IT Security Pro – weekly update – Friday 26th October

Steve Gold, ITSP’s editor in chief, details the top stories of the week:

Kaspersky patents technology to provide automated assessment of employee IT skills...

Conventional security measures can be scuppered by poor programming...

Root your Android device at your own risk...

McAfee security strategist says ransomware a rising problem...

Cybersecurity not that different from classic IT security – ENISA head of technical...

Cellebrite releases forensic analysis software for iOS 6.0/Android 4.1...

Verizon spots a new attack vector: Simple Consistent Threats...

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Rik Ferguson on Android industrial espionage – and why you should be worried…

Steve Gold talks to Rik Ferguson, director of security and research with Trend Micro, who has been researching the topic of smartphone security and how it is changing the face of corporate security. Along the way he answers questions including:

How easy is it to code/customise an Android infinity bug app and install it on someone’s smartphone?…

Why not all IT security apps will detect the presence of this type of eavesdropping software…

How cybercriminals get the eavesdropping recordings off the smartphone…

Is remote eavesdropping software in use in the industrial espionage sector?…

Is this eavesdropping technology available on other smartphone platforms – and which ones?…

What are the practical defences to counter this clear threat to company information?…



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IT Security Pro – weekly update – Friday 2nd November

Steve Gold, ITSP’s editor in chief, details the top stories of the week: 


Symantec spots malware that sleeps in the presence of virtual platforms...

Zero-day vulnerabilities have an average ten-month lifespan...

Cybercriminals discover the joys of multi-platform botnet malware...

Trend Micro’s Rik Ferguson warns on Android industrial espionage...

Gone in 60 seconds: FBI investigation reveals potential one minute window 

in debit/credit card authorisations...

Bit9 claims 100,000 Android apps are `over-permissioning’...

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IT Security Pro – weekly update – Friday 9th November

Steve Gold, ITSP’s editor in chief, details the top stories of the week:

US researchers use malicious VM to launch cloud-based crypto key attack...

Trend Micro warns on password-stealing malware that runs in the browser...

Skype accused of handing over 16-year-old client’s details without a court order...

Ransomware a £3m a year – and growing – problem...

Adobe sandbox technology bypassed by zero-day exploit...

Researchers says QR codes being tapped for phishing attacks...

Websense reports hackers looking to extend the lifecycles of Web site injection frauds...

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IT Security Pro – weekly update – Friday 16th November

Steve Gold, ITSP’s editor in chief, details the top stories of the week:


Android Permissions: not as secure you might think...

10pc of workers have more than 10,000 emails in their inbox...

65pc of Brits favour the nuclear option when it comes to pre-emptive cyber strikes on enemy states...

Latest Ponemon report shows 65pc of organisations experience three DDoS attacks a year...

Adobe’s latest problem: user forum hacked, 230 sets of credentials leaked...

10,000-plus identity fraud rings operating in the US says report...


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IT Security Pro – weekly update – Friday 23rd November

Steve Gold, ITSP’s editor in chief, details the top stories of the week: 

McAfee founder turns to the Internet to prove his innocence with a riveting blog...

MoneyGram hit by $100m fine over multi-year wire fraud...

German government IT agency advises Windows users to patch more and swerve Java...

Maltese research firm spots nine zero-day vulnerabilities with SCADA software...

The perils of not-quite-right URL links...

4G cellular control to base: Houston we have a problem...

German banks targeted by cybercriminals in major cross-border transfer fraud...

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Defending the smartphone and tablet IT platforms in the workplace

Steve Gold talks to Grayson Milbourne, director of threat research and Armando Orozco, a senior threat analyst, with Webroot, about the security issues associated with defending smartphones and tablets in the workplace, answering questions including...


Can the Android platform's security be raised?...

What is Webroot s doing to assist smartphone and tablet computer users on the security front?...

Why is Apple failing to make headway in the corporate sector?...

Will there be a more robust fork of Android coming soon?...

Is it worth the risk of rooting and jailbreaking a portable device?...

How do you secure Android portable devices at home, in the office and on the road?...

What are the strategies that users of Windows, BlackBerry and other portable device operating system need to adopt?...

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IT Security Pro – weekly update – Friday 30th November


Steve Gold, ITSP’s editor in chief, details the top stories of the week:

Symantec researchers spot new malware that directly targets SQL databases...

European ATM Security Team warns on Christmas card skimming techniques...

Web browsers getting better at blocking phishing URLs...

Leading pen tester says data loss and Symbian attacks are potential headaches for IT security professionals...

Cyber bank robbers for hire online claims security researcher...

Using 4G handsets for voice calls slashes battery life in half...


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