MILFORD, Mass. - ESG Research recently conducted a project focused on confidential data security that will be published soon. However, here are some interesting advance results that support this venerable security dictum that people are the biggest security vulnerability. ESG asked 308 North American and European security professionals from large organizations (i.e. 1,000 employees or
LONDON - The U.K. government is considering the mass surveillance and retention of all user communications on social-networking sites, including Facebook, MySpace, and Bebo. Vernon Coaker the U.K. Home Office security minister, on Monday said the EU Data Retention Directive, under which Internet service providers must store communications data for 12 months, does not go
VANCOUVER, Canada - The security expert who won $10,000 hacking a MacBook Air in less than two minutes last year won $5,000 on Wednesday by exploiting a hole in Safari in 10 seconds or so. Charlie Miller, principal security analyst at Independent Security Evaluators, used a MacBook running the latest version of the Mac OS
TROY - Technology executives will have an opportunity to explore emerging technology and most topical issues in IT at the 5th Annual Midwest Technology Leaders 2009 held at the MGM Grand Casino in Detroit on June 3. This technology symposium features influential local and national speakers, networking opportunities and an examination of regional and global
DETROIT - For those readers who are already InfraGard members, you will be receiving (or have already received) an email 'Save the Date' for an exciting event coming up in April. The event is a very hush-hush one that you will be glad you put some time aside for. So please do as the email
SAN FRANCISCO - Adobe Systems earlier this month issued a security update to fix a critical vulnerability in Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9 that could allow an attacker to take complete control of a computer and for which exploits had been reportedly found in the wild for nearly two months. Adobe alerted users about
WASHINGTON DC - It's easy to criticize government failures. But as the U.S. Congress is learning in the case of the executive branch's cybersecurity efforts, fixing problems and crafting improvements is a little more difficult. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity arm has been under fire practically since its inception, flunking tests by outside
REDMOND - Reduced IT budgets often means less spending on even the most important elements of technology, including security. However, Microsoft offered several tips on how to keep security up even in a down economy. Even with smaller budgets, security is still a necessity, and it's perhaps even more important in a down economy as
MINNEAPOLIS - The campaign of Republican Norm Coleman, who is engaged in a fierce legal battle to keep his Senate seat from Democrat Al Franken, has warned supporters that their credit card numbers may have been exposed on the Internet. His campaign manager, Cullen Sheehan, said the office became aware of a possible security breach
MOUNTAIN VIEW - The authors of the latest variant of the Conficker worm are upping the ante against security vendors who are working to stop the spread and threat of the persistent program. Conficker.C shuts down security services, blocks computers from connecting to security Web sites, and downloads a Trojan, CNET News.Com reported. It also