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Oracle delays Java 8 to focus on faster security fixes for Java 7
Oracle’s scheduled release for Java 8 this September has been pushed back to March 2014 as engineers focus on speeding up Java security fixes.
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Java browser plugin is cheaper to exploit than Flash
A French company that mines and sells zero-day exploits to governments says the lower cost of exploiting Java is attracting hackers towards it over Adobe’s Flash.
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Java security woes to stay with businesses for a long time
Oracle released an emergency patch to fix two flaws in Java 7 and Java 6 on Monday, but five new vulnerabilities were identified the same day
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Five new flaws found in the latest version of Java
This latest vulnerability report follows a week after the same company reported two other holes in Oracle's plug-in
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Oracle patches latest Java 0-day, knew about flaw on Feb 1
Oracle has released a “security alert” to address a Java SE zero day flaw that is now being used in targeted attacks, but that the company was aware of on February 1 -- over three weeks ahead of its previous critical patch update.
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Australian Information Security Association issues blunt warning as National Cyber Security Awareness Week begins
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Bank trojan targets users of Bitcoin exchange Mt Gox
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Security a key factor in LogMeIn’s Internet of Things platform
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Big Data Investigations: Opportunity and Risk
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The week in security: Aussie banks targeted as mobiles drive privacy fears
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Lan 1 meets demand for cloud security with Authentication-as-a-Service
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Splunk Named a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for SIEM
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Dell Sets Sights on Cisco, Announces Game-Changing NSA Series That Introduces Powerful Next-Gen Firewall Advances for Mid-sized Businesses and Distributed Enterprises
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Silver Peak saves Riverbed customers up to 86 per cent with software upgrade program
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Ovum analysis ranks Orange Business Services ahead of APAC competition for service capability and strategy
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Incident handling is a vast topic, but here are a few tips for you to consider in your incident response. I hope you never have to use them, but the odds are at some point you will and I hope being ready saves you pain (or your job!).
- Have an incident response plan.
- Pre-define your incident response team
- Define your approach: watch and learn or contain and recover.
- Pre-distribute call cards.
- Forensic and incident response data capture.
- Get your users on-side.
- Know how to report crimes and engage law enforcement.
- Practice makes perfect.
Warning: Tips for secure mobile holiday shopping
I’m dating myself, but I remember when holiday shopping involved pouring through ads in the Sunday paper, placing actual phone calls from tethered land lines to research product stock and availability, and actually driving places to pick things up. Now, holiday shoppers can do all of that from a smartphone or tablet in a few seconds, but there are some security pitfalls to be aware of.
