Network Security

BYOD: IT claims security fears but blocks Angry Birds instead

More than half of organizations take months or years to discover a breach, Verizon says

Over 90 percent of data breaches are caused by external attacks, according to a new Verizon report

Rapidly evolving low-cost mobile technology keeps the military up at night

DARPA Deputy Director tells Armed Services hearing of mobile, cyber security threats

Making sense of mobile device, app, and information management

As BYOD moves out of basic email access, IT seeks control over apps and data on users' devices. What can IT actually get?

Malware increasingly uses DNS as command and control channel to avoid detection, experts say

Most companies are unprepared to deal with the use of DNS as command and control channel for malware, experts said at the RSA Conference

HP cuts staff as webOS transitions to open-source

HP plans to release the entire operating system to the open-source community by September

FTC: Identity theft still top consumer blight

Florida, Georgia worst identity theft states

FTC: ID theft again tops consumer concerns

US residents also report other fraud schemes coming through email and websites

Secunia: We don’t know how vendors will react to our repackaging their updates

Secunia's new Personal Software Inspector 3.0 program will repackage security updates for hundreds of applications

Cisco brings Hotspot 2.0 carrier-network smarts to its Wi-Fi

Cisco is implementing the Hotspot 2.0 standard and a radio-agnostic gateway for easy use of hotspots