SAN FRANCISCO - The Cloud Security Alliance, whose founding members include eBay, PGP, and Qualys, is seeking to promote the best ways to secure cloud computing and outline how to use cloud computing for the protection of other types of computing. "The very nature of how businesses use information technology is being transformed by the
WASHINGTON DC - Two Senators are attempting to curb unsolicited text messages with a bill to strengthen government oversight of commercial texts. Senators Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) this month introduced the m-SPAM Act, which would strictly prohibit commercial text messages to wireless numbers listed on the Do Not Call registry. The bill
REDMOND - Hackers have launched attacks targeting an unpatched flaw in Microsoft PowerPoint, the company warned last week. The vulnerability, which affects Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2003 SP3, can be exploited by getting a person to open a PowerPoint file rigged for the attack. When the file is opened, PowerPoint will access
WASHINGTON DC - Smarter is not always better-at least when it comes to utilities. More than a decade after initial reports said critical infrastructure in the U.S. is vulnerable to cyberattack, the situation has only worsened as utilities move their control systems closer to the Internet and install smart-grid technology, according to security experts. Questions
NEW YORK - The biggest security breaches in corporations these days are employees who have been laid off or who are about to get laid off. When employees leave an organization on their own terms, particularly in good times, many companies scramble to figure out what they had access to and what the value of
NEW YORK - This should come as no surprise to anyone, but people in the U.S. are worried that as the economy worsens, the chances for identity fraud, particularly with regard to credit card data theft, will increase. Nearly 75 percent of Americans believe that the global financial crisis increases their risk of identity and
Microsoft has decided to delay its integrated security suite, codenamed Stirling, until the fourth quarter of 2009. Stirling was initially supposed to ship in the first half of this year. According to Microsoft, the company will begin releasing the suite in the fourth quarter of 2009 with the launch of Forefront Server Security for Exchange
YPSILANTI - The Information Assurance program at Eastern Michigan University is sponsoring a special class for Enterprise Incident Response. If you are a network administrator or involved with network security this class is a must for you. Course Description: Principles and practices to address computer incident response for modern enterprise computing environments. Tools, techniques, and
REDMOND - The use of scareware and exploits that take advantage of common file formats like PDF, Excel and Word rose in the second half of last year as online scammers realized people are getting smarter about recognizing spam and phishing e-mails, according to a Microsoft security report released last week. There was a significant
WASHINGTON DC - The Pentagon spent more than $100 million in the past six months cleaning up after Internet attacks and network issues, military leaders said on last week. "The important thing is that we recognize that we are under assault from the least sophisticated-what I would say the bored teenager-all the way up to