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HP, CSC and EMC open cybersecurity research centre in Berlin
Outsourcer CSC, HP and communications research organisation Fraunhofer FOKUS have joined together to open a cybersecurity research centre in Berlin.
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InfoSec 2012: One in 10 second-hand hard drives contain personal data
The Information Commissioner?s Office has published a report revealing that one in ten second-hand hard drives sold online contains residual personal data, with some containing scanned bank statements, passports, information on previous driving offences, and medical details.
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InfoSec 2012: New online dashboard to monitor SSL quality
The Trustworthy Internet Movement, a non-profit initiative formed in February to help address ongoing security issues on the internet, has unveiled its first project ? an online dashboard called SSL Pulse that monitors the quality of SSL support across websites.
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InfoSec 2012: IBM launches new threat analytics engine
IBM is growing its Security Systems unit with the launch of a new threat analytics appliance, which the company claims can identify suspicious behaviour in the network to protect organisations against hidden threats.
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UK businesses face weekly cyber attacks - report
Large organisations in the UK have been hit with an average of 54 cyber attacks over the last year, with 15 percent admitting to have had their networks successfully penetrated by hackers.
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IT comparison site comparetheware.com launches at InfoSec
Comparetheware.com, a new IT search portal that enables businesses to research and compare technologies and find suppliers, has launched at the InfoSecurity conference in London today.
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200,000 Windows PCs 'vulnerable to pcAnywhere hijacking'
Hackers exploiting bugs in Symantec's pcAnywhere could hijack as many as 200,000 systems connected to the internet, a researcher claimed yesterday, including up to 5,000 running point-of-sale programs that collect consumer credit card data.
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pcAnywhere exploit code published on Pastebin by security researcher
Exploit code targeting a newly identified vulnerability in Symantec's pcAnywhere computer remote control product has been published on the internet, exposing its users to possible attacks that disrupt the software's functionality.
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Hacker TinKode arrested for NASA and Pentagon attacks
Hacker TinKode has been arrested by the Romanian police after the 20-year-old bragged about hacking into Pentagon and NASA computer systems.
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Barclays: 97 percent of data breaches still due to SQL injection
SQL injection attacks have been around for more than ten years, and security professionals are more than capable of protecting against them; yet 97 percent of data breaches worldwide are still due to an SQL injection somewhere along the line, according to Neira Jones, head of payment security for Barclaycard.
