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Zeus botnet temporarily disrupted, but back in full force

Robert Westervelt — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:07:21 EST

Despite a quarter of the Zeus command- and- control network being wiped out, security researchers observed a quick recovery of the notorious botnet.

Social networking risks, benefits for enterprises weighed by RSA panel

Eric B. Parizo — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:07:21 EST

Social networking risks to enterprises may be outweighed by the benefits, but experts at RSA Conference 2010 say infrastructure providers must improve security.

Open source software security tops commercial apps, study finds

Ron Condon — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:07:21 EST

New study results from Veracode Inc. show that open source software security tops the security offered in commercial applications.

Information security salaries start to rise, recruitment rebounds

Ron Condon — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:07:21 EST

Information security job vacancies are opening up, and some pay scales are starting to trend upward, according to salary survey results from recruitment specialist Acumin Ltd.

PCI DSS requirements still baffling as compliance deadline approaches

Ron Condon — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:14:59 EST

PCI DSS requirements can present a serious challenge for some merchants as the September 2010 compliance deadline approaches. A new survey shows that many Level-3 and Level-4 merchants are having trouble understanding the PCI DSS requirements.

Voice data security risks on the rise, say experts

Nicole A. D'Amour — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:54:56 EST

New threats to mobile phones place personal information, intellectual property and trade secrets at greater risk of theft from hackers.

Cloud Security Alliance releases top cloud computing security threats

Michael S. Mimoso — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:54:56 EST

The Cloud Security Alliance identifies seven top cloud computing security threats.

Cloud security issues, targeted attacks to be hot-button topics at RSA

Robert Westervelt — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:54:56 EST

Cloud computing concerns will share the spotlight at this year's 2010 RSA Conference, with ways to defend against the frequency of targeted cyberattacks against corporate networks.

Microsoft issues advisory on new IE security vulnerability

SearchSecurity.com — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:54:56 EST

The software giant says a new flaw in the browser could allow attacker to run arbitrary code.

Zeus Trojan continues reign infecting 74,000 PCs in global botnet

Robert Westervelt — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:31:50 EST

Researcher at NetWitness discovers cache of thousands of bank account credentials, email logins and SSL certificate files related to Zeus infected machines.