August, 2011:

• Lenovo confirms that its #ThinkPad Tablet will have Absolute Software's Computrace software embedded
• Advanced malware and targeted attacks evade traditional defences and leave enterprises vulnerable to attack
• Data breach issues can't be solved by IT departments alone
• Hacking of certificate authority #DigiNotar led to fraudulent Google certificate being issued
• Apple and Google hire notable hackers
• Cyber crime remains primary concern for businesses, as a third experience attacks on a regular basis
• Addressing the modern day challenges of identity and access management
• ICO says knowledge of data privacy should be part of national curriculum
• #VMworld: VMware announces acquisition of PacketMotion, as LogLogic and HP launch virtual solutions
• Facebook awards more than £24,000 in first month of bug bounty program, as it denies requests for third party app bug reports
• Nokia takes down developer website after hack and Homer-ism defacement
• Professional Monitor: in association with (ISC)2
• No escape from the regulator
• The vendor collectors
• Following hacking attacks at the Defcon conference, just who can you trust?
• Show me the Tunny
• F-Secure identify spear phishing email that impacted RSA
• Cyber Security Challenge announces start of Linux contest
• Hartlepool man gets collar felt, part of #Anonymous investigation
• Taking down Rustock
• "We are not quitting PC business" says #HP UK supremo. Not yet anyway
• With members leaving, is this the beginning of the end for Anonymous?
• As easy as APT? It's not as simple as that
• Gartner warns of advanced persistent threats and offers suggestions for mitigation
• Second #Anonymous member speaks out against group's recent actions
• Twitter begins moving users to default #HTTPS sessions
• Calm down fellas, bad spam not surging after all says Symantec
• Facebook follows Google's lead on user privacy settings
• How a national education network ran secure computers without anti-virus
• London Fire Brigade implements access solution to reduce password reset requests
• South Korean branch of Epson suffers breach of 350,000 people's data following hack
• Has the advanced encryption standard been broken or weakened?
• McAfee defends its #shadyrat report, niet way it's shoddy
• Spam SMS reporting service application launched by AdaptiveMobile
• Lieberman Software and EdgeSeven announce partnership to combine SIEM and privileged identity management
• The Day after McAfee
• Former Anonymous member leaves the movement and condemns it for actions against innocent people
• Banks rated by Which? on security and usability
• LogLogic announces version 5.2 of its solution to introduce specific data management and double-authentication data masking
• Sticky password security technology from Lamantine Software launched for Apple devices
• HP announces plans to acquire #Autonomy
• A thousand days of Conficker
• Eugene Kaspersky dismisses Shady RAT report and likens malware to 'a lame piece of homebrew'
• Business app added by IntraLinks for Apple devices
• Second #opBART attack targets San Francisco police officers
• Apple facing £15 million class-action lawsuit over location data storage
• Revenge attack on pharmaceutical network was done via McDonalds WiFi
• Who is responsible for enforcing password etiquette in your business?
• BAE Systems IT Security Manager
• Security labs record surge in malicious spam over past week. Reasons unknown
• Report finds Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 ahead of Google Chrome and Apple Safari in blocking malicious pages
• NitroSecurity and Palo Alto Networks combine technologies to offer next-generation firewall and SIEM enterprise security solution
• Thales offers payment application capability for mobile devices
• Google passes ICO audit but must make privacy improvements on all products
• Radius now compatible with pin+
• Botnets create up to 80,000 daily queries on search engines
• Anonymous moves its BART fight to the streets of San Francisco, Michael Douglas not involved
• Senior IT Security and Assurance Officer
• Anonymous launches #OpBart attack after San Francisco transport group derails mobile signal
• BlackBerry small business management console launched
• PCI council guidance on tokenisation welcomed
• What should you do in the event of a data loss?
• Member photo u-turn on #linkedin adverts, group admits it could have 'communicated intentions more clearly'
• The Anonymous #opFacebook was genuine, but was not created to encourage a 5th November attack
• Avatars ahoy as #scmagazineuk goes virtually live this November 3
• Security R&D firm Subreption hit out at terms of Microsoft's #bluehat prize
• Anonymous says it will "kill #Facebook" on 5th November
• Trojan sticks to Super Glue website as infection fixes for five days
• Sophos announces new features for Astaro Security Gateway
• Citigroup hit by another data breach, as 92,000 Japanese customers affected
• Adobe releases patches for critical vulnerabilities in Flash, Shockwave and Photoshop
• Microsoft fixes Internet Explorer and 'blue screen of death' vulnerabilities on Patch Tuesday
• BlackBerry blog defaced and threats made over co-operation with police over #londonriots
• Multi-layered DDOS mitigation tool launched by Simwood
• Is your IT policy just a signature on a piece of paper?
• Consumers failing to take mobile security seriously says Sophos
• Schoolboy errors in Hampshire school hack attack, 20,000 at risk
• Anonymous ups the ante against police in new attack claim
• Gartner - privacy policies need to be revised by the end of 2012
• DLP is only as good as the people empowered to use it: your IT staff!
• SC Magazine Awards Europe 2012 officially open, new Global Award announced
• Salvation Army selects Becrypt for secure connectivity
• Rackspace launches mission-critical application saving service
• Sophos anti-virus criticised in research paper
• Microsoft to release 13 bulletins covering 22 vulnerabilities on its August Patch Tuesday
• How did intrusions go on for five years without being noticed?
• USB stick with financial details of 800 people lost in London boozer
• Hershey hacked by attacker who changes recipe rather than steal data
• IT services company recovers lost laptop after break-in
• Stuxnet, RSA and Sony scoop pwnie awards
• Black Hat: Microsoft stumps up $200,000 for "next great security technology"
• Black Hat: former CIA head likens cyber threat to run up to 9/11; scares audience
• Met Police warns off wannabe hackers, teenage collars in danger of being felt
• Qualys launches new web application scanner, user interface and consultant service at Black Hat
• McAfee's Shady RAT investigation reveals mass attacks over five year period
• Five new BlackBerry phones unveiled in London; first ever all-touch handset
• Mark McLaughlin switches from VeriSign to Palo Alto Networks to assume CEO position
• Mobile devices cause a rise in data breaches
• Security vendors offer united SIEM and penetration testing
• Check Point launches new software blade to offer URL filtering
• It's The Sun wot lost its data!
• Organisations fail to meet security awareness and compliance training best practices
• BeyondTrust acquires GentleSecurity to incorporate DLP into product line
• Facebook introduces bug disclosure program but no payment for third-party flaws
• New Anonymous YouTube "communication"; posters appear in US cities
• Symantec adds eDiscovery and data loss prevention technology to latest version of Enterprise Vault
• "Anonymous" Shetlander no longer anonymous as Met name arrested man in Topiary case
• Malware campaign uses RSA SecurID as subject matter, as cost of incident suspected to be around £40 million
• CA Technologies gets its paws on WatchMouse