IT Certifications Directly Impact Base Salary
Posted on: 17 Jun 2014
Despite concerns about the economy, organizations are still investing in technology and in their employees, according to a recent IT skills and salary survey. IT professionals can control their worth…
Target Hires Its First CISO
Posted on: 12 Jun 2014
Target hired former General Motors executive Brad Maiorino as its first chief information security officer (CISO), the retail giant said. As the company’s new—and first—CISO, Maiorino will be responsible for…
Twitter Fixes Cross-Site Scripting Flaw in TweetDeck
Posted on: 11 Jun 2014
Twitter fixed a cross-site scripting flaw in its popular TweetDeck application Wednesday, after millions of users were hit with a malicious script targeting the vulnerability. The vulnerability allowed anyone to…
Nearly 150 Million eBay Users Told to Reset Password
Posted on: 22 May 2014
Nearly 150 million eBay users need to reset their password after unknown attackers accessed a database containing customers’ personal information, the retail giant said on Wednesday. Attackers used “a small…
Iranian Cyber Group Launches Spying Campaign Against US, FireEye Says
Posted on: 13 May 2014
An Iranian cyber-group has launched espionage campaigns using customized malware against United States defense companies, FireEye researchers said. The group, with the name Ajax Security Team, is behind an ongoing…
FireEye Warns Windows XP Users to Immediately Patch
Posted on: 03 May 2014
Windows XP users should immediately apply Microsoft’s out-of-band patch addressing the critical flaw in Internet Explorer because attackers are specifically targeting users on the older operating system, FireEye researchers warned.…
Microsoft Releases Patch for Zero Day Flaw
Posted on: 01 May 2014
Microsoft released an out-of-band patch today for an Internet Explorer zero-day flaw, which was already being exploited in the wild. Surprisingly, Microsoft opted to release a patch for Windows XP,…
Hardware Giant LaCie Warns Customer Information May have been Stolen in Year-long Breach
Posted on: 16 Apr 2014
The Federal Bureau of Investigation alerted the company on March 19 it had “indications that an unauthorized person used malware to gain access to information from customer transactions that were…
Judge Rules FTC Can Sue Companies for Not Taking Reasonable Data Security Measures
Posted on: 15 Apr 2014
A United States federal judge recently ruled the Federal Trade Commission has the authority to file lawsuits against companies for failing to take “reasonable and appropriate” data security measures. The…
The Latest Heartbleed Bug Bombshell: NSA Knows About it and Uses It
Posted on: 11 Apr 2014
The US National Security Agency (NSA) reportedly knew about the Heartbleed bug flaw and regularly used it to gather critical intelligence, according to the Bloomberg news agency. Heartbleed is the name given…