Here’s good news for you if you’re a cybersecurity guru or aspire to be one. The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a piece of legislation, the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2009 (HR 4061) that will shovel millions of dollars in funding into the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the purpose of developing cybersecurity programs, constructing cybersecurity research facilities and offering scholarships and training programs in cybersecurity at colleges and universities. more...
Safe surfing is getting harder to do and if your users access the Internet with a web browser, they could be putting their machines and the entire network at risk. During the fourth quarter of 2009, a malware analysis tool made by Dasient found that over 560,000 web sites were “infected” with malicious code. More bad news: the attacks are becoming more efficient, more sophisticated and more difficult to detect. more...
Apple has touted the iPhone’s “sandboxing” technology that is supposed to prevent iPhone apps from accessing operating system resources – but security expert Nicolas Seriot says the permissions that are set in the deny/allow rules are way too loose and some apps may be able to access data from other apps, including contacts, email addresses and phone numbers. The iPhone is immensely popular and many businesses are now allowing them to access the corporate network. more...
What with all the anti-phishing technologies built into the latest versions of popular web browsers, some folks might have thought the phishing threat was over. Unfortunately, it’s not that easy. The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), an organization that tracks and analyzes online phishing attacks, recently released their Phishing Activity Trends Report for the third quarter of 2009, and the news isn’t good. The numbers are up, with August setting new records. more...
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