December 29, 2011, 6:43 PM EST By Vernon Silver Dec. 22 (Bloomberg) — The intelligence operative sits in a leather club chair, laptop open, one floor below the Hilton Kuala Lumpur’s convention rooms, scanning the airwaves for spies. In the salons above him, merchants of electronic interception demonstrate their gear…
Spies Fail to Escape Spyware at ‘Wiretapper’s Ball’
December 23, 2011, 3:40 AM EST By Vernon Silver Dec. 22 (Bloomberg) — The intelligence operative sits in a leather club chair, laptop open, one floor below the Hilton Kuala Lumpur’s convention rooms, scanning the airwaves for spies. In the salons above him, merchants of electronic interception demonstrate their gear…
Firewalls fail to stem tide of DDoS attacks, survey finds
Companies still rely heavily on firewalls to defend themselves against denial-of-service attacks despite the fact that this class of device is often not up to the task, a new survey by F5 Networks has found. The survey of 1,000 medium and large organisations in 10 countries found that up to…
Its Fail 2011
Its Fail 2011 – Year of Hacks ! According to IT security experts Year 2011 have labeled as the “Year of the Hack” or “#Fail 2011”. Hacking has become much easier over the years allowing hackers to hack into systems easier then ever before, which is why 2011 had a…
Google and Apple fail to revoke DigiNotar SSL certificates on smartphone
Browser makers have generally been quick to react to the computer compromise at digital certificate issuer DigiNotar, but that hasn’t been the case for all mobile phone makers. Neither Google nor Apple would comment on whether they plan to revoke certificates issued by DigiNotar for Android or the iPhone, even…