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IT Developments Blog'Clueful' Android App, Reporters and Hackers, the CloudBy Sara TurnerMay 22, 2013 12:53 pm Some news from the world of IT... New 'Clueful' app scans Android phones for privacy leaks NBC News - Anti-virus firm Bitdefender Tuesday launched Clueful, a free Android app that tells you how much other Android apps invade your privacy. SecureAuth Launches "Fingerprint" Authentication For BYOD Security Dark Reading - SecureAuth IdP 7.0 uses an heuristics approach to identify, authenticate, and assert access to mobile devices and apps. Growing mobile malware threat swirls (mostly) around Android Computer World - Attacks on mobile devices are rising just as PC malware soared with the Web, Kaspersky Lab says. Sony to assess spin-off plan; cuts targets for cameras, smartphones Yahoo - Sony Corp cut its sales targets for digital cameras, smartphones and tablets by 13-17 percent for the year to end-March 2015, but said there were "encouraging" signs of a revival in its electronics business. Blue Coat Gets into Big Data Security by Acquiring Solera eSecurity Planet - Blue Coat Systems is growing its security business by way of acquisition. Sourcefire Enhances Malware Protection Portfolio to Track Malware Movement Security Week - On Monday, Sourcefire announced improvements to its Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) portfolio, which aims to offer customers more visibility into attack activity. This additional insight, the company said, will enable clients to detect, remediate, and control malware outbreaks faster. EMC: Why it's becoming all about the software ZD Net - How storage vendor EMC is building a business focused around software as margins on storage hardware decline. SAP touts service that sells customer data from phone firms CNet - The European maker of enterprise software would serve as a kind of middleman, analyzing data gathered by various wireless operators, selling results to marketers, and sharing the profits with the wireless companies. Reporters use Google, find breach, get branded as hackers Ars Technica - Scripps reporters uncover mishandling of customer data; companies threaten to sue. Congress Smashes Pentagon's New Den of Spies Wired - If the Pentagon's not careful, it's going to find its new network of spies rolled up by Congress. Why you need a security buddy (and how to find one) CSO - Michael Santarcangelo explains why pairing security pros with non-security people helps each partner do their job more effectively - and reduces risk for the enterprise. Should CIOs Hire Cyber Pinkertons? InformationWeek - If a full-on cyber war breaks out, what will your company do? Avoid the Internet or hire a cyber Pinkerton? Researchers find critical vulnerabilities in popular game engines PCWorld - Security researchers found serious vulnerabilities in the engines of several popular first-person shooter video games that could allow attackers to compromise their online servers and the computers of players accessing them. "March for Innovation" starts, gets Pete Cashmore, Steve Case on board The Washington Post - Here's what we're reading/watching Wednesday. GIF creator settles it, says it's pronounced like the peanut butter LA Times - If you were among the group of people who said a GIF, the popular animated images file, is pronounced like the word "Jif," then give yourself a pat on the back -- you were right. 'The Chinese Are Not Going to Stop' Threat Post - The news that the attack on Google in 2009 also compromised a database holding warrants for lawful intercept surveillance on users has raised fears about the security of national security data on private networks. NYPD detective accused of hiring email hackers Help Net Security - Edwin Vargas, a detective with the New York City Police Department, has been arrested on Tuesday for computer hacking crimes. One Year After Launch, Cloud Security Initiative Has Its First Taker NextGov - The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, which began operating in early June 2012 and is aimed at simplifying the purchase of online software, has attracted its first buyer: the Health and Human Services Department. Bad first impression? Give the cloud a second chance InfoWorld - Don't let early reliability issues and some high-profile outages keep you from giving the cloud the chance it deserves. DDoS Attacks: What Can Enterprises Do to Combat Them? eWeek - Somebody always has something to gain from a distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. A DDoS hit is carried out by a bot computer or hacker sending a large amount of innocent-looking traffic to a Website. All it takes are a few thousand requests per second to kill most of today's application stacks. If there is just an order of magnitude more, even the servers could buckle and crash the site. Getting started with the new Flickr USA Today - Flickr hasn't been awesome for some time. The once-pioneering socially oriented photo-sharing site has languished under Yahoo's ownership and in the wake of stiff competition from, among others, Facebook Photos and Facebook's Instagram. Post a Comment |
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