CHICAGO - A data breach at e-mail database management firm Silverpop prompted McDonald's and at least one other Web site to warn subscribers, but it's unclear just how many companies are affected. McDonald's told customers this week that in addition to e-mail addresses, other information may have been exposed such as name, postal address, and
REDMOND, Wa. - Microsoft Sunday quietly released the latest version of its Security Essentials anti-malware software. Security Essentials 2.0 is available as a free download with several changes over its predecessor. Microsoft said the updated anti-malware engine makes the software faster and smarter at detecting security hazards. The software also now ties in with Windows
TROY ? Karen Duncanson, ISSA Motor City Communications Director, will be the featured speaker at the Dec. 16 dinner meeting for the security group. She will talk about anomaly detection, trending and traffic flow tracking techniques using the ACELive appliance tool. RSVP deadline is Dec. 13. The December Dinner Meeting will be held at Walsh
TORONTO, Can. - Research In Motion has been butting heads with foreign governments over its tight security, but its latest BlackBerry 6 OS has won approval from the U.S. government for those same standards. RIM announced today that its BlackBerry 6 operating system is now FIPS 140-2 certified. FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard) is a
SAN FRANCISCO - Security research firm Sophos posted a memo about a rogue app that was spread on Facebook recently with messages like "OMG ... I can't believe this actually works! Now you really can see who viewed your profile!" The app is bogus. I've asked a Facebook representative about this before, and he told
SAN JOSE - My prediction is that we are all going to become nostalgic for the days of fame-seeking mass mailers and network worms. Think of LoveLetter, SQL Slammer, and Melissa all crashing millions of systems within hours of being released into the wild. Those threats seem quite quaint these days as we enter the
SAN FRANCISCO - Security software manufacturer BitDefender released some statistics gleaned from Safego, a Facebook application that it offers to users of the social-network to keep an eye on their vulnerability to malware. The big finding: 20 percent of Facebook users are exposed to malicious posts in their "news feeds" of friends' activity, generally defined
TROY - A digital forensics workshop for students is among 26 student projects that will be showcased on Saturday, Dec. 11, at the Walsh College Business Information Technology and Information Assurance Capstone Fair. The fair, which is free to the public, will be held from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Troy campus in
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea has installed digital "bunkers" to prevent a repeat of the massive distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that crippled parts of the country last year. The nation was floored after huge streams of junk internet data poured across South Korea's networks last year, targeting the infrastructure of government and businesses in what
SAN FRANCISCO - BlackBerry maker Research in Motion says news reports suggesting that it's close to an agreement to provide India with lawful access to monitor and access network data are "inaccurate" and "misleading." One story CNET found, published yesterday in the Indian paper Mint, quotes an unnamed senior official from India's Home Ministry who