Fahmida Y. Rashid

The “pay for what you use” model may spur cloud adoption among organizations, but IT departments still have to figure out how to charge individual departments for what they use. Cloud Cruiser announced a platform on Mar. 1 that collects machine use data about what storage, networking and cloud applications are being accessed, Dave Zabrowski, […]

The same Chinese hackers who attacked Google appear to have also gone after Morgan Stanley around the same time, according to leaked e-mails from security firm HBGary Federal. Morgan Stanley had a “sensitive breach” in which hackers attacked its network for six months, beginning in June 2009, according to e-mails from Phil Wallisch, a senior […]

Security researchers have discovered a beta version of a new backdoor Trojan that targets Mac OS X. SophosLAbs analyzed the sample and determined that the Trojan is actually a variant of darkComet, a well-known Windows Remote Access Trojan, Chester Wisniewski, senior security analyst at Sophos, wrote on the NakedSecurity blog on Feb. 26. The malware […]

Hey, New Jersey. Instead of “My Congressman IS a rocket scientist!” bumper stickers, it’s time for one that says, “My Congressman beat Watson!” Rep. Rush Holt of New Jersey beat IBM’s supercomputer Watson in one round of a mock “Jeopardy!” tournament Feb. 28 in Washington, D.C. Five members of Congress played in a bipartisan “Watson […]

The embattled CEO of HBGary Federal has resigned his post three weeks after Anonmyous hacked into the company’s network and stole thousands of e-mail messages. The ease Anonymous conducted the attack left the company that provides security services to the federal government red-faced. CEO Aaron Barr told Threatpost on Feb. 28 that he’s stepping down […]

In an unexpected move, Apple has invited several security researchers to take a look at the upcoming Mac OS X Lion and provide feedback. Apple has generally been tight-lipped about security vulnerabilities in Mac OS X while gleefully touting flaws in competitor platforms. Sophos security expert Graham Cluley has speculated in the past that Apple […]

Cisco is rethinking its long-term security strategy in light of the consumerization of workplace technology that’s changing work patterns and presenting new security challenges. Cisco’s new SecureX framework is consolidating a number of formerly separate security technologies, including its ASA firewall appliances, TrustSec service, IronPort scanning, management tools and suite of cloud services. Cisco unveiled […]

The Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities made the virtual desktop shift for all 1,500 employees as part of a larger project to modernize its infrastructure. The department announced a new virtual desktop infrastructure, based on management software from Unidesk and VMware View, on Feb. 28. The combination allowed DoDD to create custom desktops, allow user […]

The London Stock Exchange can’t seem to catch a break. Less than 48 hours after a technical glitch stopped all trading, Google flagged the stock exchange’s Website for malware. Users trying to get to londonstockexchange.com via Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox were shown a warning page on Feb. 27 that warned the site may contain […]

Massachusetts General Hospital was fined $1 million for violating the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). It is the second ever fine imposed on a health care organization by the US Department of Health and Human Services ever since HIPAA went into effect in 2003. “We hope the health care industry will take a […]

Clearly scammers are keeping abreast of the political developments in the Middle East. A number of Nigerian-style scams have emerged referencing the situation in Libya. As violence escalated in Libya as demonstrators called for Col. Moammar Ghadafi to step down after 42 years of rule, countries around the world are taking action to evacuate their […]

EMC has a sunny forecast for European businesses: the cloud will generate 2.4 million jobs over the next four years. If companies across Europe’s five largest economies, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Spain, continue to adopt cloud technology as expected, they will generate more than $243 billion in revenue per year, EMC said […]