Ian Williams

Loosening US grip on the internet. Disparate users create security holes. Lack of communication endangering business. VirusScan update generates false positives. Phishing web sites are still a mystery to the majority of internet users, according to a recent study by VeriSign. Organisations do not know enough about the source, reason and frequency of data leaks, and more incentives need to be put in place to encourage better data ... The European Commission (EC) has unveiled a new strategy to prepare the region to act in case of major disruptions or attacks against critical information ... Identity and access management (IAM) will undergo a series of key changes over the next few years, particularly around the development of smartcard ... Dutch search firm Ixquick has announced that it has stopped recording IP addresses in a bid to boost user privacy. Basic security questions, such as asking for a user's mother's maiden name or post code, can be circumvented far too easily and should not be used, ... The amount of malware being punted around the internet is growing at an exponential rate, and traditional locally-based protection applications will soon ... A recent update from antivirus firm AVG has caused havoc with some users by deleting a critical file in non-English versions of Windows XP after incorrectly ... IT managers are facing a tough time ahead as the economic crisis leads to the consolidation of several major banks and their respective IT systems. Symantec has announced plans to acquire MessageLabs for nearly US$700m in cash. The recent onslaught of Internet browsers to hit the market is a boon for user security according to Tim Callan, a product marketing executive from security ... Spammers are changing tactics again slightly, but sticking with the basic new theme of disguising spam under the banner of news.
Storage firm EMC has joined the Daoli Trusted Infrastructure Project which conducts research into "trust and assurance" in cloud computing environments.. IBM's Internet Security Systems (ISS) division has launched new services designed to help smaller companies improve their overall IT security systems. A security firm claims to have uncovered a denial-of-service vulnerability in version 1.1.4 of Apple's Safari web browser for the iPhone.


The Storm botnet is sharing the love this week with a new spam run aimed at taking the romance out of Valentine's Day..