Experts call for better measurement of security

If there’s one key message coming through all of the noise at the RSA Conference this week it’s the fact that there’s a pressing need for more data. Data on attacks, data on vulnerabilities, data on data breaches, data on software security, data on everything having to do with security. The...

Researcher wants hacker groups hounded mercilessly

From ComputerWorld Gregg Keizer Criminal cybergangs must be harried, hounded and hunted computerworld.com until they’re driven out of business, a noted botnet researcher said today as he prepared to pitch a new anti-malware strategy later this week at the RSA Conference in San Francisco. “We need...

RSA keynote: Coviello calls for collaboration

From GCN William Jackson The rapidly evolving collaborative information infrastructure offers developers an opportunity to create true security by building it into information technology systems, said Arthur Coviello, president of RSA, EMC’s security division. “We are at a critical inflexion poin...

Google tackles cloud security

Google has a reputation for being open and transparent with many of its initiatives and internal workings, but one of the things that the company hasn’t talked much about publicly until recently is security. In this interview with SearchSecurity.com, the director of security for Google Apps, Eran...

Economy, SMB security to dominate at RSA Conference

As a security show, the RSA Conference leaves a lot to be desired. Its technical sessions carry an uncomfortable load of marketing baggage and don’t have either the cachet or entertaining edge of those at Black Hat or CanSecWest. Anyone will tell you that the real business of RSA is happening off...

Mike Mimoso on the RSA Conference, Security Budgets and SMB Security

Dennis Fisher talks with Mike Mimoso, editor of Information Security magazine, about the story lines we’re likely to see at the RSA Conference, including virtualization and cloud security, as well as the effect of the economy on security budgets. Download Subscribe to the Digital Underground...

The hype factor at the RSA conference

From CNet Jon Oltsik It’s nearly time for that annual spring ritual: the RSA Conference at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. ESG data tells me that, despite the recession, global organizations continue to spend on security products. So I expect another good show, though I do anticipate that th...

Security budget issues to resonate at RSA Conference

From SearchSecurity Robert Westervelt The glum economy has put increased pressure on CISOs to cut costs while maintaining the same security defenses. Tightening budgets, coupled with increased compliance demands could have security professionals looking for answers next week at the 2009 RSA...

Attack Trojans-remote control software of its own vulnerability to your attention?-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

from:sowhat blog Two days before the RSA conference, there was a guy named Joel Eriksson researchers show how to attack the Trojans, particularly the Trojan control terminalto control the“hacker”. blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/04/researcher-demo.html Eriksson found one in the Celestial Empire on...