Security Risk
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Developers fear revenue loss over security
News Application development firms are more worried about the loss of income than increased security risks when apps are not managed properly, finds new survey.
Tags: Software engineering/development, Network security, Security applications/tools, Security implementation/standards, Security Management, SMB, Security, India, Revenue Loss, PreEmptive Solutions
Google fixes flaws in Chrome
News New versions of Google's Web browser Chrome are out, fixing bugs and patching security holes in both the stable build and the beta build.
Tags: Network security, Web browsers, Security Management, Google Gears, Security, Google Inc., Web Browser, Google Chrome, Flaw, malicious code
Cybercrime cost firms US$1 trillion globally
News In a McAfee survey, CIOs report spending billions of dollars after data thefts, and say fired workers pose a big threat to sensitive data on the network.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Network security, Security Management, Security, Chief Information Officer, Davos, Cybercrime, World Economic Forum, intellectual property, Dubai
Symantec tool calculates your data's value to thieves
News Norton Online Risk Calculator figures out how much a person's online information is worth on the black market and offers a risk rating.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Business security, Norton Co., Security, Tool, antivirus, social networking, Symantec Corp., identity fraud, asset
Experts: Windows 7 at risk from legacy flaw
News Like its predecessors, Windows 7 contains a Windows Explorer feature that can be exploited by virus writers, says security firm F-Secure.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, PC security, Network security, Security Management, Microsoft Corp., F-Secure Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Flaw, Microsoft Windows Explorer, release candidate
Microsoft denies security risk in Windows Media
News Software giant says flaw is a "reliability issue with no security risk to customers" and criticizes researcher for not contacting the company.
Tags: Network security, Applications and tools, Microsoft Corp., Security, Media Player, Vulnerability, BugTraq, mailing list, Microsoft Windows, researcher
Microsoft plugs remote execution, spoofing holes in Windows
News Software maker issues patches for critical and important holes in Windows, but fails to plug Excel hole that is being exploited.
Tags: PC security, Microsoft Corp., Security, Zero-day Bug, Microsoft Windows Metafile, Vulnerability, WINS, Server, Attacker, patch management
UN audit finds weakness in peacekeepers' IT
News IT systems for UN peacekeeping logistics were insecure last year, according to an internal UN report, but some secure transmission standards are being deliberately avoided due to their bandwidth requirements.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Hacking, Firewalls, Defense/military, Disaster Recovery, Report, IT Security, business continuity planning, business continuity, Defense/military
Conficker also installs fake antivirus software
News In addition to dropping mystery payload on infected machines, it installs software that tries to dupe people into paying nearly US$50 for fake antivirus software.
Tags: Viruses and worms, IBM Corp., Security, Antivirus Software, Worm, Sophos Plc., Trend Micro Inc., Graham Cluley, removable storage, Infection
Mobile conferences must be secured, too
News Smartphone videoconferencing opens up new security holes and must be prioritized at same security level as other network endpoints, say experts.
Tags: Policy and management, Security implementation/standards, Security, Mobile, Smart Phone, Web Conferencing, Video Conferencing, mobile security, Tool, Mobile Device
Intel to SMBs: Don't hold off PC refresh
News Security risks and maintenance costs may make older desktops and notebooks more expensive than new machines, chipmaker points out.
Tags: Personal Computers, IT budgeting, Budgeting/cost control, Hardware, Intel Corp., Power Supply, Small And Medium Business, Small Business, Notebook, Virus Attack
Region's banks still spending on MSS
News Despite current economic climate, spending on managed security services by financial institutions in Asia will continue, say industry watchers.
Tags: Network security, Data security, Security Management, Business security, Services, Security, Managed Security Service, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Gartner Inc.
Report: Hackers broke into US air traffic control systems
News Breaches exposed sensitive employee data, forced the shutdown of part of a network, and could have allowed hackers to disrupt the agency's mission-support network, a government report says.
Tags: Hacking, FAA, Security, Report, Air Traffic Control, commercial software, Password, intrusion detection, Web Application, computer
Social networking risk: Managing the inevitable
Techguide The enterprise needs to shift its attention to a more insidious potential use of social networking sites--social engineering activities.
Tags: Business security, Data security, Security Management, Security applications/tools, Friend, Friendship, Survey, social engineering, Tom Olzak, phone
Prevent employees from 'going rogue'
Techguide There is often a personal crisis trigger that causes an already borderline employee to cross the border. Would intervention prevent information compromise or system loss?
Tags: Communication skills, Personnel management, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Data security, Employee, Security, Behavior, auditing, photocopier
