Security Weekly News 11 March 2011 – Full List

Category Index Hacking Incidents / Cybercrime Software Updates Business Case for Security Web Technologies Network Security Database Security Mobile Security Physical Security Tools Funny Hacking Incidents / Cybercrime   Cord Blood Registry Notifies 300,000 Of Potential Data Loss  [www.darkreading.com] Backup tapes stolen from employee's car contained unencrypted data The Cord Blood Registry earlier this week …

Security Weekly News 4 March 2011 – Summary

Thanks to Tadek and Toby for contributing to this weekly security bulletin! Feedback and/or contributions to make this better are appreciated and welcome Highlighted quotes of the week: “As a majority of security professionals know, there is more risk and a higher probability of an attacker causing mayhem from within an organisation than from outside …

Security Weekly News 4 March 2011 – Full List

Category Index Hacking Incidents / Cybercrime Unpatched Vulnerabilities Software Updates Business Case for Security Web Technologies Network Security Mobile Security Cryptography Privacy Funny / Odd Hacking Incidents / Cybercrime   GhostMarket cyber crime forum fraudsters jailed  [www.v3.co.uk] Four British men sentenced for their part in the largest cyber crime forum ever discovered The UK founder …

Security Weekly News 25 February 2011 – Summary

Quick note: As there seems to be an interest regarding mobile security I have decided to include that section of the full news in the summary, so the order for the summary will be now: business case for security, cloud security, mobile security, network security, web technologies, OWASP secure development guide snippet. You can always …

Security Weekly News 25 February 2011 – Full list

Category Index Hacking Incidents / Cybercrime Software Updates Business Case for Security Web Technologies Network Security Database Security Cloud Security Mobile Security Privacy and Censorship General Tools Funny Hacking Incidents / Cybercrime   SpamIt, Glavmed Pharmacy Networks Exposed  [krebsonsecurity.com] An organized crime group thought to include individuals responsible for the notorious Storm and Waledac worms …

Security Weekly News 18 February 2011 – Summary

Feedback and/or contributions to make this better are appreciated and welcome Highlighted quotes of the week: “We have decided to create the following forum letter before a compromise happens just to cover our bases. Because, as many of you know, it is not a matter of “if” it is a matter of “when.” We just …

Security Weekly News 18 February 2011 – Full list

Category Index Hacking Incidents / Cybercrime Unpatched Vulnerabilities Software Updates Business Case for Security Web Technologies Network Security Database Security Mobile Security Cloud Security Privacy and Censorship General Tools Funny Hacking Incidents / Cybercrime $1.5M Robbery of Bellagio Casino Foiled Thanks to RFID Chips  [singularityhub.com] If you’re thinking of robbing a Las Vegas casino, and …

Security Weekly News Catchup 11 February 2011 – Summary

Feedback and/or contributions to make this better are appreciated and welcome Highlighted quotes of the week: “We’ve learned the importance of Secure-By-Default because people rarely harden their “security” settings as standard practice” – Jeremiah Grossman “Modern browsers are incredibly complex beasts, pushed well beyond their intended limits – and in that capacity, broken in more …

Security Weekly News Catchup 11 February 2011

Category Index Hacking Incidents / Cybercrime / Data Leakage Unpatched Vulnerabilities Software Updates Business Case for Security Web Technologies Network Security Mobile Security Wireless Security Cryptography / Encryption Privacy and Censorship Social Engineering General Tools Funny Hacking Incidents / Cybercrime / Data Leakage   ‘S3’ Identity Theft Ring Busted In Brooklyn  [www.darkreading.com] Feds arrest 27 …

Security Weekly News 20 January 2011 – Summary

In case you missed it I recently put together this quick blog post regarding how to fix Skype when the call button is just disabled and does not let you ring anybody.  Feedback and/or contributions to make this better are appreciated and welcome Highlighted quotes of the week: “”We accept the risk” shouldn’t be magic …