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Companies ignorant of the risks posed by insecure CCTV systems

Companies ignorant of the risks posed by insecure CCTV systems

If you have an IP networked CCTV System on your corporate network, you may have inadvertently enabled vulnerabilities that weren't there previously!
Sarbjit Sembhi Mar 24 2006 11:08AM Security
Check Point boosts board of directors

Check Point boosts board of directors

Check Point Software Technologies yesterday announced that it has appointed Dan Propper to its board of directors.
William Eazel Mar 24 2006 10:37AM Security
Personal info of 196K HP employees compromised

Personal info of 196K HP employees compromised

A laptop containing the personal information of nearly 200,000 current and former Hewlett-Packard employees was stolen last week, according to a spokeswoman for Fidelity Investments.
Frank Washkuch Mar 23 2006 10:52PM Security
Half of U.K. shopping websites 'open to attack'

Half of U.K. shopping websites 'open to attack'

Security flaws in half of U.K. retailers' websites leave them open to attack, new research found.
René Millman Mar 21 2006 4:58PM Security
Third of U.K. business fails to test disaster plans

Third of U.K. business fails to test disaster plans

A new study has claimed that a third of British businesses fail to test their disaster-recovery strategy regularly.
René Millman Mar 20 2006 10:42AM Security
Six of ten WiFi networks are insecure

Six of ten WiFi networks are insecure

Almost 60 percent of WiFi networks have no security system at all, according to Panda Software in its "Security in Wireless Networks" report.
William Eazel Mar 16 2006 4:57PM Security
Change of pace on Patch Tuesday

Change of pace on Patch Tuesday

Microsoft released two security bulletins today through March’s Patch Tuesday release, including a fix for several Office vulnerabilities that are considered critical.
Ericka Chickowski Mar 14 2006 10:25PM Security
Gartner warns of 'PIN block' hacking scams

Gartner warns of 'PIN block' hacking scams

Recent automated teller machine (ATM) fraud cases involving Citibank and other banks points to a new wave of "personal identification number (PIN) block" schemes, Gartner has warned.
William Eazel Mar 14 2006 9:41AM Security
CSO of the Year

CSO of the Year

Winner: Thomas Dunbar, global CSO, XL Capital
Staff Writers Mar 13 2006 6:15PM Security
Report: 80 percent of emails out to manipulate

Report: 80 percent of emails out to manipulate

Four out of five inbound emails are designed to deceive the recipient, according to a new report studying the scope of abusive online messages.
Dan Kaplan Mar 10 2006 9:00PM Security
No Citibank withdrawals north of the border

No Citibank withdrawals north of the border

Citibank has blocked customers from using their ATM cards for cash withdrawals in three countries after detecting several hundred fraudulent withdrawals in those locations, the company said in a statement.
Dan Kaplan Mar 9 2006 10:33PM Security
After 38 hours, no bite taken out of this Apple

After 38 hours, no bite taken out of this Apple

An Apple system engineer’s challenge to hack into a web page hosted by a Mini Mac is closed – and nobody was able to succeed.
Dan Kaplan Mar 8 2006 10:19PM Security
Wave of tax spam strikes

Wave of tax spam strikes

Tax time doesn’t just mean more stress for wage-earners across the country. It’s also a time of year when internet users see higher volumes of spam emails in their inboxes.
Frank Washkuch Mar 8 2006 10:09PM Security
Debate: Client-side security is a much better way of securing infrastructure than securing the gateway

Debate: Client-side security is a much better way of securing infrastructure than securing the gateway
Paul Goossens Mar 8 2006 5:15PM Security
Marketing is a crucial part of the job

Marketing is a crucial part of the job

if you want to stay alive and continue to be progressive in this profession, you need to be able to create and market your company’s information security strategy.
Randy Sanovic Mar 8 2006 9:29AM Security
A marketing strategy is part of the job

A marketing strategy is part of the job

If you want to stay alive and continue to be progressive in this profession, you must be able to create and market your company’s IT security strategy. My suggestions follow.
Randy Sanovic Mar 6 2006 10:02PM Security
CSO of the year: Thomas Dunbar, global chief security officer, XL Capital

CSO of the year: Thomas Dunbar, global chief security officer, XL Capital

As the global chief security officer at a leading multinational insurance company, Thomas Dunbar has a lot of data to protect, a range of regulations with which to comply and a huge number of employees whose access to corporate IT assets he must manage.
Illena Armstrong Mar 6 2006 8:55PM Security
Risks and rewards of a wireless LAN

Risks and rewards of a wireless LAN

Wireless local area network (WLAN) technology was deployed at Mount Allison University to enhance on-the-go productivity of our students, faculty, staff and administrators. Whether it’s conducting research, exchanging ideas or gaining access to useful operational information, campus users can now perform such functions in real-time without breaking stride from their daily routines.
Peter Crawshaw Mar 6 2006 6:54PM Security
Half of small business fear security breach

Half of small business fear security breach

Nearly half of U.K. small businesses expect to suffer a security breach within the next year, according to new figures.
René Millman Mar 6 2006 4:56PM Security
Google takes care of minor Gmail vulnerability

Google takes care of minor Gmail vulnerability

Google has patched a minor flaw that allowed JavaScript code to run when viewing a Gmail message, the search engine giant said today.
Dan Kaplan Mar 3 2006 9:58PM Security

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