Do You Need a Security Operations Center?

When a company starts to worry about losing data to attack, it could be time to create a simple SOC. The most important steps to evaluating the need for an effective operations center.

New Drive-By Spam Infects Those Who Open Email — No Attachment Needed

Getting infected just got a whole lot easier, researchers say

Facebook, Washington Accuse Marketing Firm of Clickjacking

Facebook and the state of Washington are suing an ad network they accuse of encouraging people to spread spam through clickjacking schemes and other tactics.

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New Drive-By Spam Infects Those Who Open Email — No Attachment Needed

Getting infected just got a whole lot easier, researchers say

Weekly Roundup : Jan 27, 2012 : Twitter Announces Censorship Policy for Certain Countries

  Trending Security News The week ended with some ruffled feathers as Twitter announced it would allow some content in certain countries to be censored. The New York Times headlined its coverage as “ Twitter Announces Micro-Censorship Policy ” while…(read more)

The Mechanics Of Breach Notification

Organizations need to know what constitutes a breach of identity data according to state laws and how to respond

Security Careers: A Closer Look At Digital Investigations

Security incident response and forensics are, at heart, people problems. Here are some tips for making the most of them

Anonymous takes aim over Europe’s SOPA

Hackers are attacking sites and looking to expose information on European officials in response to the signing of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. ACTA critics say it’s even worse than the Stop Online Piracy Act floated in the U.S.

Originally posted at InSecurity Complex

Microsoft’s Kelihos botnet suspect says he’s innocent

St. Petersburg, Russia-based Andrey N. Sabelnikov says he is “absolutely not guilty” of participating in the creation of the huge spam network that Microsoft shut down last September.

Security Careers: A Closer Look At Digital Investigations

Security incident response and forensics are, at heart, people problems. Here are some tips for making the most of them