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Application security and coding requirements

• March 25, 2013 25 Mar'13

  Malware in counterfeit software to cost business $114bn in 2013

  Dealing with malware in counterfeit software will cost global enterprises an estimated $114bn in 2013, says research firm IDC

• February 28, 2013 28 Feb'13

  RSA 2013: Suppliers need to prepare for new security vulnerability handling standards

  Software makers and online service providers need to prepare for two ISO standards on vulnerability handling processes due by the end of 2013

• October 30, 2012 30 Oct'12

  IT security budgets mismatched to hacker targets, study shows

  IT security budgets are not being used to provide defence technologies in some areas most likely to be targeted by hackers, a study shows

• May 18, 2012 18 May'12

  MDM, security vendors scramble to address BYOD security issues

  Organisations are looking beyond NAC and MDM to resolve BYOD security issues; MDM, security and hybrid vendors are responding with new products.

• April 24, 2012 24 Apr'12

  Investigation reveals serious cloud computing data security flaws

  Context Information Security found that data stored by a cloud customer could be accessed by the next customer to spin up a VM on the same disk.

• February 24, 2012 24 Feb'12

  Windows security case study: Controlling Windows 7 user privileges

  After migrating from Windows XP to Windows 7, Oxford University Press used Avecto’s Privilege Guard to control Windows 7 user privileges.

• February 08, 2012 08 Feb'12

  Web application vulnerability statistics show security losing ground

  New Web application vulnerability statistics show the number of vulnerabilities is rising, despite the use of Web application development frameworks.

• February 03, 2012 03 Feb'12

  Microsoft spurs Browsium to rewrite tool for running IE6 on Windows 7

  Microsoft has spurred Browsium to rewrite its tool for running IE6 on Windows 7, limiting the security threat posed by continued use of IE6.

• December 05, 2011 05 Dec'11

  Concerned about tablet security issues? Some are, others not so much

  Users love their tablets, but security pros are concerned about tablet security issues. However, though tablets bring new threats, not everyone is ringing the alarm.

• August 04, 2011 04 Aug'11

  Missing USB drive, found in pub, contained unencrypted data

  The ICO says two housing groups must improve data security after a contractor’s missing USB drive, containing unencrypted data, was found in a pub.

• July 06, 2011 06 Jul'11

  Network security case study: College’s NAC virtual appliance makes grade

  Wellington College’s network security case study explains how a NAC virtualization appliance blocks malware and provides increased capacity on demand.

• May 25, 2011 25 May'11

  Virtual desktop benefits include tighter security, hot desking

  With the help of hot desking and other virtualisation technologies, the Basildon Borough Council was able to centralise its security administration and reduce its number of desks by more than 30%.

• April 20, 2011 20 Apr'11

  Shutting down a botnet, US Government disables Coreflood

  Coreflood, a botnet almost ten years old, has been taken down by the FBI and US Department of Justice by obtaining permission to hijack the command and control servers and send a 'stop' command to infected PCs. Is this overstepping the privacy line?