April, 2011:

• SC Magazine Awards Europe 2011 photo slideshow
• Apple responds to data collection concerns
• FBI warns of millions lost in fraudulent transfers to China
• PlayStation Network hacked, data on millions at risk
• Lawmakers to probe smartphone data collection
• 'Stars' worm targets systems in Iran, official says
• Kaspersky's kidnapped son rescued unhurt
• Infosecurity Europe: SecurEnvoy presented with Queen's Award for Enterprise for Innovation
• Infosecurity Europe: ViaSat hits back at ICO claims of inaccuracy
• Targeted attacks remain a concern for security professionals, as many admit to suffering attacks and data loss
• Infosecurity Europe: Rogue wireless network snares more than 300 visitors in four hours
• WatchGuard adds safe search and control for 1,800 applications with threat management enhancements
• Infosecurity Europe: Cheque presented to ChildLine by White Hat for £131,000
• Barclays faces the consequences with new information risk campaign
• Infosecurity Europe: deputy Information Commissioner refutes freedom of information findings, as ICO prepares first mandatory disclosure laws
• Combined anti-virus, application control and patch management in new Lumension technology
• Infosecurity Europe: Can consumerisation be turned to a business advantage?
• Infosecurity Europe: A skills gap does exist but concern should be on protecting against future threats
• SC Magazine Awards Europe 2011 winners announced
• Senior security consultant, penetration testing
• Infosecurity Europe: Web 2.0 and personal devices continue to be the plague of the IT manager
• Liaison launches tokenisation managed service
• Cisco enhances borderless networking to enforce device management
• Vulnerabilities in security software double in six months, as a lack of education and awareness blamed
• Survey: Compliance strategies
• SIEM: Out of the shadows and into the light
• Coreflood botnet taken down following US Department of Justice and FBI intervention
• Sourcefire announces new technologies into intrusion prevention range
• Egress confirms contract negotiations with London councils for encryption and secure file transfer services
• Small businesses need to embrace big technology
• FTP comes of age, as considerations made on how practicality is over-riding security
• Facing up to the mobile revolution
• Professional monitor: in association with (ISC)2
• New drive destroyer to be debuted next week, with offer made to Infosecurity Europe exhibitors
• Businesses need to patch up or fall down
• The protection of corporate data needs to be addressed by top-level executives
• Despite criticism anti-virus technologies work hard to keep up with threats
• Compliance-as-a-Service solution launched by CNS
• The rights, wrongs and moral debate on employee monitoring
• WordPress parent hacked leaving source code exposed
• External attacks expected to supersede the insider threat in the next three years
• Brightmail-powered Symantec messaging gateway launched
• Spear phishing experiment on LinkedIn leads to two-thirds of recipients clicking through to an external domain
• Microsoft offers first view of Internet Explorer 10
• Microsoft covers 64 vulnerabilities, with 17 bulletins on Patch Tuesday
• Skybox Security improves visibility and analysis tool with capability to determine security threats
• A lack of trust and reliance on IT data shows CIOs do not have an understanding of their IT infrastructure
• City University announces postgraduate course for security professionals to progress to management positions
• The denial-of-service ransom threat
• High profile CIOs back employee monitoring technology
• UK businesses continue to embrace cloud, as email and backup prove to be the main service solutions
• British Airways selects data management services from Informatica
• Life and pensions firm concerned about lost tape that contained personal and bank account details
• Is the advanced persistent threat just another passing trend?
• Security education: we are doing it wrong
• (ISC)2 introduces studISCope tool to test for CSSLP accreditation online
• University of Westminster has selected Palo Alto Networks firewalls
• UK businesses clueless on Koobface, as 13 per cent believe it is a cartoon character
• Google and Facebook challenge French government on personal data law
• Microsoft set to release 17 bulletins including nine critical fixes on its next Patch Tuesday
• Protected Networks aims to change the way privileged access is managed
• Compliance-as-a-Service solution introduced for mid-size organisations
• Employees would whistleblow on colleagues and approve of strictly enforced policies
• If your outsourced data is breached, where does the responsibility lie?
• Epsilon confirms that no financial data was breached, as it admits that the potential loss of clients is its greatest risk
• Virgin Media Business awarded public sector network security accreditation
• Absolute Software launches new version of Manage platform to offer better control of Apple devices
• Former Gucci engineer accused of hacking into network and disrupting service
• Google adds executable file detection to Chrome
• Authentication technologies seen as too complex, expensive and difficult
• Zeus source code now available for $5,000, as predictions made that its cost will continue to drop
• City of York Council breaches Data Protection Act after personal information was incorrectly sent to a third party
• Targeted attacks increased in 2010, as Stuxnet and Hydraq demonstrated what could be achieved
• Breach at email marketing company Epsilon could affect millions of American shoppers
• EMC acquires NetWitness to integrate network security monitoring into its RSA technology
• Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust rapped by ICO over subject access request breaches
• Is a secure, firewall-less network possible?
• RSA attacker used spear phishing messages to exploit an Adobe Flash vulnerability to get access
• Android mobile and tablet security solutions introduced by Webroot
• CronLab signs Germany, Austria and Switzerland distribution agreement
• Clinic database breach leads to HIV status of pornographic actors being leaked
• Email mailshot leads to security breach