
Major Internet companies including Google, Microsoft, and Facebook have announced a new specification to streamline the way email providers work out whether messages are part of phishing attacks using spoofed domain addresses.
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Cloudmark tackles IPv6
Cloudmark is among the first messaging vendors to tackle the vexing issues related to integrating large-scale email services with the next-generation Internet Protocol called IPv6.
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Google building Postini features into Apps
Google has started to move e-mail security features from its Postini service directly into its Google Apps collaboration and communication suite.
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Epsilon email security breach hits 50 clients
Epsilon Interactive says that about 50 customers were affected in security breach
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Google blocks JavaScript spam attacks with Postini update
Google says it has seen a surge in obfuscated JavaScript attacks, describing them as a hybrid between virus and spam messages.
