Security Trends

Glass Box: The Next Phase of Web Application Security Testing?

IBM's latest AppScan release combines static and dynamic testing methods.

U.S. DOJ: The Cloud Provides No Legal Cover for Criminals

Crooks and their data cannot hide from the long arm of the law, even in the cloud.

Symantec: Cyber Attacks May Be Costing Your Business $470,000 Annually

As the average cost of recovering from cyber attacks approaches half a million dollars per year, Symantec says it's time to beef up your defenses.

RSA Chief: Conventional Security Defenses Are Inadequate

Speaking from recent experience, RSA's Art Coviello says the question now is not whether your defenses will be breached -- it's whether you are equipped to respond when it happens.

The Future of Firefox Security

New efforts in 2012 could make the open source browser even more secure.

A Silver Bullet for Application Security?

Symantec teams up with universities on a research project to make code more secure.

The Exploit That Didn't Happen

Is it becoming more difficult for hackers to exploit software vulnerabilities?

Evaluating the Security of Sliced Data Storage in the Cloud

Can you trust your company's data to remain secure when it's sliced and dispersed to a storage cloud running on unknown hardware? The answer may surprise you.

iOS vs. Android Security: And the Winner Is?

You might just be surprised (or not).

Finding Attack Patterns at the Digital Crime Scene

Using scientific methods, Symantec researchers aim to profile the IT threat landscape.

Security Spend Outpacing the Rest of IT

High profile breaches and mobile devices are driving IT security spending.

Public Cloud Keys Too Easy to Find

If you put the keys to your cloud infrastructure in plain sight, don't be surprised if you get hacked.

How to Prevent Employees from Stealing Your Intellectual Property

It's the employee with the sticky hands that is the easiest and cheapest to thwart.

5 iOS 5 Enterprise Security Considerations

You can't keep Apple out of the enterprise anymore so it's best to figure out the most secure way to embrace it, writes Dan Croft of Mission Critical Wireless.

Zeus (Still) Wants Your Wallet

The antivirus community has failed to figure out this able and persistent piece of malware. It's as simple as that.

Spear Phishing Quickly Coming of Age

Even the security giants are not immune from this sophisticated and growing form of attack, writes Jovi Bepinosa Umawing of GFI Software.

Penetration Testing Shows Unlikely Vulnerabilities

Enterprises need to dig deeper than just automated scanning to find the really interesting and dangerous cyber security flaws.

Bank Fraud Still Costing Plenty

Bank fraud is and will continue to be an expensive problem.

Which Browser is the Most Secure?

The 'most hostile' one, say researchers at Accuvant Labs.

PlayBook Tops in Tablet Security

Recent price reductions may mean more Blackberry Playbook tablets entering your organization, but that may not be such a bad thing for IT security teams.

'They' Really Are Watching You

Your friends may say you're paranoid but this time you might be right.

Do IT Security Tools Really Make You Safer?

Yet another suite of tools for IT security folks to administer and manage can actually have the opposite effect.

Android Security Becoming an Issue

As the Android mobile platform gains market share, it also garners a lot of interest from cyber crooks as well as IT security vendors.

Siege Warfare in the Cyber Age

In one the unlikeliest turn of events brought about by technology, it looks like Middle Ages' siege warfare may be making a comeback, writes Gunter Ollmann of Damballa.

DigiNotar: When Trust Goes, e-Everything Goes

The failure of Dutch certificate authority DigiNotar should have Android, iOS and IT security folks very concerned.