Ponemon lashes out at thumb drive 'negligence' 

Ponemon lashes out at thumb drive 'negligence'

In Applications - 10 August 2011 3:45 PM
Employers, employees in firing line.
Hackers hunting for corporate IP 

Hackers hunting for corporate IP

In Risk - By Tom Brewster, 29 March 2011 8:01 AM
As companies move more data off-premise, cyber criminals are increasingly looking at how to steal it.
Smartphones seen as a major threat to corporate networks 

Smartphones seen as a major threat to corporate networks

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 2 December 2010 2:38 PM
Data leakage a key concern.
Verizon launches hacki-leaks 

Verizon launches hacki-leaks

In Risk - By Liam Tung, 15 November 2010 9:28 AM
Share your shame but not your name.
Businesses warned of new spam threat 

Businesses warned of new spam threat

In Messaging - By Phil Muncaster, 15 March 2010 10:48 AM
Botnets send spam via TLS, warns Symantec.
Corporate spy risks from free email  

Corporate spy risks from free email

In Messaging - By Neerav Bhatt, 13 January 2010 3:05 PM
Gmail, Yahoo! Mail and Hotmail "completely vulnerable" by default.
Full-time employees greatest security risk 

Full-time employees greatest security risk

In Risk - By SC Australia Staff, 26 November 2009 10:50 AM
82 per cent see threat of employee fraud growing.
Training needs to be done early 

Training needs to be done early

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 28 September 2009 12:14 PM
Security experts agree on educating new employees from the get-go.
1 in 3 companies fail to secure or back up data 

1 in 3 companies fail to secure or back up data

In Risk - By SC Australia Staff, 25 September 2009 11:03 AM
Lack of time cited as main factor.
Global recession hurting corporate data security 

Global recession hurting corporate data security

In Risk - By Iain Thomson, 11 August 2009 10:58 AM
Reduced spending and increased layoffs having harmful effects.
Deloitte launches counter-espionage team 

Deloitte launches counter-espionage team

In Risk - By Phil Muncaster, 29 June 2009 10:13 AM
Competitors still a security risk.
Many IT security pros don't use passwords 

Many IT security pros don't use passwords

In Web/client - By SC Australia Staff, 25 June 2009 3:29 PM
IT security professionals are only marginally more likely to use passwords than standard users, according to a new survey.
Survey reveals culture of IT admin snooping 

Survey reveals culture of IT admin snooping

In Risk - 12 June 2009 11:43 AM
Over a third of IT staff have used their administration rights to access privileged information about employees, customers and their company for personal reasons, according to ...
Companies should assess the role of the CISO 

Companies should assess the role of the CISO

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 18 May 2009 11:25 AM
The role of the chief information security officer (CISO) is at risk due to the fact that information security risks that enterprises face have been exaggerated and misunderstoo...
Consultant accesses company's data room in social engineering 'attack' 

Consultant accesses company's data room in social engineering 'attack'

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 7 May 2009 10:56 AM
A company has been hit by a mystery shopper attack where it was the victim of a 'social engineering' exercise.
Better incentives required to stop data loss 

Better incentives required to stop data loss

In Risk - By Ian Williams, 30 April 2009 10:20 AM
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 protection, ...
Security professionals fear smartphone threat 

Security professionals fear smartphone threat

In Web/client - By Phil Muncaster, 1 April 2009 10:23 AM
Ninety per cent of security professionals believe that smartphones pose a significant risk to the enterprise, according to a new survey of over 2,000 members of security ...
Over 50% of ex-employees walking out the door with corporate data 

Over 50% of ex-employees walking out the door with corporate data

In Risk - By Phil Muncaster, 24 February 2009 10:54 AM
More than half of workers who left their jobs last year have admitted that they took confidential corporate information with them, according to research by security giant Symantec.
Companies still failing to encrypt hardware 

Companies still failing to encrypt hardware

In Networks - By SC Australia Staff, 20 February 2009 12:08 PM
Ninety per cent of laptop drives that are sent for data retrieval are not encrypted, according to a new survey.
Companies warned over use of Netbooks 

Companies warned over use of Netbooks

In Web/client - By SC Australia Staff, 23 January 2009 10:45 AM
Netbooks provide risks when transferring company data, according to CoSoSys.
Hackers not responsible for corporate data loss 

Hackers not responsible for corporate data loss

In Risk - By Iain Thomson, 10 October 2008 11:17 AM
Study shows outside hackers responsible for one per cent of attacks.
Corporate network perimeters eroding 

Corporate network perimeters eroding

In Web/client - By Robert Jaques, 29 May 2008 10:34 AM
Network security walls tumbling down, says Jericho Forum.
AOL patches flaw with AIM 6.5; experts warn against corporate platform use 

AOL patches flaw with AIM 6.5; experts warn against corporate platform use

In Applications - By Frank Washkuch, 18 October 2007 10:05 AM
AOL patched a flaw allowing remote code execution when it released AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 6.5, but researchers are still urging caution for enterprise users of the ...
Phishing scam targets top corporate brass 

Phishing scam targets top corporate brass

In Messaging - By Frank Washkuch, 9 July 2007 9:53 AM
Cyberattackers are doing their homework when targeting corporate executives, according to a recent report from MessageLabs.
IRS spear phishing scam targets corporate executives 

IRS spear phishing scam targets corporate executives

In Messaging - By Frank Washkuch, 4 June 2007 9:50 AM
The IRS and malware researchers warned this week of spear phishing scams specifically targeting corporate executives.
Secunia: Corporate applications missing critical patches 

Secunia: Corporate applications missing critical patches

In Risk - By Jim Carr, 18 May 2007 9:53 AM
Nearly a third of all applications on corporate networks are missing critical security patches and are at risk to security breaches, according to a new report from Secunia.
Corporate spambots named and shamed 

Corporate spambots named and shamed

In Messaging - By Iain Thomson, 2 May 2007 2:33 PM
Fortune 500 companies under the spotlight.
McAfee: Data breach will cause major corporate collapse 

McAfee: Data breach will cause major corporate collapse

In Risk - By Fiona Raisbeck, 26 April 2007 9:51 AM
More than a third of IT professionals believe a major accidental or malicious leak of sensitive corporate data could threaten the future of their business, according to the ...
US$400 million corporate espionage incident at DuPont 

US$400 million corporate espionage incident at DuPont

In Hackers - By Ericka Chickowski, 19 February 2007 12:21 AM
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) pulled the covers off a previously-sealed case of corporate espionage by a former DuPont scientist who stole US$400-million in intellectual ...
Microsoft sets corporate Vista launch date for month's end 

Microsoft sets corporate Vista launch date for month's end

In Risk - By Fiona Raisbeck, 3 November 2006 2:59 PM
Microsoft has set the date its Vista operating system will be released to businesses for the end of this month.
Marshal: Corporate America needs webmail policy, enforcement 

Marshal: Corporate America needs webmail policy, enforcement

In Messaging - By Frank Washkuch, 26 October 2006 9:15 PM
Nearly half of corporate employees say they are not limited by company policy from accessing their personal webmail accounts at work, according to a recent survey.
Study: One-third of corporate employees still write down passwords 

Study: One-third of corporate employees still write down passwords

In Networks - By Fiona Raisbeck, 25 October 2006 10:28 PM
One in three corporate employees in the US write down computer passwords undermining company security, according to a study released earlier this month.
SSL tunnels create ‘invisible’ backdoors into corporate networks  

SSL tunnels create ‘invisible’ backdoors into corporate networks

By William Eazel, 9 March 2006 10:06 AM
Encrypted Secure Socket Layer (SSL) communications between internal corporate employees and external internet applications is "invisible" to companies and so comprises a "risk ...
IT security professionals moving up the corporate pecking order 

IT security professionals moving up the corporate pecking order

By William Eazel, 22 December 2005 11:28 AM
Ultimate responsibility for information security is moving up corporate management hierarchies, as board-level directors and CEOs - or CISO/CSOs – are increasingly held ...
Christmas season stretches British corporate IT security 

Christmas season stretches British corporate IT security

By William Eazel, 16 December 2005 9:29 AM
Newly published research claims that corporate IT security will be stretched to the limit this festive season, as an estimated 33 percent of staff rely on their office PCs for ...
Christmas MP3 players pose serious corporate security risks 

Christmas MP3 players pose serious corporate security risks

By William Eazel, 7 December 2005 9:09 AM
Companies need to take steps to protect themselves from “very serious security threats” which will be posed by MP3 players received as Christmas presents being brought into ...
Corporate email systems under pressure from spam and staff abuse  

Corporate email systems under pressure from spam and staff abuse

By William Eazel, 23 November 2005 11:20 AM
More than half of corporate email messages are not work related, but rather either spam or personal communications, new research has claimed.
SonicWALL targets SMB security with two corporate acquisitions  

SonicWALL targets SMB security with two corporate acquisitions

By William Eazel, 23 November 2005 11:16 AM
Security firm SonicWALL today announced that it has acquired data backup company Lasso Logic together with the assets of enKoo, a developer of remote access technology.
Symantec patches corporate anti-virus software 

Symantec patches corporate anti-virus software

By Marcia Savage, 7 September 2005 8:19 PM
Symantec has issued a patch for a flaw in its corporate anti-virus software that could allow an attacker to access a server.
Risk associated with outbound email spurs corporate monitoring 

Risk associated with outbound email spurs corporate monitoring

By Marcia Savage, 6 June 2005 7:40 PM
Sixty-three percent of companies with 1,000 or more employees use or plan to use staff to read outgoing email, according to a survey by email security supplier Proofpoint.
New index takes aim at corporate governance 

New index takes aim at corporate governance

By René Millman, 11 April 2005 3:01 PM
A new stock market service aimed at promoting better corporate governance will launch this week.
Over half of IT security staff have no idea about corporate law 

Over half of IT security staff have no idea about corporate law

By David Quainton, 14 December 2004 4:55 PM
Confusion reigns in the compliance world as UK board members know what the Companies Bill is but IT security professionals have absolutely no idea.
Unprotected RFID could lead to corporate espionage 

Unprotected RFID could lead to corporate espionage

By Jon Tullett, 4 November 2004 11:51 AM
Companies who dismiss the privacy concerns of RFID radio tags may be opening themselves up to unexpected security risks.
Sloppy Plug & Play USB device security rife on UK corporate networks 

Sloppy Plug & Play USB device security rife on UK corporate networks

By Robert Jaques, 8 October 2004 11:16 AM
The majority of UK companies are leaving their networks wide open to serious security risks arising from failure to control fast growing staff use of insecure 'plug & play' ...
Task force: Infosec must be part of corporate governance 

Task force: Infosec must be part of corporate governance

By Marcia Savage, 12 April 2004 9:12 PM
A task force of the National Cyber Security Partnership (NCSP) Monday released its recommendations for organizations to incorporate cybersecurity into their corporate governance...
77 per cent of firms allow corporate data on personal computers 

77 per cent of firms allow corporate data on personal computers

By Dan Ilett, 5 April 2004 5:17 PM
More than three quarters of UK organisations allow company data to reside on employees’ personal computing devices.
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