Moving to cloud-based SIEM: the cost advantage

Companies weigh multiple factors in any technology implementation, balancing risks with business needs and IT capabilities. And while the same is true with cloud-based security information and event management SIEM solutions, cost overwhelmingly shapes the discussion as well. For example, accordi...

careers.idg.com XSS vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: http://careers.idg.com/www/home.nsf/section-16?readform=Data"-- Details: Description| Value ---|--- Patched:| Yes, at Vulnerability type:| XSS Vulnerability status:| Publicly disclosed Alexa Rank| Unknown / Not calculated Google Pagerank| 7 VIP website status:| Yes Check...

Cisco Patches Critical IOS Holes

Cisco has released its twice-yearly set of security updates for its switches and routers. There are six advisories in all, each one covering a different component of the Cisco Internetwork Operating System IOS, which powers the routers. Read the full article. IDG News Service...

Paul Roberts Joins Threatpost

In the year and a half since we first launched Threatpost, the site has grown very quickly, probably more quickly than any of us had even hoped it might. We’ve added a couple of regular podcasts, original videos, developed a stable of terrific regular contributors and recently launched our first...

Malware Messes up Online Test for Business Schools

The move by India’s top business schools to take their CAT entrance test online turned embarrassing after malware-infected computers left a number of students unable to take the test. Prometric, a Baltimore, Maryland testing company hired to conduct the CAT Common Admission Test, said this week...

Botnet-Infected Computers Powering Click Fraud

According to new data from ClickForensics, botnet-infected computers are behind the majority of click-fraud attacks against advertisers and publishers. For the third quarter this year, about 43 percent of all fraudulent clicks came from computers within botnets. The figure is the highest in four...