Microsoft has combined technology with a legal manoeuvre to cripple a massive network of hacked computers; and the company goes after a whistleblower site that reveals its advice to those who want to subpoena personal information.
IBM has released results from its annual IBM X-Force 2009 Trend and Risk Report showing that existing threats such as phishing and document format vulnerabilities have continued to expand, even as clients have generally made strides to improve security.
Investigators now believe that the recent attacks on Google and dozens of other companies came from a Chinese group specifically targeting corporate sites — not the US military or other government agencies.
The threat of a crippling attack on computer and telecommunications networks is growing, as legal defense spending spikes and data breach incident costs level off.
RSA, the security division of EMC, recently announced the results of its 2010 Global Online Consumer Security Survey that included some surprising Canadian numbers: we are aware of trojans and phishing, but not up to speed on voice scams or “smishing”, and wary of mobile banking.
Annual revenues from cloud-based mobile applications will reach nearly $9.5 billion by 2014, according to industry analyst Juniper Research, with consumer use driving growth and enterprises still concerned about security.
Canada's largest communications company is the Exclusive Telecommunications Partner to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games – Telemanagement takes a closer look at what Bell Canada is up to.
A survey by AFCOM, an association of data center management professionals, has revealed weakness in cyber terrorism preparedness, and real movement on the green front.
VeriSign fingers the Chinese Government as source of attack on Google, as the code goes public. Meanwhile, global black hats gain upper hand, Adobe says PDFs were not to blame, and security finds its way into green building designs.
Red Condor, a vendor of e-mail security solutions, has issued a warning for an aggressive “spear phishing email campaign”. In the ruse, recipients are asked to "apply a new set of settings" to their mailboxes because of a recent "security upgrade" of their mailing service.
