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Microsoft will automatically upgrade earlier versions of its Internet Explorer browser beginning in January. The updates will be for PCs running Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, Redmond said. Users in Australia and Brazil who have turned on the automatic update feature in Windows Update will...
It's December again, and it's a challenging time for information security organizations. It's challenging because while attacks become more prevalent during the holiday season in the form of spam and targeted malware, organizational security "readiness" paradoxically wanes at exactly the same time....
Speculation regarding the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's ties with troubled cellphone software firm Carrier IQ was sparked recently by the bureau's rejection of a request made under the Freedom of Information Act. The request aimed to uncover what records and information the bureau has on Ca...
It looks as if the United States federal government is getting even more serious about cybersecurity these days. First off, the White House released a road map that sets R&D priorities for cybersecurity in order to speed up efforts to secure the U.S. network infrastructure and change the governm...
Access to data has never been easier than it is today. With a few easy steps, it's possible to uncover just about any type of information you can imagine, even data that is supposedly legally protected, such as personal, financial, healthcare and government records. However, individuals with nefario...
There was perhaps no hotter topic in 2011 than the consumerization of IT, and for good reason. The rise of personal technology -- smartphones, tablets, storage devices and cloud services -- has forced the hand of IT departments across every industry sector, from SMB to enterprise. While the impact o...
A glitch in Facebook's code briefly let people access private photographs of other members. The bug was discovered by a member of an online bodybuilding forum. This led to people accessing personal images belonging to other other members. Even the site's founder and CEO wasn't immune -- Mark Zuckerb...
What a week it's been in the cybersecurity business! On Monday, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology released a report that called for the establishment of a body with nationwide authority to oversee the securing of the United States' national power grid. Last week, Congress began working to pu...
The United States needs an overarching national authority to oversee cybersecurity efforts connected to the national power grid, an MIT study suggests. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation have authority over the development of cybersecurit...
WikiLeaks launched a new spinoff website called "Spy Files" on Thursday that will publish documents about surveillance and privacy violations worldwide. The site has a page displaying a map of the world indicating where various violations are occurring, and it lists companies involved in monitoring ...
Software from the company Carrier IQ that's preinstalled on many mobile devices sold in the United States is capable of recording many of the activities performed on those phones and potentially relaying the data back to carriers, according to security researcher Trevor Eckhart. Eckhart refers to th...
Researchers at Columbia University have demonstrated that a remote firmware update command in some HP LaserJet printers can be hijacked, according to a report from MSNBC. In one case, a hacked printer was reportedly given commands that might cause it to get hot enough to scorch paper loaded in it. T...
The holiday shopping season is in full swing, even for malicious hackers. Cybercriminals are lining up to lay hands on a new exploit that takes advantage of a recently patched critical security flaw in Java, security researcher Brian Krebs warned recently. On the other side of the security line, Twi...
The European Union may begin an overhaul of its 1995 Data Protection Directive next year to provide one single unified body of legislation on this issue. EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding will propose the reform in January, according to spokesperson Matthew Newman. The legislation will be table...
All things considered, this past week has been hell on security professionals. On Monday, AT&T Wireless announced that hackers used automatic scripts to target some subscribers in a bid to steal information stored in their online accounts. They apparently didn't succeed. Hackers have breached se...
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