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RSS RSA in newsScammers pose as banks in live chat hack
News Online scammers have created a phishing site masquerading as a US-based bank that launches a live chat window where victims are tricked into revealing more information, researchers at the RSA FraudAction Research Team... [18 Sep 2009]
Why malware writers are turning to open source
News Following its release in 2007, the Limbo Trojan became the most widely used Trojan in the world but fell from favour in 2008 after the more sophisticated Zeus Trojan was released, according to security company RSA. [18 Sep 2009]
Security: Why Adobe could be the new Microsoft
News Those scary statistics prompted Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at F-Secure, to urge Adobe Reader users to switch to an alternative PDF reader at the RSA show in April. If you're a criminal and you want to break... [07 Aug 2009]
Want to keep eavesdroppers out? HP researchers think they have the answer
News The Veiled darknet uses RSA public key cryptography, but any cryptography will work . Two researchers for HP have created a browser-based darknet, an idea that could make it easier for businesses to keep eavesdroppers... [27 Jul 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Business intelligence
News Meanwhile, B&Q is using data mining to root out internal fraud and reduce stock loss and insurance group RSA is using BI to further help its contact centre staff improve customer service. 'Business intelligence'? [08 Jun 2009]
Adobe enlists Patch Tuesday to fix security
News Security issues with Adobe Reader prompted software security firm F-Secure to suggest that people should switch to an alternative PDF reader at the RSA security conference last month. Adobe said on Wednesday it will... [21 May 2009]
Businesses hunting for gold with data mining
News Insurance group RSA has also been using SPSS technology to better understand its customers. RSA analytics manager, Simon Dudley, said the company needed to do more with data analytics because customers... [15 May 2009]
Data predictions made easier in the cloud
News SPSS customers include Kingfisher, Fiat, RSA and Greater Manchester Police. Predictive analytics software maker SPSS believes the huge growth in data created by cloud computing will significantly fuel interest in its... [14 May 2009]
Cloud: Resistance is futile
News This was the claim of Philippe Courtot, chairman and CEO of security company Qualys speaking at the RSA Conference in San Francisco last week. There may be a number of unresolved security issues around cloud computing -... [27 Apr 2009]
What happens when the internet gets physical?
News Use of technologies such as RFID will force a rethink of how IT security is implemented, because the adoption of such devices will mean the internet takes on a "physical dimension" rather than just living inside PCs, according to Ari... [27 Apr 2009]
Cyber security: War Games or Mission Impossible?
News Speaking at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, Hathaway said there have been "countless intrusions" which have allowed criminals to steal millions and spies to pilfer intellectual property and other secrets, citing the... [24 Apr 2009]
Online banking ID tech equals privacy threat?
News A widely used technology to authenticate users when they log in for online banking may help reduce fraud but it does so at the expense of consumer privacy, a civil liberties attorney said during a panel at the RSA... [24 Apr 2009]
Cross-border policing to take down digital crims
News Making a rare public appearance at a San Francisco security conference hosted by RSA, Mularski said the plan to infiltrate that closely-knit network was predicated on winning the trust of the other members and that only... [23 Apr 2009]
Bank phishing fraudsters learn to spell
News People are still clicking on the links to see if they are real and those who aren't adequately protected are getting infected," he told a session at the RSA Conference in San Francisco. Phishers aiming to defraud banks... [23 Apr 2009]
Cloud computing security? It's all a bit hazy
News Speaking at the RSA Conference, Whitfield Diffie, chief security officer at Sun, was enthusiastic about cloud technology, predicting that at some point cloud computing will mean that "no real [programming] will ever be... [22 Apr 2009]
