http://www.eweek.com Security - RSS Feeds en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:32:29 -0400 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:32:29 -0400 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:24:04 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Apple-iPhone-3GS-Jailbreaking-Tool-Hits-the-Street-264313/?kc=rss - George Hotz, the 19-year old hacker who made headlines for unlocking Apples original iPhone, has now released the first-known jailbreaking tool for iPhone 3GS. The tool, called ‘purplea1n, is only available for versions of the Windows operating system - excluding Windows 7 - at the moment, but H...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Apple-iPhone-3GS-Jailbreaking-Tool-Hits-the-Street-264313/?kc=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:38:59 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/How-to-Improve-IT-Cyber-Security-with-Visual-Analytics/?kc=rss - Data visualization has been around for decades, but modern desktop computers finally possess the power to turn raw data into interactive displays for analysis, enabling computer security analysts to use visual analytics techniques to solve daily problems. Although many other tools exist to assi...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/How-to-Improve-IT-Cyber-Security-with-Visual-Analytics/?kc=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:35:39 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Michael-Jackson-Malware-Rings-in-July-4-Weekend-597521/?kc=rss - st1\:* st1\:* July 4 weekend is usually a time for barbecues, beach parties and Independence Day spam. But the death of pop superstar Michael Jackson may have changed the face of the annual spam barrage. Instead of just the typica...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Michael-Jackson-Malware-Rings-in-July-4-Weekend-597521/?kc=rss Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:16:06 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Facebook-Simplifies-Security-with-Privacy-Settings-114306/?kc=rss - Facebook is simplifying its privacy options as it simultaneously looks to make it easier for members of the social networking site to share content with anyone on the Internet. For starters, the company is consolidating about six privacy pages and roughly 40 settings onto one page. The site will...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Facebook-Simplifies-Security-with-Privacy-Settings-114306/?kc=rss Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:30:57 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Hacker-Max-Ray-Butler-Pleads-Guilty-522493/?kc=rss - Notorious hacker Max Ray Butler, also known as Max Ray Vision, pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges June 29, acknowledging his involvement in the theft of credit card and identity data. Butler, 36, of San Francisco, was a former security consultant turned hacker who had been on the radar of la...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Hacker-Max-Ray-Butler-Pleads-Guilty-522493/?kc=rss Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:55:07 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Firefox-35-Armed-with-Privacy-Controls-205205/?kc=rss - Mozilla has responded to enhanced privacy settings in rival browsers from Microsoft, Apple and Google with new privacy features of its own. In Firefox 3.5, released June 30, Mozilla has added its own version of private browsing to match a feature offered by Google Chrome, Internet Explorer 8 and...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Firefox-35-Armed-with-Privacy-Controls-205205/?kc=rss Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:44:09 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Matthew-Medeiros-Security-Meets-the-Cloud-and-Social-Nets-353297/?kc=rss - Audio Podcast Content....]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Matthew-Medeiros-Security-Meets-the-Cloud-and-Social-Nets-353297/?kc=rss Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:43:58 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Blind-Hacker-Hit-With-11-Year-Sentence-772922/?kc=rss - A blind Boston-area hacker was hit with more than 11 years in prison June 26 for his role in hacking into a telephone network and threatening the Verizon investigator building a case against him. Matthew Weigman, 19, also known as quot;Little Hacker, quot; was accused of being part of a gang ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Blind-Hacker-Hit-With-11-Year-Sentence-772922/?kc=rss Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:06:59 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/How-Secure-Is-Apples-Snow-Leopard-for-the-Enterprise-237703/?kc=rss - When it comes to the enterprise, security is a constant concern. Most companies have mission-critical data loaded onto employee notebooks walking out the door on a daily basis. At the office, malicious hackers are constantly trying to find ways to break into the network to access that data, ste...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/How-Secure-Is-Apples-Snow-Leopard-for-the-Enterprise-237703/?kc=rss Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:38:21 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Trojan-Swipes-FTP-Credentials-for-Major-Companies-in-Malware-Attack-340752/?kc=rss - Security researchers have uncovered a cache of stolen FTP credentials belonging to a variety of corporations, including Symantec, McAfee, Amazon and the Bank of America. According to security vendor Prevx, a Trojan has swiped some 88,000 FTP credentials as of this morning. The FTP logins were d...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Trojan-Swipes-FTP-Credentials-for-Major-Companies-in-Malware-Attack-340752/?kc=rss Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:09:20 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Veracode-Takes-Mobile-Application-Code-Analysis-to-the-Cloud-379455/?kc=rss - Veracode has expanded its cloud-based SecurityReview service to help businesses improve security for mobile applications. The service, which analyzes application code for vulnerabilities, is now available for Windows Mobile applications. Support for BlackBerry and Google Android is expected to c...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Veracode-Takes-Mobile-Application-Code-Analysis-to-the-Cloud-379455/?kc=rss Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:28:48 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Will-the-Antivirus-Market-Be-Challenged-or-Complimented-By-Whitelisting-871340/?kc=rss - There has been plenty of talk in the past year or so among anti-virus vendors about the usefulness of application whitelisting. But when it comes to the question as to whether or not the technology can replace anti-virus, the subject gets a bit stickier. Whitelisting allows a list of approved file...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Will-the-Antivirus-Market-Be-Challenged-or-Complimented-By-Whitelisting-871340/?kc=rss Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:33:43 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Facebook-Tightens-Privacy-Controls-897851/?kc=rss - Facebook is testing out granular privacy controls for its users that will allow them to exercise more control over who sees published content. Just recently, Facebook made a beta version of its publisher available to some of its users that allows them to configure the settings for who can view ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Facebook-Tightens-Privacy-Controls-897851/?kc=rss Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:33:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/IBM-Uncovers-Encryption-Scheme-That-Could-Improve-Cloud-Security-Spam-Filtering-135413/?kc=rss - An IBM researcher has uncovered a way to analyze data while it is still encrypted, in what could be a boon for both spam-filtering applications and cloud computing environments. The challenge of manipulating data without exposing it has bugged cryptographers for decades. But in a breakthrough, ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/IBM-Uncovers-Encryption-Scheme-That-Could-Improve-Cloud-Security-Spam-Filtering-135413/?kc=rss Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:03:48 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Enterprise-Security-Educate-Employees-or-Leave-it-to-Microsoft-595141/?kc=rss - Quite a few security issues have impacted the business world over the past few months. The Conficker worm was considered a possibly damaging issue. The Nine Ball outbreak looked like it had the potential of unleashing some serious damage on the enterprise after it compromised 40,000 legitimate Web...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Enterprise-Security-Educate-Employees-or-Leave-it-to-Microsoft-595141/?kc=rss