May, 2013:

• IT security: M&A transactions are a different matter
• OSINT Tools: The foundation for social engineering and phishing attacks
• Drupal confirms credential breach following third party application vulnerability
• Intellectual property theft - detection is the best prevention
• Google believes zero-day vulnerabilities should be responded to within a week
• Underground talk on large DDoS threats increases following Spamhaus attack
• Microsoft to offer threat data in 'near real-time' to Certs and ISPs
• The shifting sands of data regulations - threat or opportunity?
• Minimum education requirements are needed for an IT security career
• Anonymous UK sets target on English Defence League
• Stratfor hacker charged, expected to face sentencing in September
• Secunia apologises over vulnerabilty disclosure on mailing list
• McAfee adds security functions to new endpoint protection solutions
• Work with users on password security rather than forcing it on them
• Understand the consequences of human error for corporate security
• Kemp adds authentication features to security technology
• Masters-level opportunity presented by UK universities and Cyber Security Challenge
• ITV and Sky both hit by the Syrian Electronic Army
• Defining an advanced persistent threat
• Give up confidentiality, integrity and availability
• Google announces deployment of 2048-bit SSL certificates
• Butch Cassidy and the hacking kids
• CNS Group launches educational PenTest Portal
• Calls made for better synchronisation between solutions and open architecture
• CISSP - more than words?
• Cyber crime and popcorn anyone?
• Twitter offers two-factor authentication for stronger logins
• Next-generation firewalls provide protection but add to workload
• Blue Coat is to acquire Solera Networks
• Egynte launches mobile data management solution
• Bit9 announces connectors for Palo Alto Network and FireEye analysis technologies
• Establishing new norms for data privacy
• Marble Security introduces secure mobile defence technology
• SSO and beyond - giving CIOs control in the cloud
• Websense to be acquired by private equity firm for $1 billion
• Research reveals reality of password sniffing over HTTP connections
• After the crime: content-based forensic triage in practice
• Sourcefire boosts remediation technology with trajectory and indictators of compromise features
• APT infrastructure infecting a wide range of sectors detected in India
• Tale of a risk assessor delights Eurovision
• FT suspends Twitter feed after apparent Syrian Electronic Army attack
• Sandboxed virtual execution space predicted to trickle down to SMB
• Abuse of privilege
• Mobile device management offered free to SMBs
• Sharing outside the Box
• Indian computer authorities to investigate what led to ATM heist
• Resilience ‒ the way to survive a cyber attack
• LulzSec members sentenced to total of six years, accessory to 32 months
• Patch Tuesday sees zero-days in Internet Explorer and Adobe products fixed
• Royal Holloway collects new grant for cyber security training
• Online Ownership
• HP seeks secret sauce to fill the gaps
• AhnLab announces entry into the UK
• ICO research finds lack of understanding around EC data protection proposals
• Information security - within budget
• User engagement can help with training, but accidental breaches are hard to prevent
• Visibility, security and access drives NHS to NAC solution
• Tool reveals Apple user locations
• Are you prepared for an incident?
• Microsoft to address IE8 zero-day vulnerability in next Patch Tuesday
• You've been breached: Who should be held accountable?
• Get people, privacy and policy correct before allowing collaborative working via mobiles
• Failure to share information and work collaboratively can cripple a business
• Spain refuses to extradite former HSBC employee who accessed accounts
• Businesses need to recognise BYOD and DDoS threats
• Privileged account details are often shared and can be a weak entry point for attackers
• Building defences for BYOD
• SpyEye Trojan developer and marketer extradited to US
• Responsibility should be a consideration when it comes to fines for data losses
• Security at the enterprise edge
• Check Point launches small business specific technology
• Information protection and business resilience careers at KPMG
• Microsoft faces IE8 zero-day, after US department serves watering hole attack
• McAfee to acquire Stonesoft for £249 million
• Security and legal professionals claim 24-hour breach notification will not be a complete burden
• Former information commissioner claims that data protection has not kept up with technology
• Cyber slings and arrows
• Vulnerability data shows majority of websites are susceptible to a serious flaw
• Effective cyber threat defence requires clear security focus
• Insider and mobile threats worry IT managers when it comes to data security
• Fixing the security skills gap is 'in every organisation's best interest'
• FinFisher command-and-control hubs turn up in 11 new countries
• Awareness programmes should be engaging and allow users to learn
• The circle of vulnerability management
• Trustwave launches three mobile-specific services
• Reputation.com attacked and user details are breached
• Key and certificate challenges could end up costing UK businesses £247 million