Was 2011 the year of the data leak? Could be, but it is hard to tell. From my vantage point writing daily about the most important stories in information security, data theft may not have been the most important story of 2011, but it certainly impacted more regular people and…
Government applications still riddled with serious security flaws
The US government sector is markedly worse than private industry at eliminating a range of common but serious flaws from software code, an analysis of real applications submitted for review to testing company Veracode has found. The company found that 75 percent of government applications (including federal, state and local…
Second-hand USB drives riddled with malware, Sophos finds
Two thirds of a random assortment of USB flash drives bought second-hand at an Australian rail company lost property auction turned out to be infected with malware, security company Sophos has reported. Despite being light-hearted and not particularly scientific, the survey offers an alarming insight into the insecure working life…