Last week, a congressionally chartered commission released a report about what China’s rise means for the U.S. economy and security. Included in the findings were the details of a little-known incident involving the hijacking of online data by a firm…
Web Security – Company Boards Must Assume Cyber Attacks Will Occur
Company Boards Must Assume Cyber Attacks Will Occur Says Bloomberg Cyber attacks are now so common that corporate directors must assume that their companies’ intellectual property will be stolen, according to experts at this summers Bloomberg Link Boards & Risk…
Intel to Acquire McAfee, Moving Into Online Security – NY Times
Intel to Acquire McAfee, Moving Into Online Security The New York Times is reporting that Intel, the chip maker, has turned into Intel, the security specialist. The entrance to Intel’s campus in Hillsboro, Ore. Intel’s move to buy McAfee is…
Internet security risks test U.S. government preparedness
WorldFocus.org takes a look beyond the headlines at increasing concerns over cyber-security, a problem that was recently highlighted by an online assault on Google from China. This event added to fears of a digital attack that could cripple the information…
Beware of the Botnet: Attack hits corporations and agencies
Recent press reports reflect that a significant number of corporations, govt agencies infiltrated by `botnet,’ according to news announcements. According to Wikipedia, a Botnet is a jargon term for a collection of software robots, or bots, that run autonomously and…
Web Security Predictions for 2010
Web Security Threats Projected to Grow for 2010 2010 will see increasing Web security threats and are projected to grow to users of social networking and media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, according to security vendor McAfee. “In 2009…
PCI DSS Security Standards Council Compliance Survey Results
A recent survey conducted by Imperva and the Ponemon Institute reflects that companies still struggle to protect consumer data. According to the findings of a survey across more than 500 U.S. and multinational IT security practitioners showing that, despite the…
Cyber Fraud: A Few Fast Facts
Greetings WOW Members and Web Professionals everywhere! Last week we podcasted an interesting interview with Laura Mather, PhD Founder and VP of Product Marketing Silver Tail Systems an anti fraud company and a volunteer for the anti phishing working group…
Cyber Fraud: A Few Fast Facts
Greetings WOW Members and Web Professionals everywhere! Last week we podcasted an interesting interview with Laura Mather, PhD Founder and VP of Product Marketing Silver Tail Systems an anti fraud company and a volunteer for the anti phishing working group…
Phishing, Cyber Crime and the Ugly Truth
Although this is an older post, we thought this more recent set of information might be helpful to readers. We found this identity theft 101 article to be useful. Greetings Web professionals everywhere! The topic for today’s podcast is Phising,…