Commenting on a consumer TV report into the insecurity of RFID-equipped credit and debit cards, SecurEnvoy says that the apparent ease with which researchers have been able to create a `magic wand’ that reads cards at a distance shows that more work needs to be done on wireless encryption.
Imperva’s Hacker Intelligence Initiative has turned the tables on the hacking community by delving into their cyber-underground lair to provide analysis of the trending hacking techniques and interesting attack campaigns from the past month. The first, of what will be a monthly inside scope, looks at an attack which usually flies under the radar – Remote File Inclusion (RFI).
Research conducted at the Infosecurity Europe show last month reveals that - with almost a fifth of IT managers surveyed playing computer games - Sony has potentially seriously damaged its reputation with the data breaches on its two gaming names, the PlayStation Network and Online Entertainment Network.
Data gathered by Lieberman Software suggests organisations should proceed cautiously when outsourcing critical IT security and management operations
A new survey from Lieberman Software Corporation, taken at the recent Infosecurity Europe 2011 event in London and mirrored at RSA Conference 2011 in San Francisco, shows that the relationship between many outsourcing companies and their clients is at a breaking point. According to the survey, an astonishing 77% of IT professionals who work in organisations that use outsourcing say their outsourcers have “...made up...” work in order to earn extra money.
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