Sunday, February 5th, 2012 3:22 pm

Security threat management: Mitigate malicious network traffic

Framingham (ip-192.com): A continually evolving breed of unknown, persistent, targeted, and adaptive security threats is driving the expansion of the security services threat intelligence market. According to new research from International Data Corporation (IDC), this emerging predictive security market is forecast to grow from $198 million in 2009 to $905 million in 2014 as organizations [...]

Code injection risk: Symantec recommends disabling pcAnywhere

Sunnyvale (ip-192.com): Symantec recommends that users disable or uninstall its pcAnywhere. The company, best known for its suite of antivirus software, says that source code stolen by hackers in 2006 may expose vulnerabilities in the remote access software. “Malicious users with access to the source code have an increased ability to identify vulnerabilities and build [...]

Super-Identity: Project focuses on real and cyber identities

Southampton (ip-192.com): The complex nature of identity, both in the real world and online, is the focus of a three year study at the University of Southampton. The project, which will investigate ‘Super-Identities’, aims to tackle the issues associated with unreliable and counterfeit identification and provide a faster and more efficient way of combating the [...]

Facebook asks for articles of incorporation to verify sites

Palo Alto (ip-192.com): Facebook is now asking some users and corporations to submit articles of incorporation, business tax filings, business licenses, or copies of utility bills to confirm a page. The social networking service that has more than 800 million active users does not say how it will use and protect such sensitive information, who [...]