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VMware launches dual persona feature for Verizon smartphones
Through a deal with Verizon, VMware is going to offer the ability for employees to download a app that allows their companies to run a standardized corporate version of Android OS on their phones along side their personal version.
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Boeing technology offers secure, efficient way to tie together business, industrial nets
The Boeing Company is pioneering a way to securely bring together business IT networks with what ordinarily are entirely separate networks for industrial-control systems (ICS) in order to gain efficiencies and benefits in information-sharing in manufacturing.
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Microsoft Azure steps up to AWS with first full IaaS offering
Microsoft has rolled out a major update to its Azure cloud computing service, promising to match Amazon Web Services? prices for commodity services such as compute, storage and bandwidth.
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UK businesses claim flexible working is greatest Olympic legacy
Over a third of UK organisations believe that flexible working is the most important benefit that they have experienced as a result of the London 2012 Olympic Games, according to new research by Vanson Bourne on behalf of BT.
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Level 3 scores NATO-Russia Airspace networking contract
An initiative to enhance airspace transparency between NATO and Russia is using an IP Virtual Private Network (VPN) from communications company Level 3 to provide connectivity between its airspace monitoring facilities.
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OpenDNS introduces VPN and content filtering for mobile devices
OpenDNS, a company that specializes in secure Domain Name System lookups, has released a suite of security services built around its core DNS product that are intended to provide safer browsing outside of a corporate network.
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Critical flaw found in software used by many industrial control systems
CoDeSys, a piece of software running on industrial control systems (ICS) from over 200 vendors contains a vulnerability that allows potential attackers to execute sensitive commands on the vulnerable devices without the need for authentication, according to a report from security consultancy Digital Bond.
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Malware-infected computers rented out as proxy servers on the black market
Cybercriminals are using computers infected with a particular piece of malware to power a commercial proxy service that funnels potentially malicious traffic through them, according to security researchers from Symantec.
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Siemens works to fix vulnerability in critical industrial control networks
Siemens is working to fix a remotely exploitable vulnerability in network routers and switches from subsidiary RuggedCom that are widely deployed in refineries, power substations and other critical infrastructure networks.
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Tools released at Defcon can crack PPTP encryption in under a day
Security researchers released two tools at the Defcon security conference that can be used to crack the encryption of any PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) and WPA2-Enterprise (Wireless Protected Access) sessions that use MS-CHAPv2 for authentication.
