January 25, 2012 - Symantec has admitted that blueprints for current versions of its pcAnywhere software were stolen in 2006 and that all users are at risk of attack and should pull the plug. Read more
December 20, 2011 - The fourth pretrial hearing for Army Pfc. Bradley Manningday put the spotlight on more than 100,000 sensitive documents and conversation logs between Manning and a former hacker. This case raises the question of how organisations can contain the considerable risk (continue reading...) Read more
December 17, 2011 - Romanian state-owned CEC Bank has blocked and reissued 17,000 credit cards on suspicion that they had been compromised, and a security blogger warns of loopholes in the security of "Verified by Visa" (continue reading...) Read more
November 10, 2011 - Steam, the online empire of computer game behemoth Valve Corporation, has issued details of the hack it suffered last weekend. If you're a Steam user, find out what you should be doing next... (continue reading...) Read more
November 9, 2011 - Yes, it’s a glorious day with the birth of my new book. I’ve spent 15 years in the trenches, reporting on all issues of personal security. Now I’ve taken what I know about protecting your identity and avoiding fraud and (continue reading...) Read more
October 18, 2011 - Stuxnet was possibly the most complex attack of this decade, and we expected that similar attacks would appear in the near future. One thing for sure is that the Stuxnet team is still active–as recent evidence has revealed. McAfee Labs (continue reading...) Read more
September 11, 2011 - Following the widely-publicised disgrace of Dutch digital certificate issuer DigiNotar, a person calling himself ComodoHacker claimed that he'd breached four other Certificate Authorities (CAs), too. Only one of these CAs (continue reading...) Read more
September 6, 2011 - This week’s (somewhat belated) Highlights are short and sweet with a quick review of the week’s top infosec topics. An Internet worm dubbed “Morto” was found spreading in the wild via Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). The worm is the first (continue reading...) Read more
August 26, 2011 - Welcome to another week in infosec with Friday Security Highlights. Yesterday from the @McAfeeBusiness Twitter handle, we live-tweeted the Dark Reading & InformationWeek virtual session The Aftermath of a Security Breach – Getting the Ship Righted Again. We (continue reading...) Read more
August 16, 2011 - Late last month, we reported on an astonishing data breach in internet-crazy South Korea. SK Communications, owners of popular search portal Nate and its web cousin Cyworld, a (continue reading...) Read more
August 4, 2011 - The Sony Corporation has been providing consumers with stellar electronics since before the introduction of the Walkman. The past six months have been harsher for Sony, with attacks by hacktivists and numerous breaches of clients’ data. Many recent breaches involved usernames, (continue reading...) Read more
July 25, 2011 - To all you security companies out there, listen up: “identity theft protection” has become an overused and abused marketing term, which is often used to sell a product or service that doesn’t actually protect users from identity theft. It’s like (continue reading...) Read more
July 25, 2011 - The Ponemon Institute published new data on the cost of breaches in the US. This year, spending as a result of breaches will reach $130B. (continue reading...) Read more
July 20, 2011 - You’ve probably heard the phrase “a fox watching the henhouse.” Today, that applies to people on the inside of organizations who work in trusted positions, and who use those positions to steal client or employee information for their own personal (continue reading...) Read more
July 19, 2011 - In a story that could have come right out of a movie, a widely respected police officer turned out to be a Mexican national who stole an American identity and moved to Alaska to become a cop. I’ll bet Sarah (continue reading...) Read more
July 18, 2011 - Last year, at the Hack in the Box conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, I predicted that 2011 would be The Year of Privacy Threats. Let's play a thought game to see how perspicacious my comments were. It won't take long. Think (continue reading...) Read more
July 11, 2011 - Don't just read the latest computer security news - watch it in 90 seconds! Looking back over last month: Apple comes out of the anti-virus closet; RSA decides to replace tokens; Facebook sticks to its opt-out approach; a Peeping Tom (continue reading...) Read more
June 14, 2011 - Every week we see similar stories permeating the news – large enterprises falling victim to data breaches and finding themselves at the mercy of hackers looking to access and exploit sensitive customer data for personal or monetary gain. The impact (continue reading...) Read more
June 9, 2011 - Last month, we hosted our Twitter #SecChat on How To Keep Security a Priority, particularly for SMBs with limited IT resources. When it comes to security, attacks can happen regardless of your business size or type (as the recent (continue reading...) Read more
June 8, 2011 - Today, June 8th Sony Pictures published a consumer alert on their site http://www.sonypictures.com/corp/consumeralert.html. The alert is about the data breach that was not discovered by Sony, but rather shoved in Sony’s face on June 2nd and specific details (continue reading...) Read more