June, 2010:

• A look back and forward at significant threats of 2010 and how they were predicted
• A lack of security on social networking sites causes problems for businesses
• SC Think Tank: Security in a virtual world
• Barracuda enhances spam and virus firewall to incorporate full inbound and outbound email scanning
• Adobe rolls out patches two weeks ahead of schedule to cover zero-day flaws
• Apple to end support for iOS 2.x application development, as support for iOS 4 increases
• WatchGuard extends protection to large numbers of remote workers
• Details of 24,000 people lost following laptop theft from training company
• Survey: State of the information security nation
• Analysing the brave new cloud world
• US judge halts East European fraud racket that went undetected for years
• UK first on PCI DSS claimed by Bradford-based consultant ECSC
• Making sense of compliance and governance
• SC Technical Masterclass: Identity flow in a Service Oriented Architecture
• The difficulty of utilising information security in a business
• SC Magazine interview: Selva Selvaratnam, CTO of HID Global
• Natalya Kaspersky looks beyond the limitations of DLP at InfoWatch
• Cyber war is a fact of life but the West needs to tread carefully in its response says expert Richard Stiennon in SC video
• FTC forces Twitter to upgrade its IT security program
• VeriSign refutes competitor's vulnerability claim
• Researcher demonstrates Twitter XSS vulnerability
• SMBs, individuals being targeted by telephone DoS
• Senior leaders becoming disconnected from security
• US State leads probe into Google Wi-Fi data collection
• VeriSign refutes competitor's vulnerability claim
• Kingston Digital partners with Blockmaster to bolster secure USB offering
• Palo Alto move to secure remote workers with extended control solution
• RSA and Lumension work together to enhance DLP solutions
• Could rogue WiFi points compromise unassuming Apple iPhone users?
• A focus on outsourcing and cost saving awaits the CIO
• USB stick encryption takes a nosedive when mobile data is unprotected
• Is the Mariposa botnet still functioning three months after it was shut down and its owners were arrested?
• LogRhythm expands platform abilities to add geolocation and boost network visibility
• Qualys adds patching report to ensure networks remain vulnerability free
• People should be used to identify security issues, as businesses become more aware of risk and attack issues
• IT issues take precedence over the World Cup final for staffers, as bandwidth increases by half during matches
• Twitter admits that it is having its worst month in since October as it struggles under World Cup related tweets
• Blue Coat moves into data loss prevention market with introduction of three new appliances
• Cloud-based scanning service introduced by Watchguard
• IT Security Professionals
• Kaspersky Lab: Mobile malware evolves as an industry focus on it is the next step
• ICO steps up action against Independent Police Complaints Commission over freedom of information requests
• Apple issues security updates, as NCP Engineering rolls out VPN client suite for Macs
• If Facebook users are not looking to delete their profiles was the change in privacy settings a success?
• A need for correlation between operating systems seen as the greatest need for security in the next decade
• Hampshire County Council enables secure data access for teachers with two-factor authentication technology
• Pornographic sites now account for more than a third of websites, as incidents of cyber squatting persist
• AT&T iPad hacker arrested on drug charges‎
• Government declares that Apple iPhones are not to be used for sensitive communications
• Malicious attacks reported due to the Windows vulnerability found last week
• A British citizen is a victim of cyber crime every seven seconds, as scams become harder to detect
• Sophos poll claims that Facebook should do more to prevent clickjacking attacks
• Ipswitch acquires fellow managed file transfer company MessageWay Solutions
• Veracode enhances application testing service to introduce download of vulnerability identification
• Review - Sophos Security Threat Monitor Apple iPhone application
• Last chance to sign up for your complimentary place at the SC Forum
• Information Commissioner concerned about NHS data breaches, as two more incidents are reported
• AVG launches LinkScanner for Mac users
• Fresh 'likejacking' attack on Facebook, as revisions are made on page controllers
• Gartner offers conflicting opinions on the success and failure of Software-as-a-Service
• Claim made that there is no need for scaremongering on the iPad incident as it 'hardly represents a big risk'
• Brocade moves to simplify virtualised appliances
• AMTSO moves to testing changes with new guidelines
• Development of call protection could lead to the end of the theft of customer payment data exchanged over the telephone
• Trend Micro set to acquire online storage and data synchronisation company
• Hours until the World Cup kicks off, yet the scams have been present for months, as fans become prime targets for the next month
• AT&T blocks access to a feature after email addresses of users were leaked
• Adobe patches Flash security issues with upgrade to player
• Twitter and AVG announce acquisitions
• Privacy International claims that Google could face criminal charges over Street View admission
• Check Point completes acquisition of data security firm
• ICO encouraged to dish out first fine to show credibility
• Irish Data Protection Commissioner introduces draft code of practice on breach notification
• New zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Windows XP and 2003 discovered
• Twitter prepares launch of URL shortening service
• Kaspersky Lab launches latest versions of its consumer products with added features
• CA Technologies' information governance business set to be acquired by Autonomy
• Biggest Patch Tuesday in eight months from Microsoft covers SharePoint, Office and Internet Explorer vulnerabilities
• Adobe to release emergency patch for Flash tomorrow, while Reader and Acrobat remain exposed until the end of this month
• This is the summer to revise IT policy, as employees clamber to watch the World Cup at work
• Financial institutions increase security spending, as threats and regulatory penalties rise
• Sophos adds three new protection technologies into cloud-based architecture
• Two months of increased enforcement by the Information Commissioner's Office but why are we yet to see the first fine?
• Adobe zero-day vulnerability exploited by backdoor Trojan on a PDF file
• FaceTime set to rebrand after transferring name trademark to Apple
• Symantec completes its PGP and GuardianEdge acquisitions to move into the encryption market
• Check Point partners with RSA to integrate technologies
• Trend Micro expands endpoint security offering with virtual desktop discovery
• Adobe warns of zero-day vulnerability in its Reader, Acrobat and Flash Player
• The majority of business disruptions are caused by workplace problems rather than technology failures
• Gartner encourages businesses to start to look to the end of Windows XP
• Kaspersky Lab summit: phishing is evolving as hackers get better and people are more easily caught out
• Kaspersky Lab summit: Adobe needs to look at Reader update settings if it wants users to be secure
• Welsh medical practice hit by ICO after losing unencrypted memory stick
• Ten bulletins with six critical issues set to be covered by Microsoft in next week's Patch Tuesday
• Facebook requires application developers to approve accounts
• Smartphone monitoring application introduced for Apple iPad by MobileIron
• IT security professionals hack their own networks for penetration testing
• LogLogic set to launch virtual appliances
• Apple Mac users have been warned about spyware that is installed by freely distributed Mac applications
• Microsoft states that Windows is secure, as industry claims that security problems lie across all operating systems
• West Berkshire Council found in breach of the Data Protection Act for second time in six months following USB stick loss
• What happened when the creators of the Mariposa botnet met the company who brought it down?
• Claims made that Google has blocked access to Facebook APIs and is winding down Windows use
• Jewish Chronicle confirms that it was hit by a denial-of-service attack on Monday following Gaza flotilla incident
• Radware combines intrusion and denial-of-service protection with network behavioural analysis in new solution
• Convergence of communication services on a single IP can cause security headaches
• Facebook hit by clickjacking attack over the weekend, as users are slow to take up on the revised privacy settings
• IM Global acquired by Deloitte
• Adobe denies plans of a move to monthly patching
• Start initiative launched to see more investment and interest in sustainability