Fahmida Y. Rashid

Microsoft fixed 23 vulnerabilities across eight security bulletins as part of its October Patch Tuesday release. October’s Patch Tuesday release resolved issues in Internet Explorer versions 6 through 9, all versions of Microsoft Windows from XP through 7, .NET and Silverlight, Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway and Host Integration Server, Microsoft said Oct. 11. Two […]

McAfee announced a network security framework designed to provide network administrators with intrusion prevention systems that provide context, content and application awareness. The new network security framework integrates intrusion prevention systems with advanced features such as application visibility and integrated threat context, McAfee said Oct. 11. The framework is based on Network Security Platform 7 […]

Government officials were able to secretly order Google and Internet service provider Sonic to hand over an individual’s personal email records as part of their investigation into WikiLeaks. The United States government managed to get two court orders to compel Google and Sonic to hand over email records belonging to a WikiLeaks volunteer from the […]

Security incidents at federal agencies have soared 650 percent over the past five years, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office. In the past five years, the number of reported events has grown from 5,503 in 2006 to 41,776 in 2010, federal auditors wrote in a Government Accountability Office report released Oct. 3. […]

As the Department of Homeland Security launched events around the country to kick off October as National Cyber Security Awareness Month, cyber-war and cyber-security awareness dominated the week.Cyber-war fears came to the fore as Wired’s Danger Room broke the news on Oct. 7 that the United States Air Force computers controlling unmanned surveillance and attack […]

Computers used to control the drone unmanned aircraft used by the military to carry out military operations have been reportedly infected with malware, according to a report. A keylogger has infected several computers the pilots use to operate the Predator and Raptor drones in the fleet in missions , Noah Shactman wrote on Wired’s Danger […]

President Obama wants tighter information security measures to prevent another WikiLeaks-style breach. Obama signed an executive order outlining data security measures and rules for government agencies to follow to prevent further data leaks by insiders, the White House said Oct. 7. The executive order defines basic security measures to protect data as well as mandates […]

HP: FlexManagement, Intelligent Management Center HP’s FlexManagement is integrated with mobile network access control in HP Intelligent Management Center 5.1. The IMC streamlines enterprise access to mobile devices and protects IT infrastructure from mobile threats. IT can automatically identify and provision suitable policy for tablets and smartphones connecting to corporate networks. Smith Micro Software: Enterprise […]

A little over a year after NASA and hosting company Rackspace launched OpenStack, the open-source cloud-computing project is being spun off to an independent foundation to drive future development efforts. Rackspace announced the spin-off and the establishment of the OpenStack Foundation at the OpenStack Conference in Boston on Oct. 6. The trademark and copyrights will […]

Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of Kaspersky Lab, discussed the latest threat landscape at its Cyber-Security Symposium in New York City Oct. 6. At the symposium, Kaspersky Lab also launched the Windows version of the company’s Endpoint Security 8 software suite. Speaking on upcoming trends in cyber-security, Kaspersky warned that the future is looking very grim. He […]