October, 2012:

• Russian black e-market prices are falling, says Trend Micro
• Splunk claims speedier reports with Enterprise 5
• Police net suspected phishing gang
• EMC to acquire security software provider Silver Tail Systems
• RAT attack on Israeli police dissected by Trend Micro
• Microsoft strikes Yammer e-discovery partnerships
• Anonymous claims Greek finance ministry hack
• Hurricane Sandy could cause problems in cyber space
• Researchers develop 'thinking' surveillance system
• US and Canada to launch joint cyber security plan
• Can PCI compliance keep pace with the rise of m-payments?
• Dr Guy Bunker joins infosec firm Clearswift
• UK cloud security savvy ahead of pack say auditors
• ENISA calls for greater cyber test cooperation
• Stoke council fined £120,000 over child data breach
• Microsoft launches Windows 8
• Dyson alleges Bosch corporate espionage
• Google tightens Gmail spoof security hole
• Barnes & Noble pulls PIN pads after fraud ring hits stores
• ISSE 2012: Business enthusiasm for the cloud causing IT headaches
• ISSE 2012: The ideal solution for containerised smartphone environments detailed
• Data protection for applications launched by Microsemi
• ISSE 2012: BYOD can be 'a nightmare' for IT managers
• Applications cause connectivity and security headaches for IT administrators
• Cloud Industry Forum and Federation Against Software Theft doubt The Pirate Bay's cloud capability
• ISSE: 1970s culture clash led to challenges we face today
• SC Confidential in association with Websense: Future-gazing
• How to cope with BYOD
• The new Cold War
• Professional monitor in association with (ISC)2: Global Information Security Workforce Study
• What does your phone say about you?
• 44Con: bigger, better, uncut
• Training for phishing awareness
• Why in-flight encryption is a vital service opportunity for network service providers
• XSS remains the most frequently attacked flaw
• Fraud identifying tool launched by Featurespace
• HP asks researcher not to present for fear of vulnerability disclosure
• Microsoft closes the book on Kelihos
• Seculert launches tool for Big Data analysis of threats
• Joining forces in the fight for cyber safety
• HSBC confirms DoS attack but denies customer data was affected
• White House review clears Chinese IT maker of spy threat
• The future of mobile management will be away from the device and more about applications
• IBM launches solutions to meet mobile and cloud access demands
• Call made for PCI requirement on setting policies to be more prominent
• Ceci n'est pas une clef....(Or: when is a key not a key?)
• Small merchants claim that costs are a major hindrance when it comes to PCI DSS compliance
• Fortinet launch operating system to work as a foundation for FortiGate platforms
• OpenBSD option allows Halon Security to double performance
• Contagion: collaborating to fight the malware pandemic
• Kaspersky announce plans to create a secure operating system for industrial control systems
• Facebook adds Webroot, AVG and Panda as friends into AV Marketplace
• Gary McKinnon: the end of the affair
• RandomStorm combines three scanners to offer vulnerability details on a single dashboard
• PCI council admits challenges in regulating mobile payments
• Gary McKinnon escapes extradition after Home Secretary ruling
• Smaller-scale state-sponsored malware detected, which acts as a module of Flame and Gauss
• Manchester Police fined £120,000 for loss of sensitive data on personal USB stick
• IronKey confirms sale of brand and launch of secure access solution from Marble Cloud
• Arbor Networks launches traffic visibility solution for enterprises
• HID Global and Precise Biometrics combine solutions to offer secure access to Apple devices
• Second man pleads guilty to Sony Pictures hacking in 2011
• Evaluating security from the threat actors perspective: how to achieve a higher ROI
• NHS trust reports loss of laptops and desktop computers
• GCHQ set to recruit part-time experts
• RSA Conference: Wikipedia founder takes 'a lot of credit' for collapse of SOPA
• RSA Conference: Wikipedia founder claims that HTTPS should be used everywhere
• Conficker Working Group claims that people are still being infected
• AVG launches small business-specific management software
• RSA Conference: Businesses have a right to 'self-defence'
• RSA Conference: Security industry built on a haze of 'fog' and 'hype'
• RSA Conference: Security industry needs a healthy job market
• RSA launches password splitting, scrambling and randomising technology
• RSA Conference: Cyber criminals and state-sponsored spies working as one
• RSA Conference: Differing views on privacy and security
• Robbing banks at a security conference - legal or not?
• RSA Conference: Governments trying to 'seize control' of the internet
• RSA Conference: 'Fixer-developers' for web applications needed
• Microsoft issues one critical patch and seven important on October's Patch Tuesday
• Rapid7 announces acquisition of mobile risk management vendor Mobilisafe
• RSA Conference Europe: No real solutions yet for mobile handset security
• Verizon adds mobile device management capabilities into enterprise mobility solution
• RSA Conference: Rock star says to expect a new wave of Anonymous
• RSA Conference: Monitoring is the key to awareness
• RSA Conference: Security firms need to 'shine a flashlight on risk'
• RSA Conference: Coviello talks about shrinking budgets and skills shortage
• The real cost of DDoS
• Phishing attacks evolve into traps waiting for victims
• Microsoft to reject certificates with fewer than 1024 bits
• Hacker TinKode handed two-year suspended sentence
• Recruitment firm opt for Good Technology to enable BYOD
• Research of top three tablets deems PlayBook best for BYOD
• Rapid7 praises open source with the Magnificent Seven
• ENISA organises European stress test against DDoS attacks
• Veracode acquires mobile application scanning company
• Adobe revokes all code signed since 10th July
• Only one critical patch among seven expected from Microsoft next week
• Number of detected malnets triple in a year, as claims made that they are impossible to bring down
• Google warns about state-sponsored attacks for second time this year
• William Hague says nations are struggling against internet attacks, as he pushes for a cyber crime centre
• Wagamama serves up malware from outdated site
• BeyondTrust releases free vulnerability management tool
• Barracuda Networks and Quarri combine web application firewall with secure browser technology
• Apple users beware: viruses are not the only way to lose data
• HMRC deploys Becrypt software for laptop security
• Domain owner agrees to work with Microsoft to destroy malicious domains
• DDoS attacks used compromised web servers and 30 million packets per second
• No joke about a hacking referee
• Exclusive: Identity-as-a-Service platform API launched by miiCard
• White House attack once again demonstrates how vulnerable staff are to spear phishing
• Prevalence of targeted attacks leads to need for detection software
• IEEE blames proxy server provider for breach
• Did Chinese hackers access the White House's nuclear secrets?
• Imprivata and Texas Instruments collaborate to offer authentication for virtual desktops
• Sophos and SecurEnvoy to offer tokenless decryption