Thales Time Stamp Server 5.0
by Alan HartenThales announced that customers are now able to securely sign digital software and documents using the Time Stamp Server 5.0. The new time stamping security appliance can work alongside many already invented rights management tools and is able to promote integrity in information for legal submissions, archives, and gaming activities such as the lottery. Thales new Time Stamp Server lets customers digitally time stamp their electronic records to provide a higher level ...
Radware work with Financial Express
by Alan HartenRadware, a leading market provider of delivery application integrated solutions announced that it partnered with Financial Express in order to deploy a new line of network and application devices to protect security at two prominent UK data centres. Financial Express was able to successfully deploy the new Radware DefensePro appliances on application delivery systems that were already in existence from Radware. Financial Express was able to meet the high demand ...
September 8, 2009
London and Manchester lead online fraud league
by Alan HartenResearch by 3rd man, a fraud prevention specialist organisation, showed that in the month of August cybercriminals attempted to collect about £500m from retail firms in fraudulent claims and techniques. 3rd man reported that the highest fraud rates in the UK were found in Plumstead, Woolwich, and Thamesmead. Out of a million transactions that were conducted in these three regions, about 16,000 of the transactions ended up to be fraudulent ...
F-Secure releases 2010 version
by Alan HartenF-Secure announced its newest security suite today entitled the F-Secure Internet Security 2010. The new product is designed to meet the company’s goal of ‘protecting the irreplaceable.’ The title appears to live up to its name, with recent AV-Test.org performance tests showing results that the product is 60% faster than its predecessors from the company while using 80% less of a computer’s operating system to run. Additionally, it also ...
September 7, 2009
New SafeSign Single Sign On
by Alan HartenThales has added a new SafeSign item to its line that addresses ID management and authentication, the new SafeSign Single Sign On. The new offering allows organisations to sign on simply without sacrificing security or raising the costs of their help desks. Simplified access is delivered by the SafeSign Single Sign On system via a onetime authentication at the beginning of a user’s session. Actual authentication logon polices can be ...
September 4, 2009
Council employee virus costs over a million
by Alan HartenA London council faced a virus threat on its computers for several weeks causing it to shut down its capabilities to use the internet and phone for a while, after an employee accidentally placed a memory stick that held a computer virus into one of the council’s computers. Ealing council quickly decided to stop using the system altogether until the virus was under control, to save the core systems and data ...
Lockheed has new FBI biometric system on track
by Alan HartenLockheed Martin, a company that is behind a wide assortment of security technologies, said that it has now successfully finished a review on the design of a FBI biometrics system that will be used in the Next Generation Identification Program (NGI). The new biometric fingerprint technology will be placed into the NGI by MorphoTrak. Once completed, the final system will not only include fingerprint identification but also multiple modalities in biometrics. ...
Sony sends in SPAM detectives
by Alan HartenThose who participate in online multiplayer games globally now have a new ally in their game play, a group of virtual detectives who aim to protect their interests while gaming. Although some individuals have initiated spam and viruses on PC users, a new spam attack in particular is targeting those who play the largest MMO videogames such as “World of Warcraft.” The way they work the system is by playing characters in ...
Indian government introduces biometric clocking on
by Alan HartenIndian Home Minister Chidambaram decided that the best way to monitor and control the hours that employees work in the department is by using an attendance solution that utilises biometric time checking. The Minister stated that the problem is not with flex time, but that employees are not adequately making up time that may be lost when they show up late or have other problems with their normal work schedules. The new ...
September 2, 2009
Trend Micro’s Web Gateway Security suite
by Alan HartenIn the old days of internet security, an IT administrator could simply tell their company’s employees not to click on suspicious links from unknown senders in emails in order to ward off attacks from spammers and malware. However, now malware attacks can come from many other locations outside of just emails, and the scary part is many of these locations look legitimate and perfectly safe. In fact, some of the ...
New wave of SQL attacks from China
by Alan HartenA data security specialist firm, Imperva, has noticed something interested about the large group of SQL attacks that are being launched against websites; most of them seemingly coming from China. Chief technology officer of Imperva, Amichai Shulman, stated that the company has traced the attacks over the last month, and the automated attacks all come from IP addresses that are located in China. It is interesting due to the fact ...
September 1, 2009
Employee mistakes more of a threat than hackers
by Alan HartenNew research from IDC and security vendor RSA, that included 400 top level executives, revealed that organisations are more likely to suffer from accidental data security leaks than malicious insider attacks. Additionally, the accidental data leaks often cause more damage than insider attacks. Thus, the study proved that most security leaks are truly accidents that occur when employees do not follow correct security protocol or misuse information accidentally, versus malicious ...
New ultra–slim finger scanner
by Alan HartenHitachi announced on Wednesday that it has finished work on a finger vein authentication device that works off biometrics and is only about 3mm thick, which is 1/7th of the size of all competing devices. The company intends to go commercial with the device on mobiles and notebook computers in the coming two years. In the past, biometric devices had a camera mechanism that was able to capture vein pictures with one ...
August 27, 2009
Hammer Data Locker portable disk drive
by Alan HartenHammer, a storage distributor, will soon offer the Data Locker portable disk drive by Origin Storage, in an agreement with the company that lists Hammer as the exclusive distributor for the Nordic and UK markets. The Data Locker disc uses a PIN system that provides extra security to users by allowing only authorised users who know the PIN number to enter it on the LCD keypad to gain access. It also uses ...
Hackers can listen to GSM calls
by Alan HartenThe annual Hacking at Random conference brought with it the stunning news that with just a laptop and $500 dollars anyone can listen to GSM calls within the next six month period. Karsten Nohl is behind the development, who stated that he learned how to break the encryption of a standard GSM mobile. This will make it much easier for criminals to hack into telephone calls and listen to conversations and information ...
Hackers also take summer holidays
by Alan HartenTufin Technologies released a report that details the “hacking habits” of most hackers, after conducting a survey among 79 hackers at the Defcon hacking conference held in Vegas during August According to the report, hackers are least likely to attack computers during the summer holiday, but the downside is that they amp up their efforts come the holiday seasons of Christmas and New Year. Out of the hackers polled, 89% reported that ...
August 26, 2009
SoftLayer new EVault BMR
by Alan HartenSoftLayer launched its new product, the EVaultTM Bare Metal Restorer on Wednesday, which allows customers to restore their servers to a basic state if the hardware of an operating system fails unexpectedly. Using the SoftLayer repository the last image of the system is stored, allowing a server to be restored. Director of IT systems at SoftLayer, Andrew Maten, stated that the company’s goal is to provide customers with products that ...
Drop in phishing signals new threats
by Alan HartenAccording to a report from IBM Corp issued on Wednesday, internet criminals are not using phishing emails as frequently any more in order to commit internet crimes and steal personal details. In fact, according to the report which includes all the scamming activity from the first part of the year, phishing only made up 0.1% of all of the spam which occurred during the beginning of 2009. During the first ...
Trend Micro says it has Windows 7 match
by Alan HartenTrend Micro has launched a new security suite that it claims is compatible with Windows 7. The company claims that the new Internet Security 2010 product will be easier to use, will require fewer resources than previous versions, and will work faster. David Peterson the Consumer Director for New Zealand and Australia of Trend Micro said that the new suite will be able to offer a wide array of products ...
August 25, 2009
Kapersky makes HSBC malware error
by Alan HartenThose who use Kapersky’s security software were warned last week, needlessly, that the HSBC Personal Internet banking site had malware. The security suite warned users upon logging into the banking website that there was a HTLM-Agent_CE Trojan on the website that had been transferred to their systems. However, Kapersky quickly caught the mistake and announced their error to users. The company issued a statement on Friday and apologised to users for ...