Brian Prince

The Sears Holdings Corporation has agreed to settle charges made by the Federal Trade Commission alleging that the corporation was not upfront about its use of spyware. According to the FTC’s administrative complaint, while Sears told consumers the software would only track their “online browsing,” the software also monitored their online secure sessions — including […]

Google has some advice for the average Mac and Linux user – don’t download Chrome just yet. The versions of the Chrome browser released last night via Google’s development channel still have some kinks in them and were only made available to allow developers to kick the tires, Google officials said. Those who download them […]

The economy may be in a downturn, but identity and access management as a service appears to be gaining steam. According to analysts, the market is growing steadily among both enterprises and smaller organizations alike. The reason-cost savings and an end to the implementation and management efforts tied to IAM projects. Such was the case […]

Security researchers at Trustwave have uncovered an effort by cyber-thieves to use malware to infect and loot ATM machines in Eastern Europe . Trustwave, which focuses on security and compliance for the payment card industry, discovered the malware while investigating ATM breaches in Russia and Ukraine. According to the company, roughly 20 ATMs were infected […]

Microsoft has 10 security bulletins coming June 9, its biggest Patch Tuesday release of 2009 so far. Of the bulletins, six have the highest rating of “critical.” Two of those six address remote code execution vulnerabilities in the Windows operating system. The other critical bulletins affect multiple versions of Internet Explorer and Microsoft Word, Excel, […]

A search engine isn’t worth much if the results it produces lead users to malware. An obvious statement no doubt, but one Microsoft kept in mind with its new -Bing’ search engine. Following the footsteps of other search engines, Bing may not break new ground when it comes to security, but it doesn’t really fall […]

Days after U.S. President Barack Obama declared cyber-security a national security priority in a speech, reports are circulating that potential sensitive information on the country’s nuclear facilities leaked out onto the Internet. The 260-plus page document, which featured maps showing the locations of stockpiles of fuel for nuclear weapons, was posted on the U.S. Government […]

If you are a network administrator worried about managing your fellow employees’ iPhones, fear not–the Center for Internet Security has some security advice for you. The nonprofit just released a benchmark for Apple iPhone security. The document offers more than 20 recommendations and instructions dealing with iPhone OS settings, secure data destruction, settings for Safari […]

Sophos is bringing together its e-mail, endpoint and Web security technologies in a new protection suite aimed at slashing costs and administration for enterprises. With the Security and Data Protection suite, Sophos is combining several offerings: Endpoint Security and Data Protection, Email Security and Data Protection, and Sophos Web Security and Control. Much of the […]

Researchers at Websense are reporting a mass compromise that may have affected as many as 40,000 Websites. Although Websense would not name any of the compromised sites, researchers said the victims did not include any “big-name government or business sites.” The compromised sites are redirecting users to typo-squatted misspellings of legitimate Google Analytics domains. From […]

Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have uncovered what may be the first attempt by attackers to use Twitter for scareware scams. The attack begins with a message, or tweet, with the words “Best Video” laced with a malicious link. Those tricked into clicking the link are directed to a rogue Website with a YouTube video. Once […]

Now that the 60-day review of America’s cyber-security strategy is public, the hard part can begin. With the challenge of implementing policies to shore up the nation’s cyber-infrastructure lying ahead, some in the security community shared their thoughts on the first steps the Obama administration should take on the path to a more secure Internet. […]