IWF Launches Hotline To Tackle Child Abuse Online

As many as three-quarters of web users from UK, who often “stumble across” content and images of online child sex abuse do not know how and where to report it, says a recent survey

FRI 24 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Infection Kits and Your Databases: Are You Serving Up Viruses?

During my regular presentations and speaking events on database security, I often discuss emerging threats and trends. It’s a constantly changing landscape, so these new threats are also constantly changing. 

MON 06 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Comment : Sophos Launches WebAlert to Help Firms know if their Website is Infected

IT security and control firm Sophos announced the availability of a new service, Sophos WebAlert, providing website administrators with notification if their site is hosting malicious code with a video demonstrating how the service works in simple terms using children's toys

FRI 26 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Secured-by-Design Empty Client AJAX

Conventional AJAX requires the browser to connect directly to a web service or even a raw data provider. Client side AJAX, therefore, exposes credentials, tokens and other sensitive data which presents a key concern for enterprise applications

MON 22 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Online security – what does https://.... actually mean?

Online banking and many other forms of secure Internet application rely upon secure communication. Since the Internet is a public network, sensitive information such as credit card numbers and banking information must be protected from prying eyes

TUE 09 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Empty Client AJAX Approach

Although AJAX became a common practice among content oriented websites, it is rarely incorporated into enterprise level applications. Analysts associate that with three major AJAX setbacks

THU 04 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Microsoft discovers privacy with Internet Explorer 8.0

Reports are coming in that Internet Explorer 8.0 - which is apparently alpha testing amongst the chosen few - will have some excellent privacy features when it ships in its gold code version towards the
end of the year.

WED 27 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: News

Security Firm Helps Identify Flaws In Top Five SOA Architectures

A study conducted by Application Security Firm Fortify Software Inc., found critical security concerns in five of the most popular SOA solutions currently on the market, dealing with how the frameworks are commonly configured and used

WED 30 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

SQL Injection Technique is Hacker's Best Friend, Says Security Firm

While some are still evaluating the threat caused by SQL injection technique, security firm Sophos released a security threat report that underlines the fact that this technique is currently the favourite method used by hackers to infect computers

THU 24 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

Super Malware Asprox Takes UK By Storm, Targets Government Websites

The last few weeks have seen a resurgence in the number of attacks based on the Asprox malware and coming from East European countries, something that was highlighted by GSS back in May 2008

THU 24 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News