REDMOND - Microsoft will address 22 vulnerabilities as part of Patch Tuesday, three of which are critical. Three of the 12 bulletin items released by Microsoft earlier last week are classified as critical, and affect Microsoft's Windows operating system, with one affecting Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser as well, CNET News.Com reported. The rest are classified
MOUNTAIN VIEW - Mozilla, acting on a U.S. Federal Trade Commission proposal, has offered a detailed mechanism by which Firefox and other Web browsers could prevent Web pages from tracking people's online behavior for advertising purposes. With Mozilla's do-not-track technology, network data packets from the browser would signal to a Web site that a person
SAN FRANCISCO - It's probably not surprising, but is nonetheless alarming. Sophos's latest 'Social Security' survey, which polls computer users on their experiences of social networking security threats, has found a dramatic increase in malware, phishing and spam transmitted via social networks. 40 percent of social networking users polled said they have been sent malware
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - McAfee has announced the McAfee Security Certification Program, a new two-track program. The tracks are the McAfee Certified Product Specialist track, which will cover the broad range of McAfee product solutions, although the initial release is for the ePolicy Orchestrator program. The second is the McAfee Certified Assessment Specialist track, which
GRAND RAPIDS ? The Grand Rapids Area Professionals for Excellence's quarterly panel discussion on Jan. 20 will ask the question everyone using the Internet remains concerned about, How Secure Are You? Participants include: Richard Stiennon - Chief Research Analyst at I.T. Harvest, author of "Surviving Cyberwar." Edwin Alanouf, Systems Engineering Analyst, Symantec Corporation Brendan Newell,
WASHINGTON DC - An e-mail sent to an unknown number of government employees and contractors two days before Christmas appeared to be a holiday greeting from the White House but instead hid malware that stole data. The innocent-looking holiday e-greeting prompted recipients to click to view the card, but when the file was opened, malware
TROY - An informational meeting regarding the 2011-2012 U.S. Department of Defense-funded scholarship for concentrated studies in information assurance at Walsh College will be held Jan. 12 at the Troy campus. The deadline to apply is Feb. 18. Nan Poulios, director of the Walsh College Information Assurance Center and associate professor, will discuss the application
AUSTIN, Texas - Dell Tuesday beefed up its security efforts with the acquisition of SecureWorks, a company that provides information-security services. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. With the acquisition, Dell said in a statement that it would use SecureWorks' security-as-a-service applications-managed security, risk consulting and threat intelligence-to bolster its software lineup, CNET News.Com reported.
SAN FRANCISCO - Gerhard Eschelbeck, the chief technology officer at Webroot, pulled out his crystal ball to predict where the security industry seems to be heading in the coming year, and where we anticipate threats and targets. Mobile platforms: If you're reading this, there's a good chance you have either an iPhone, an Android phone,
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