The annual RSA computer security conference, in San Francisco this week, offers one of the world’s greatest concentrations of well-founded paranoia. Experts from the highest levels of government mingle with enterprising hackers working for no one but themselves. And, as far as I can tell, all of them share the…
Capitol bomb plot arrest highlights ‘lone-wolf’ fears
Friday's arrest of a Moroccan living illegally in the U.S. points to officials' worst nightmare: Individuals acting alone, capable of launching a terror attack. View full post on germany cyber attack – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Increasing malware and lax security biggest fears for users: Sophos
67 per cent of people worldwide feel that malware is now on the rise compared to what it was in 2010, according to security vendor, Sophos. The recent report, titled Security Threat Report 2012, made the discovery after people were asked to identify what they consider to be today’s biggest…
Symantec fears leak of Norton AntiVirus source code
Symantec is investigating claims by a group of hackers that they are in possession of source code for its Norton AntiVirus (NAV) product. The group, which uses the name “The Lords of Dharmaraja,” claims to have stolen Symantec source code and documentation from the servers of Indian intelligence agencies, along…
Europe cloud vendors cleaning up with data protection fears
Concern in the European Union that US data protection laws are too lax may have created a new market for European cloud computing services. A recent survey indicated that 70 percent of Europeans have concerns about their online data and how well companies secure it and now two Swedish companies,…
‘Charlatans’ Said to Exaggerate Mobile Malware Fears
Security vendors are behaving like “charlatans and scammers” by peddling antivirus apps to protect consumers from smartphone malware, Google’s open source champion Chris DiBona says in an uncompromising attack on the industry. In recent weeks, antivirus vendors including Kaspersky Lab, McAfee and even infrastructure companies Juniper Networks and IBM, have…
Breach fears push federal cloud computing initiative to private cloud
Trapped between budget constraints and security fears, government agencies are increasingly opting for private clouds. <img alt="Breach fears push federal cloud computing initiative to private cloud, Blog, Federal, cloud, breach, private, push, fears, computing, initiative"height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=TechBiz &partnerID=167&key=segment”/><img alt="Breach fears push federal cloud computing initiative to private cloud,…