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‘Them’ boys and girls on missions appreciate kind sentiments of the British public, but urge them to avoid sending gifts and packages to ‘mission fields’

Parcels coming in thick and fast. Source: MoD

Vigilance can report that as the Christmas post deadline expires today, 3 December for Armed Forces personnel serving overseas, Servicemen and women have urged members of the public to avoid sending unsolicited gifts and packages to operational theatres such as Afghanistan. An MoD source said while these kind sentiments are appreciated, such generosity had often resulted in delaying all important mail from families and friends reaching their destination at this special time of year.

: JOHN ODEY ADUMA, EDITOR; International Security, Safety & Strategic Defence; Posted On Monday, 03 December 2012 06:27

Evading Malware Researchers: Shylock’s New Trick

Below is a media alert from Trusteer about how financial malware Shylock continues to evolve in order to bypass new defensive technologies put into place by financial institutions and enterprises. While analysing a recent Shylock dropper Trusteer noticed a new trick it uses to evade detection. Namely, it can identify and avoid remote desktop environments – a setup commonly used by researchers when analysing malware.

: REGINE HARTMANN; InfoSecurity; Posted On Monday, 03 December 2012 06:24

How to prevent admin rights abuse...a project checklist for the financial sector

It has become axiomatic that financial sector organizations sit at the top end of the scale for security and reputational risk. Banks and finance firms are built on customer data and criminals are drawn to that as surely as are regulators tasked with ensuring companies safeguard it to the required legal standards.

: PAUL KENYON, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, AVECTO; InfoSecurity; Posted On Monday, 03 December 2012 06:20

Panasonic’s WV-SP 509 wins Physical Security Solution of the Year Award

UK: Vigilance can report that Panasonic’s Professional Camera Solutions, the WV-SP509 continued its streak as an award winning security camera on Thursday the 8th November at the Computing Security Awards.

Computing Security is the sister publication of Network Computing and deals with the key issues that organisations face as they try to maintain secure networks in the face of new and old threats by educating and guiding those responsible for security. In this way organisations can better understand their vulnerabilities and the possible equipment, staff and corporate policies available to improve security.