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05 May 2013
News: Pentagon nod shows Android can be as secure as BlackBerry

Samsung's Knox system for Android devices gets approval for use in government and military like the BlackBerry, once the gold standard
News: Samsung smartphones and tablets approved by US military

Samsung has had its security enhanced smartphones and tablets approved for use by the US military.
03 May 2013
News: 24% data breach targets retailers

Findings from Verizon's annual Data Breach Investigations Reports (DBIR) indicate 24% of the confirmed data breaches are found in retail and restaurants, the second largest sector after financial organizations.
News: Cloud security certification in the works

Two not-for-profit groups have recently announced a partnership that seeks to develop a certification system for cloud security.
News: Accused SpyEye creator extradited to the US

An Algerian man accused of helping to develop and distribute the SpyEye computer virus has been extradited from Thailand to the U.S. to face criminal charges, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.
News: Defense contractor under cyberattack for three years

Advanced persistent data theft at QinetiQ linked to Chinese hackers
News: Samsung smartphones, tablets running Knox get U.S. Defense Department approval

Samsung said Friday that its smartphones and tablets running its Knox security and management software have been cleared for use on the U.S. Department of Defense network.
News: Facebook Rolls Out New Account Recovery Feature

If you've lost access to your Facebook account, the social network has a new service called Trusted Contacts. This feature relies on close friends to help you safely restore your information and your account.
News: NHS informatics service ditches aging IPS for network access control

The NHS’s Sussex Health Informatics Service (HIS) has completed a major migration project that saw it move from an Intrusion Prevention System to a new security design based around ForeScout’s CounterACT network access control.
News: Spy court OK'd all U.S. wiretap requests it received in 2012

A special court established to review government requests for warrants to conduct electronic surveillance of suspected foreign spies received close to 1,900 warrant requests last year -- all of which it approved.
News: Imagining a Passbook-powered digital wallet

Despite the somewhat mixed reception it got from users, I like iOS 6's Passbook feature. When it works, it's a great alternative to more-traditional counterparts: no more paper to carry around; no more rummaging through your inbox at the last minute, looking for an elusive boarding pass.
News: Chinese 'Comment Crew' hackers emptied QinetiQ of top-secret military data

One of the US’s critical military and espionage contractors QinetiQ North America (QNA) was successfully pillaged for huge amounts of top-secret know-how by the infamous Chinese ‘Comment Crew’ or PLA 61398 hacking group in a campaign stretching over years, Bloomberg has reported.
News: Systems manager arrested for hacking former employer's network

A 41-year-old man was arrested for allegedly disrupting his former employer's network after he was passed over for promotions, leading him to quit his job and take revenge, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said.
News: Lawsuit halts US bitcoin exchange partnership

A partnership that sought to make it easy for Americans and Canadians to buy the virtual currency bitcoin has dissolved into a US$75 million lawsuit.
02 May 2013
News: Facebook's 'Trusted Contacts' lets friends bail you out of a hack attack

Facebook Thursday announced a new security tool called "Trusted Contacts" for users who suspect they've been hacked.
News: iOS app contains potential malware

An app available for download from Apple's iOS App Store contains an embedded Trojan horse. And while the good news is that you're almost definitely safe from any malware danger, there's still reason for concern. The app itself is almost certainly harmless--and the malicious code is probably present unintentionally--but the fact that the code slipped through the App Store's review process isn't ideal.
News: Breached dam data poses no threat to public, Army says

A spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today downplayed the significance of a recent incident of unauthorized access to a database containing potentially sensitive information on thousands of high hazard dams across the country.
News: Companies explore self-detonating data as security control

The popular Snapchat photo-messaging app used mainly by Android and iOS mobile device owners to share images that then self-destruct after 10 seconds is the sort of security idea that businesses say can help them secure online transactions with business partners.
News: Facebook 'Trusted Contacts' lets you pester friends to recover account access

Facebook Thursday said it’s making available globally a feature called "Trusted Contacts" that lets users select three to five friends who can help users recover account access such as if they forget their password.
News: The best social networks for private people

Social networking and privacy do not go hand-in-hand. After all, the key to a good social networking experience is sharing, and the key to good sharing is...lack of discrimination.

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