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With data becoming more mobile than ever, it is critical that companies have a pervasive security strategy across the corporate network. Chip and PIN credit cards are hitting Australian shores. Negar Salek, demystifies the emerging secure payment technology and its potential benefits. Security researchers at Symantec said that attackers are for the first time using a social networking site -- in this case, Google's Orkut -- to deliver a self-propagated trojan. The worm is infecting the computers of those on the buddy lists of Orkut users, according to Symantec. There are many approaches one could take to securing the network, with equally many tools available for each aspect of security. However, if undertaken on a blow-by-blow basis, one can unwittingly construct quite a complex arrangement of tools and service, which, in turn, brings complexity to the administration and support of the task itself. A new report by analyst firm Forrester Research has again highlighted the growing threat to firms of their web sites being infected by malware and their brands being abused in sophisticated phishing attacks. The Qualys CEO firmly believes the internet has taken over from software -which is why Bill Gates is in trouble. Philippe Courtot, without any obvious irony, describes himself as a "child of the internet". Unusual for a chief executive but, as this interview progresses, it becomes clear that the 61-year-old sees himself as a most unusual CEO. He is referring to his time spent at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, where he witnessed the birth of the web under the aegis of Tim Berners-Lee.
Security researchers have uncovered a pair of vulnerabilities in VMware software, virtualisation technology used to run multiple versions of an operating system on a single computer. One flaw affects a server version of the software, the other is found in desktop software. A security researcher has posted code for an exploit targeting a component of Microsoft Office.. There's no question about it: the malware industry is booming. Every day, computer users are bombarded with news of severe data breaches, the rapid growth of online fraud and identity theft, and spyware that invades privacy and compromises security. Malware distributors are using a fabricated sex scandal to push their wares, according to security researchers.. USB devices are getting smaller. That also makes them easier to lose, yet most still have no decent encryption. A juvenile cohort of botmaster Jeanson James Ancheta pleaded guilty this week to using botnets to infect thousands of PCs, including those used by sensitive government agencies. Russia has emerged as a "spam superpower", IT security experts warned today.. Emails embedded with fake Britney Spears and Paris Hilton Google search links are part of a new spam botnet that leads users to malware hosted by the notorious Russian Business Network (RBN). The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has launched a website designed for reporting suspected internet auction fraud. Almost every day there is news of a company's security breach and, increasingly, many of these incidents are originating from an employee or other internal source. The Super Bowl presents a ripe target for cybercriminals intent on maximising the impact of their scams, and the biggest question at this time - aside from which team will win the big game - is what form these attacks will take. An aggressive, non-stop campaign by China to penetrate key government and industry databases in the United States already has succeeded and the United States urgently needs to monitor all internet traffic to critical government and private-sector networks “to find the enemy within,” SANS Institute Director of Research Alan Paller told SCMagazineUS.com. The Cold War may be over, but the global battle over information security is heating up, as U.S. intelligence experts struggle to fend off relentless cyber attacks emanating from China and Russia on critical databases. Large-scale data breaches across both the private and public sectors dominated the news throughout the year. Rob Buckley looks back.