IT Security

Archive: 04-2012

• 2012 Sophos security report: The threat landscape

  Patrick Lambert breaks down the threat types that the Sophos 2012 security report identified in their annual survey. What’s still around and what threats are on the rise?

  Posted by Patrick Lambert | April 24, 2012, 7:29 AM PDT

• Government task force seeks to eradicate insider threats: Practical recommendations

  Is the President’s new task force, launched last fall, really going to deal with the insidious role of the insider threat? Paul Kenyon, Avecto COO, recommends some security industry best...

  Posted by Guest Contributor | April 24, 2012, 6:00 AM PDT

• TaintDroid: Warns about Android apps leaking sensitive data

  Unfortunately, there is no simple way to determine what personal data is leaking from your smartphone. Michael Kassner interviews members of a research team that want to change that.

  Posted by Michael Kassner | April 22, 2012, 8:04 PM PDT

• Security vs. convenience: Will users embrace the opt-in?

  Patrick Lambert looks at Mozilla’s recent decision to make Flash and other plugins an opt-in feature for users instead of a default. Will users regard it as a nuisance or a safeguard?

  Posted by Patrick Lambert | April 19, 2012, 6:00 AM PDT

• Defending against Advanced Persistent Threats

  Alfonso Barreiro defines the security class known as Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) and describes the security view you should take of your organization to combat them.

  Posted by Alfonso Barreiro | April 16, 2012, 1:30 PM PDT

• Does your flashlight app know where you are? Probing Android permissions

  Android permissions are difficult to understand. Michael Kassner interviews a research team using the “wisdom of the crowd” to clarify what a permission actually does.

  Posted by Michael Kassner | April 16, 2012, 7:16 AM PDT

• Does your cloud storage provider hold the keys to your data?

  Patrick Lambert looks at some recent cloud data breaches and our approach to safeguarding data that is trusted to cloud providers. Take the poll about what data, if any, you trust to the cloud.

  Posted by Patrick Lambert | April 10, 2012, 6:20 AM PDT

• The dark side of anonymous remailers

  Anonymity needs to be preserved in some situations, but in the case of some security threats, total anonymity is dangerous. Michael Kassner looks at the problem of remailers.

  Posted by Michael Kassner | April 9, 2012, 7:19 AM PDT

• New exploits targeting critical infrastructure added to Metasploit

  Security researchers release exploits that target the programmable logic controllers at the heart of critical infrastructure.

  Posted by Selena Frye | April 5, 2012, 1:15 PM PDT

• Infographic: The who, what, and where of identity theft in the U.S.

  The source of this infographic on identity theft complaints in the U.S. is the Federal Trade Commission. See a breakdown of the numbers by age group and region.

  Posted by Selena Frye | April 4, 2012, 10:39 AM PDT