Fahmida Y. Rashid

Web users should turn off 3D graphics rendering in Firefox 4 and Google Chrome because of security flaws that would give attackers access to the machine’s hardware, security researchers said. Security flaws in the WebGL 3D rendering engine in Firefox 4 and Google Chrome would allow browser content to access the machine’s graphics hardware, warned […]

The hardware hackers over at iFixit disassembled and analyzed the vehicle location tracker used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The simple GPS-enabled device can be used by the United States government to track citizens without a warrant. The iFixit group rips open new gadgets and examines their internal components and publishes their findings. The […]

Cyber-criminals appear to be on the move, switching from Chinese and Eastern European IP addresses in favor of Canadian ones, according to security researchers. An increasing number of malicious traffic and botnets is originating from servers based in Canada, Patrik Runald, a senior manager of security research at Websense, wrote May 9 on the Websense […]

Facebook may have unintentionally leaked users’ personal information to third parties, a security firm discovered. The leak may be one of the most significant privacy missteps by the social-networking giant. Certain Facebook applications are leaking “access tokens” to third parties, such as advertisers, giving them access to personal-profile data such as chat logs and photographs, […]

HP TippingPoint S6100N Part of the new HP FlexNetwork architecture, the new HP TippingPoint S6100N Intrusion Prevention System propagates standard security policies across all physical, virtual and cloud resources in the data center, branch or wide-area network. Donatelli claimed a 100 percent better performance over Cisco 4270. NSFocus Security Appliances NSFocus introduced three hardware appliances—the […]

Senator John D. Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) introduced an online “do not track” privacy bill that would give consumers the ability to block Internet companies from tracking their online activity. The proposed law already has the endorsement of several major consumer advocacy and privacy groups. The Do Not Track Online Act of 2011 is critical for […]

Small-to-midsized businesses have smaller IT budgets but face the same security threats as the larger enterprises. In fact, they may be more vulnerable to cyber-attackers precisely because they are less likely to have sophisticated security tools in place. Shavlik Technologies announced May 9 it will be offering Shavlik Security Advisor, an enterprise-class IT management tool, […]

The source code for the Zeus banking Trojan has been leaked on the Internet, which will allow pretty much anyone interested in crafting a malware attack to do so, provided they know where to look. The complete source code for the Zeus malware kit is being freely distributed as a ZIP file on several underground […]

Microsoft addressed two security bulletins in May’s Patch Tuesday release. Security experts said administrators should apply the fixes immediately-because, despite their small size, they address significant threats. Microsoft fixed a critical vulnerability affecting Windows Server and an important bug in Microsoft Office PowerPoint, according to the Patch Tuesday advisory released May 10. Microsoft also assigned […]

McAfee is launching a new security platform designed to protect content and data traffic as businesses and IT departments move from physical to cloud computing infrastructures. These new security tools also come as the IT industry is digesting how secure the cloud after two notable failures at Sony and Amazon. The McAfee Cloud Security Platform […]

The bad news doesn’t stop at Sony, as the company admitted another server was compromised. Considering how many people have already had their information stolen from Sony, 2,500 people sounds paltry in comparison. It’s still personal data that shouldn’t have been stolen in the first place. This time, it was a server containing information provided […]

Regulatory Compliance Enterprises have to keep up with the latest regulations and standards to ensure they remain compliant. Not being compliant potentially can shut down the business, as in the case of failing to comply with the PCI (Payment Card Industry) security regulations. Other federal regulations affecting IT management policies, including Basel, Frank-Dodd, PII, Do […]