Over 760 organisations are likely to have had their networks compromised by the same attackers who launched an advanced persistent threat to infiltrate the IT systems of RSA Security. The revelations were made by security expert Brian Krebs in a blog post on Monday, and blow a hole in the wall of silence that followed… READ MORE

Cloud computing is all the rage. “It’s become the phrase du jour,” says Gartner senior analyst Ben Pring, echoing many of his peers. The problem is that (as with Web 2.0) everyone seems to have a different definition. As a metaphor for the Internet, “the cloud” is a familiar cliché, but when combined with “computing,”… READ MORE

Identity fraud is one of the biggest threats to unwary web users today. It can come in a variety of forms but is often the result of an online account being hacked or details phished via social engineering. I recently met Jason Hart, former ethical hacker and now managing director of secure authentication firm Cryptocard,… READ MORE