15 January 2013

We all believe (and hope) that ‘it won’t happen to us’ but how many horror stories of you heard where an unnoticed leak has turned into a flood, a briefly un-manned room has resulted in theft, or a faulty piece of equipment has led to ruined stock, lost data or hardware? SMS Alarm General is an […]

This isn’t entirely surprising as the FBI had issued a warning on Christmas Eve to media organizations about a new wave of phishing attacks associated with the infamous SEA. Skype has more than three million followers on Twitter, which indicates that, had the attackers wanted to send out malicious links or other dangerous content, this

The Federal Communications Commission reports that mobile phone theft constitutes 30-40% of all robberies across the United States, a crime that cost US citizens $30 billion in 2012. In the Senator’s own state of California such thefts are even more prevalent, accounting for over 50% of street robberies, Los Angeles alone has seen a 12% increase

Service providers need higher level of encryption support “If you look at one of our typical deployments, yes, they want security, they want SSL, but the numbers they support are in the thousands,” he said. “It’s nothing compared to a business model that is supporting millions of users. When we are talking to these SaaS

Quantum computing hinges, very broadly, on allowing individual bits (called qubits) to contain superimposed values of zero and one, vastly increasing computing power. Its implications for cryptography, medicine, and research have made it a major goal for public services and private industry alike: DARPA has devoted years of funding to quantum computing research, and Google

What’s a CSR? If you have ordered an SSL Certificate before, you were most likely asked to provide a CSR. The CSR is used to deliver the public key that your server will use to identify itself. Generating a CSR can be a hurdle for non-technical staff that aren’t always familiar with the command lines

The infected ads were served to visitors of the Yahoo homepage over a four-day period last week. Some of the malware that was served up could turn the infected computers into Bitcoin miners.  The malware that Yahoo unknowingly served up attacked flaws in Java on the victim machines. Yahoo says that the malware was served

Syrian Eagle told Mashable that Microsoft deserves what it got because it’s hawking data to US snoops and multiple governments. The SEA will publish proof of the allegations, Syrian Eagle said: “Microsoft is monitoring emails accounts and selling the data for the American intelligence and other governments. And we will publish more details and documents

James Lyne, Global Head of Security Research, Sophos, said: “Sophos has partnered with Government to support Cyber Streetwise because we believe it’s imperative for both consumers and small businesses to take action to protect themselves online.” “Consumers and SMEs alike are finding new ways to interact online, including via a greater range of devices, but

Sophos President and CEO Kris Hagerman said, “Sophos is thrilled to join the many other technology leaders that call Silicon Valley home. A meaningful presence in Silicon Valley gives us a golden opportunity to capitalize on the technology trends and partnership opportunities that are so abundant in this area. Silicon Valley is a renowned global