Stories by George V. Hulme

Mac OS X Lion: Losing its security pride

The past couple of weeks have not been the best for Mac OS X's security reputation.

By George V. Hulme | 29 September, 2011 01:57

Tags: Vulnerabilities, firewalls, applications, Mac OS X, Exploits / vulnerabilities, Lion, security flaws, PDF flaw, security, Mac security, f-secure, Intego, software, Data Protection | Network Security, data protection

SCADA security arms race underway

While the race between industrial control system attackers and defenders didn't start with the Stuxnet worm, it certainly acted as a catalyst to a new arms race and more researchers taking a closer look at the quality of SCADA software.

By George V. Hulme | 01 April, 2011 23:45

Tags: firewalls, data security, risk management, Networking, software, Stuxnet, Gleg, network security, management, SCADA, security, physical security

Customized, stealthy malware growing pervasive

It's no secret that the goal of modern malware writers is to create attack software that is stealthy and flows undetected for as long a period of time as possible. What's increasingly startling, however, is how pervasive custom malware has become as part of traditional attacks.

By George V. Hulme | 19 March, 2011 04:57

Tags: stealth malware, symantec, security, data protection, malware, Trojan horse

Malvertising continues to pound legitimate websites

In the last three months of 2010 attackers managed to serve 3 million malicious advertising, or malvertising, impressions every day. That's the headline figure from a report released today from Web security firm Dasient. According to Dasient, that's a 100 percent increase from the preceding quarter.

By George V. Hulme | 09 March, 2011 02:19

Tags: firewalls, applications, malvertising, application security, Dasient, malicious websites, data protection, malware, social engineering, network security, Data Protection | Social Engineering, security, Access control and authentication, software

Industry association aims to bolster SCADA security

It's no state secret that industrial and automation control systems have a way to go before they're resilient from targeted and sophisticated malware attacks. Just last week the International Society of Automation (ISA) announced that the ISA99 standards committee on Industrial Automation and Control Systems Security had formed a task group to conduct a gap analysis of the current ANSI (American National Standards Institute) ISA99 standards and modern threats against critical industrial systems, such as Stuxnet.

By George V. Hulme | 12 March, 2011 01:43

Tags: SCADA, security, physical security, Stuxnet, Physical Security | Critical Infrastructure

Proofpoint moves into mobile mail security

There's no doubt that the momentum in computing adoption is with mobile meaning enterprises will have to protect the communications that emanate from, and are sent to, these devices.

By George V. Hulme | 16 March, 2011 00:24

Tags: George V. Hulme, eMarketer, smartphone security, applications, security, mobile security, software, Data Protection | Wireless, encryption, data protection, proofpoint

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