December, 2009:

• President Barack Obama identifies five priority areas for the new cybersecurity coordinator Howard Schmidt, as he is greeted with a positive response
• MBNA confirms data loss after laptop containing personal details of thousands of customers was stolen from vendor
• Irdeto acquires Philips Electronics' full suite of white-box cryptology patents and applications to boost 'Cloakware' solution
• Microsoft fails in appeal against i4i ruling as it faces £182 million fine and injunction on selling Word
• A year in headlines on SC Magazine: September - December
• VeriSign adds new languages to its 'Phish/No Phish' game
• Claims made that the problem with cyber attacks lies with the technology community as 2010 will be the year of execution
• SC conference speaker Howard Schmidt set to be confirmed as Obama's White House cybersecurity coordinator
• Have multiple acquisitions left the industry too narrow for 2010?
• A year in headlines on SC Magazine: May - August
• Gartner claims that checking the small print on social networking security policy will avoid concern in the case of compromise
• Failures on DNS control led to the Twitter redirection last week
• A year in headlines on SC Magazine: January - April
• Spam that contains MP3 files which directs to a Canadian pharmacy website selling cheap Viagra has been detected by several vendors
• PayPal remains the most phished brand of 2009 while spam URLs relating to banking sites remain high
• Computacenter announced as official partner and reseller of Vblock infrastructure packages
• New web filtering appliance launched by SmoothWall for its 'Guardian' family
• Mixed response given to establishment of a code of conduct and clarity of cloud computing with questions asked on benefit for enterprises
• Twitter hacked overnight with users redirected to a page that claimed it was 'hacked by the Iranian cyber army'
• Predictions made that Conficker will continue to dominate malware and botnets into 2010 as new malware uses copycat tactics
• A change in data breach notification laws predicted to expose the biggest breach to overshadow previous reports
• Malicious advertising predicted to see an increase in 2010
• Do you really need to print off that email?
• Work on a code of conduct for the definition of cloud computing has begun by the Cloud Industry Forum
• Adobe will release a patch for the Reader and Acrobat vulnerability within the next four weeks
• Websense and Google warn of scam adverts which uses company names in a bid to lure unsuspecting users in
• Prevx and CPP partner to add SafeOnline technology to Identity Protection Alert
• LogLogic releases version 4.9 of its log management software
• Signify and AppGate partnership sees introduction of cloud-based two-factor authentication
• Amazon creates public beta of its virtual private cloud service
• Microsoft admits to stealing code from Canadian microblogging site Plurk for its Chinese beta of Juku
• Generalisation on private and public cloud combined with a lack of security definition is not promoting trust
• Corporate travel company protects web access with SmoothWall
• Enterprise security suite solution introduced by Optenet
• BlockMaster announces enhancements to SafeStick USB and SafeConsole software
• 2010: what the security industry predicts will hurt us in the next 12 months
• Brand owners do have options when it comes to cybersquatting
• MoD laptop loss should cause an evaluation of its security policy
• SQL injection flaw found in social networking site with claims made that some accounts had been compromised
• Zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat already seeing exploits
• Oracle moves closer to Sun Microsystems acquisition with proposals for MySQL submitted, but its founder asks people to block the purchase
• Akamai Technologies introduces cloud-based web application firewall managed service
• A look back at a tricky 12 months for the USB stick as it was blamed for data loss and Conficker, and what the future holds
• Claims made that automated analysis of logs is the only viable protection against insider and outsider threats
• New laptop loss report from the Ministry of Defence, as it confirms the encryption key was also taken
• M86 Security readies Finjan-powered secure web gateway for 2010 release
• Kaspersky introduces master password software to manage multiple logins
• 2009: a year of incident, loss, malware and ultimately education
• Card fraud expected to rise as warnings made about security precautions two weeks ahead of Christmas Day
• Facebook users continue to heap criticism over privacy control changes, as it is accused of making a transparent grab for advertising revenue
• Adobe offers first patch for several months as it fixes critical vulnerability in Flash Player
• SafeNet's Luna SA 4.1 hardware security module achieves Common Criteria EAL4+ certification
• Citicus risk management software selected for Scottish government's Customer First programme
• Claranet achieves PCI DSS compliance for its data centres
• SC Magazine explores the Israeli information security industry with a trip to Tel Aviv
• SC's review of the decade: turbulent times for information security
• Liftoff for the SC Executive Network
• Social networking can cause problems in the workplace, but there are solutions
• Facebook comes under heavy criticism from users and security commentators after it changes policy on privacy controls
• Final patch Tuesday of 2009 from Microsoft sees Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability covered
• Professional Monitor: In association with (ISC)2
• RSA Conference Europe's Linda Lynch questions Alessandro Campioni from Telecom Italia
• New multi-solutions make it difficult for IT managers to keep tabs on all the products
• Top 15 most common attacks in IT security include SQL injection, keylogging and abuse of privileges
• Fortify introduces virtual testing to understand overall risk exposure
• Online consultation launched by the Information Commissioner's Office to evaluate online privacy
• Symantec announces enhancements to storage management and high availability solutions
• Microsoft patch batch includes fix for zero-day IE flaw
• Researcher demonstrates Pentagon XSS vulnerability
• Web attacks are financial boon for crooks, Cisco finds
• GrIDsure and CRYPTOCard form partnership to implement authentication technology onto latest version of BlackShield ID
• SecureWorks acquires dns to expand business into the UK and Europe
• Government announces strategy that will see internet safety taught to primary school children from 2011
• Report claims that 2009 was a year of stronger botnets and increased spam detections as cybercriminals learnt lessons from McColo
• Mimecast receives the first VerAfied security mark from Veracode for its cloud service
• KACE expands KBOX solution to incorporate patching for Windows 7 and Mac OS 10.6 with a move towards automation
• Vulnerability detected in SSL products that affects many systems that may allow an attacker to hijack a VPN session
• Network created to support technology industry in drive towards Digital Britain
• Microsoft to cover Windows, Internet Explorer and Office on Patch Tuesday while Adobe updates Flash Player and AIR
• A change in policy is what is needed to prevent data loss, as harsher punishments beckon
• Malware will migrate to mobile devices but viruses predicted to have less of an impact
• Information Security Forum signs affiliation agreement with Japanese Network Security Association
• New web and email appliances from Clearswift
• PayPal inadvertently confirm that its own message is a phishing scam
• Intrusion prevention is possible on a virtual network but inter-switch monitoring will give a similar perspective as a physical network
• Police efforts to shut down fraudulent websites accused of being a stopgap measure at best or maybe a waste of time
• Companies fail to secure their mobile calls as challenges of interception predicted to rise in the next six months
• As fake sites that sold Ugg boots and Tiffany jewellery are shut down, warnings are made that this will be the biggest Christmas ever for data loss
• Stonesoft adds geolocation to its StoneGate management centre
• New version of client security introduced by F-Secure
• When a hackee met the hacker
• How can you protect your brand online if new domains are created?
• A visit to northern France yields a new name in unified threat management
• Virtualisation being driven by IT departments rather than the boardroom, while a fear of missing out and convenience moves it on
• New spam emails sent from the Zeus botnet contain references to the H1N1 swine flu virus
• Sourcefire introduces version 4.9 of its 3D system to ease concerns about the security of virtual infrastructures
• Employees seek private WiFi in the workplace that leads to monitoring and security problems for IT managers
• Businesses have no plans to upgrade to Windows 7, while deployment of anti-virus software reduces
• Large enterprise logging solution set for release by LogLogic
• Facebook looks back on 'great year' with final changes made on users privacy settings as regional networks are scrapped
• Calls for European-style laws on database protection to be implemented in the UK
• New tools added to Safend data protection suite for network discovery and compliance
• IBM completes the acquisition of database security firm Guardium
• Cloud-based web security and email archiving introduced by Webroot
• Panel of CISOs and resellers aim to find the most innovative security solutions
• Leveraging compliance regulations to achieve total security intelligence
• Latest version of Peakflow threat management system from Arbor Networks adds IPv6 insight and 40GB capacity
• New Zealand based man ordered to pay more than $16 million after being accused of running major spam operation
• URL shortening site bit.ly appoints Websense and Sophos to scan for malicious links
• Contrasting opinions have been given on whether a level of preparedness should be part of PCI DSS compliance
• Koobface begins Christmas campaign on the 1st December with malicious Facebook messages and video
• 2011 Census Security Manager
• Network protection added for small and medium enterprises by PineApp
• Gumtree website joins Get Safe Online following introduction of interactive safety hub