July, 2010:

• McAfee moves to acquire mobile security company
• BDNA launches in the UK to search, discover and collate IT assets
• Efficient data sharing and closer working relationships will cut down on fraud in financial institutions
• Facebook detail harvest described as not a concerning security issue, but should act as a warning on open profiles
• Black Hat conference video feed had access flaw, as Pwnie awards announced
• Sourcefire introduces threat collection and detection solution
• Botnet seller connected to the Mariposa operation arrested in Slovenia following FBI and security industry intervention
• Apple issues patch for Safari, as details of AutoFill vulnerability will be demonstrated today at the Black Hat conference
• Investigations into cyber crime declines, as US Secret Service points to organised crime efforts
• Qualys launches open source application detection solution at Black Hat
• Identity fraud levels increase despite rise of awareness and increased education
• Microsoft looks forward to Black Hat conference, as it explains its reasons for sleeping with the enemy
• Secure conference call solution introduced by Cellcrypt
• Mozilla warns of malicious add-ons that send passwords to a third party and execute remote JavaScript code
• Twitter and Google are riddled with malicious links
• Nominations for SC's Most Influential 2010 close end of July
• Sainsbury's Finance offers free download of Prevx SafeOnline to customers
• Malware removal capability added to Rapport financial security software
• G Data introduces hotfix for Windows shortcut vulnerability
• Employees ignore IT policy, as companies encouraged to get a firmer grip on social networking and web tools
• Facebook launches safety page and closes down a major application
• Apple issues update to suspicious Citigroup application after user details were saved
• Who watches the watchers?
• Sophos adds tool to cover Windows zero-day vulnerability as industry waits for a patch
• Phishing tactic uses proxy hackers to harvest hundreds of thousands of credentials
• Slimware Utilities launches free cloud-based cleaning software this week at Black Hat conference
• Database hacked at New Zealand pizza chain to reveal personal details of 230,000 customers
• Twitter acknowledges a system failure last week, as it reveals data centre plans to cope with increased demand
• Google pledges that a new version of Chrome will be released every six weeks
• Ten per cent of the world's computers discovered to have been compromised
• Microsoft revamps its disclosure rules to prevent details about security issues being openly published prior to patching
• Overtis Systems focuses attention on endpoint security, as it sells its solutions division
• Cloud-based platform service introduced by Unisys as part of managed solutions range
• User input into device purchases welcomed by IT managers
• Ministry of Defence lost 340 laptops in the last two years and only disciplined nine staff
• US seeks Google Street View engineers as MP claims that the WiFi collection of personal data was the tip of a privacy iceberg
• SentryBay launches secure access and authentication system
• Spam with shortened URLs accounts for 18 per cent of all spam sent
• The moral rights and wrongs on an internet kill switch
• Northern Rock implements Symantec's PGP email security to protect communications and information
• Microsoft says that the date for the Windows vulnerability patch is yet to be decided, as guidance given on workarounds
• Adobe introduces sandboxing technology for Reader in order to fight malicious threats
• VeriSign adds website malware scanning to services
• IBM completes its acquisition of BigFix
• Disclosure of a flaw leads to pupil being segregated from lessons and grilled by the police
• McAfee launches Mac-specific internet security and introduces new EMEA CTO
• Call made for smartphone application stores to be clear on testing for security and privacy violations
• Sandboxing 'Secure Browser' functionality introduced by Dell KACE
• Blog platform closed down due to posting of terrorist material and bomb-making instructions
• The seven rights of IT maintenance delivered in a code of conduct from Gartner
• Low quality applications created by employees pose a security risk to data
• Personal details of 93,000 staff and students at US university could be exposed after database compromise
• Voluntary disclosure described as a 'disincentive' if a fine could be imposed
• Warnings of a new Microsoft Windows flaw, as it investigates targeted attacks in the Shell component
• Plug-in checking service introduced by Qualys
• ICO powers accused of being 'insufficient' and under resourced and do not go 'anywhere near to what the regulator requires in order to properly perform'
• Survey finds that 87 per cent of businesses favour mandatory disclosure of data breaches, as questions asked on who the breach should be disclosed to
• Has increased enforcement from the Information Commissioner's Office caused a surge of interest in data loss prevention?
• A salute to the people of Coventry as research reveals it to be the UK's most spammed town
• FAST and Trading Standards crack down on pirate software being sold on Gumtree
• Quantix adds two-factor authentication to cloud services courtesy of Signify
• Algorithmics moves to improve management of reference data with use of the Delta Reference Data Factory from First Derivatives
• Fresh Facebook virus warning revealed to be a hoax
• A new defence strategy needs to be developed by businesses, as employees become the weak link in a cyber crime attack
• Visa set to improve its 'verified by' process with the addition of one-time PIN number technology
• Microsoft ends support for Windows 2000 and XP Service Pack 2, as commentators debate on whether PCs running this software will be open to attack
• A lighter load on Patch Tuesday as Microsoft covers the Help and Support Center vulnerability
• Charities Security Forum introduces mentoring programme to improve technical knowledge
• Obfuscated combined attacks bypass anti-virus and prove successful in the first half of 2010
• Small business focused multi-threat appliances introduced by Fortinet
• GFI Software acquires Sunbelt Software
• President of the Internet Security Alliance claims that security is 'a generation behind the attackers'
• As the World Cup comes to an end we ask what technology lessons have been learned?
• Security advisor dismisses the Facebook/CEOP panic button as a placebo and calls for improved privacy on personal information
• NHS taking an interest in how to improve security and reduce its data loss dilemmas
• Imperva launches file management and security suite
• SC interview: Hugh Njemanze, co-founder and CTO of ArcSight
• Facebook adds panic button via an application to protect younger users
• One in three employees would continue to use a personal device at work that poses a security risk, even if told not to
• Google admits that it 'failed badly' over accidental data collection by its Street View vehicles
• Cloud Industry Forum welcomes ICO code of practice on online information
• SC interview: Peter Altabef, president of Dell Services
• When SC Magazine and the security industry met with the PCI Security Standards Council's European director
• Apple users warned of fake version of Flash that can be downloaded to jailbroken devices
• Information Commissioner's Office finds three county councils in breach of the Data Protection Act after losing data on children
• Microsoft to issue four bulletins on its next Patch Tuesday to cover the vulnerability in its Windows Help and Support Center
• Downloadable data security suite introduced by Websense
• Can banking security follow a trend set with biometric authentication from the healthcare industry?
• How much influence does the government have on cyber security?
• Ministry of Justice to survey UK citizens on whether the Data Protection Act is still revelant
• Amazon cloud users now protected by Snort intrusion prevention
• Apple has banned an application developer from iTunes, following reports of fraudulent applications rising after accounts were compromised
• Cloud adoption expected to increase in the next two years, as less than half of SMEs predict a move
• Stonesoft introduces new version of its management centre to further protect networks
• Databases continue to be threatened by insiders, as a third of companies believe that their information has been handed over to competitors
• Just how big is the security industry, and is there in fact too much choice when it comes to appropriate technology?
• Warnings made not to let security awareness slip as summer holidays approach
• A third of UK employees use a personal device for work purposes as IT management remains unaware
• Nick Clegg announces date for voting reform referendum, as VeriSign claims that online voting will be the norm but will be difficult for the UK to implement
• Will the introduction of the .xxx domain make any difference to the internet?
• Indiana restaurant chain in the US hit by credit card breach, after hack of central processing system
• Increase in data loss prevention interest leads to IAAITC forming partnership with Egress Software Technologies
• YouTube hit by cross-site scripting vulnerability that hits Justin Bieber videos
• Researcher claims that Adobe PDF flaw is still not fixed
• Stolen laptop leads to the loss of details of around 13,000 UK dairy farmers
• Scareware now being sold over the phone as scammers change tactics
• Microsoft has detected 10,000 exploits of a vulnerability published three weeks ago
• Banking malware detected with very little anti-virus interception
• St John Ambulance moves to PCI compliance, with implementation of LogRhythm SIEM system
• Canada Day marked with fresh detections of 'Canadian pharmacy'-related spam
• Professional Monitor: in association with (ISC)2
• Technology can help criminals to rob houses
• IBM set to acquire BigFix
• Don't hide the security risks your business may face
• Security commentators claim that Adobe should disable JavaScript in Adobe Reader
• Nick Clegg and minister for security at the Home Office detail plans for national security and freedom of information
• SC survey set to reveal the thinking behind employee insider threats
• Fraud detection tool introduced by Attachmate