RSA 2010: Researchers Demo Mobile Botnet from Smartphone App

A pair of researchers has amassed nearly 8,000 iPhones and Android smartphones in an experimental mobile botnet that demonstrates the ease of spreading potentially malicious applications on these devices. Read the full article. Dark Reading...

RSA 2010: Experts Reject Taxing Hacks & Malware

Microsoft’s idea that the fight against malware could be funded by an Internet tax is “horrible,” an analyst said as other experts weighed in on a recent comment by the company’s security chief. Read the full article. Computerworld...

RSA 2010: BlackEnergy 2 Botnet Revealed

Like the sequel to a successful movie, the botnet behind the distributed denial of service attacks that hit the country of Georgia during its conflict with Russia in 2008 has been updated. This time though, the idea isn’t hacktivism—it’s stealing financial data and, unlike in the case of other...

RSA 2010: How Cloud Security Is the Wild West

Economic pressures are driving more businesses and governments to nervously eye cloud computing, despite myriad unanswered questions that swirl around a single central concern: security. This was backdrop for a panel discussion between CISOs at this week’s RSA Conference. Read the full article...

Charlie Miller on Safari Bugs, Predictions for PWN2OWN and Mobile Security

Independent Security Evaluators’ Charlie Miller discusses Safari bugs, his predictions for this year’s PWN2OWN and mobile security with Ryan Naraine at RSA 2010...

RSA 2010: Cryptographers Discuss Wisdom of 'Foolishness'

At the RSA conference in San Francisco, a panel of leading cryptographers reveal some of the lessons they have learned while making seemingly imprudent decisions. By going against the grain, new objectives can be made and boundaries overcome...

Security B-Sides On The Conference Map

When security professionals flock to San Francisco for next week’s RSA 2010 security conference, they will have access to a set of presentations and events not found on the official RSA agenda. It’s billed as an anti-conference of sorts; a place where practitioners can go for an alternate,...

RSA 2010: Securosis Previews the Key Themes and Topics

Securosis analysts Rich Mogull, Adrian Lane and Mike Rothman tackle the key themes for this year’s RSA 2010 conference — virtualization/cloud security, advanced persistent threats/cybersecurity and compliance...