May, 2012:

• World's smallest banking Trojan detected at only 20KB
• Cyber war: once again putting civilians on the front line
• Failure to detect Flame marks 'the end of signature-based anti-virus'
• The real challenges of big data
• Check Point introduces acceleration module for increased performance
• FireMon adds risk analysis features to security manager
• Iron Mountain selected for government digitising and archiving project
• Check Point CEO talks up multiple layers of defence and collaborative technologies
• Cloud computing providers - an attractive target for AET-based attacks?
• How security could have saved Yahoo! from its Axis woes
• United Nations to issue warning on Flame
• SharePoint on your mobile courtesy of Azurati
• Concerns raised about time taken to detect Flame
• Data breaches and cyber attacks - a danger to your health?
• 'Flame' surveillance worm described as one of the most complex threats ever discovered
• Security not a lottery for Camelot thanks to FireEye
• To shred or not to shred?
• Anonymous's Operation New Son claims only one success
• Georgia Institute of Technology develops collaborative malware intelligence system
• The proof of the pudding will be in the eating as cookie law comes into effect
• How a dating website was impacted by a text file
• 24-hour breach notification 'unfeasible'
• Proposed NHS portal raises questions about data security
• 1,391 Android users downloaded malicious apps
• UK leads the way in BYOD but many firms have no way of identifying 'known' mobile threats
• Birmingham hospital group creates patient portal with authentication from Entrust
• Cookie law could lead to new 'Bodil Lindqvist' cases
• Yahoo! forced to fix Chrome extension after Axis launch
• PC malware still prolific as Mac and mobile samples increase
• Internal threats not given the attention of external threats
• A third of organisations have no one specifically in charge of data security
• Nominum unveils solution for mobile service providers
• AETs and software-based security
• Bandwidth is another consideration when implementing BYOD
• Trend Micro launches enterprise DLP solution
• Eugene Kaspersky predicts Apple 'disaster', and praises states on cyber crime
• Social engineers breach billing service WHMCS
• One week to be cookie-compliant
• Targeted attacks aim for corporate finance
• NHS trust fined for sending 45 faxes to the wrong person
• Jail sentences handed out for hacking and phishing
• New Utah IT director highlights failings that aided cyber attack
• White Hat Rally ready for the off next month
• Is your printer the weak link in your security chain?
• Metropolitan Police gain power to extract data from personal mobiles
• Work From Home Day gives employers the chance to be innovative
• Howard Schmidt to retire from position as White House cyber security co-ordinator
• Who teaches the teachers about cyber security?
• Flashback used pay-per-click ads 'to earn owners £3,000 a week'
• Avira apologises after flagging Microsoft files as malicious
• Safeguarding intellectual property from loss
• Trustmarque and Sophos offer cloud-based MDM
• ICO fines Barnet Council over personal data loss
• 85 per cent of UK businesses expect more cyber attacks this year
• Sophos introduces Complete Security Suites
• Companies choosing to blacklist apps
• VMware leak highlights holes in virtual environments
• Twitter cosies up to the public sector
• ICO website pushed offline by suspected DDoS
• McAfee and Intel offer protection to the world's national grids
• Surveillance of personal mobile comms is no big deal for telcos
• The changing face and growing threat of DDoS
• Queen's University Belfast - Research Fellow (2 posts)
• Queen's University Belfast - Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) Research Assistant/Research Fellow (Cloud Security)
• Queen's University Belfast Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) - Research Assistant/Research Fellow (Network Security Processing)
• The SC Magazine Virtual Summit returns this week
• Cortado launches cloud and MDM solution
• Debit card fraud linked to Global Payments breach
• Learning the business of security
• Amnesty International's UK website served up Gh0st RAT for two days
• A combination of policy, collaboration and education should be the first steps to BYOD
• Data encryption SDK launched by Simplexo
• 'TeaMp0isoN' members, and Soca attack suspects, arrested
• Almost 75 days until the Olympics - time to block everything?
• BeyondTrust acquires eEye to increase vulnerability management offering
• ForeScout and Fiberlink combine MDM and NAC
• Point-of-sale terminal fraud rockets
• Mobile service providers urged to offer managed security
• The irony of protecting data while pushing for surveillance
• Queen's Speech gives details on surveillance plans
• The Pirate Bay hits out at DDoS attacks on ISPs
• Twitter warns users to reset passwords after hacking scare
• Juniper: A mobile trust gap is the root of security concerns
• Three critical patches released by Microsoft last night
• Just one in ten security professionals has confidence in risk plan
• The good, the bad and the ugly
• Panda offers device control and malware quarantine in new version of Cloud Office Protection
• Jericho botnet targets financial websites for login credentials
• Adobe and Apple patch vulnerabilities
• Belgian credit provider held to ransom over hacked customer data
• Chinese security vendor kicked off MAPP after vulnerability proof-of-concept leak
• Microsoft to issue seven patches, three of them critical, on next week's Patch Tuesday
• Soca: last night's DDoS attack did not pose a security risk
• Botmaster offers fraud-as-a-service
• Infected websites hit Android with drive-by Trojan
• Winfrasoft expands into authentication sector
• Beyond the SIEM
• NetIQ launches next version of access governance suite for enhanced risk-based analysis
• How penetration testing can enhance your company's security posture
• Global Payments forced to revalidate PCI status, as more details of breach emerge
• Verdasys announces new hosted DLP solution for enterprises
• WatchGuard announces launch of virtual appliances
• Workers use consumer cloud services despite knowing the security risks
• Claims made that Google knew about capability to collect data via Street View cars
• CyberSense scanner launched by Assuria to assess and offer fix advice on flaws
• Professional monitor in association with (ISC)2: infosec is a global issue
• The evolving role of the CIO and CISO
• Honey I shrunk the script kiddies
• Paying off your security debts
• Hacktivism endures