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Apple pours OS X Snow Leopard another Java fix

Apple on Tuesday patched Java 6 for OS X Snow Leopard, Lion and Mountain Lion, fixing 34 flaws that Oracle addressed the same day for Windows. read more »

With faster 5G Wi-Fi coming, Wi-Fi Alliance kicks off certification program

The Wi-Fi Alliance unveiled a certification program for 802.11ac Wi-Fi (also known as 5G Wi-Fi) designed to make sure devices using the wireless technology interoperate with older hardware. read more »

Expanded '2-person rule' could help plug NSA leaks

The National Security Agency is creating new processes aimed at making it harder for systems administrators to misuse privileged access to agency systems, NSA officials told the U.S. House Intelligence Committee Tuesday. read more »

Firms take 10 hours to spot data breaches, McAfee finds

The average organisation believes it would spot a data breach in ten hours, a McAfee global survey of IT professionals has found. But is that result good, indifferent or an indication of the downright complacent? read more »

Yahoo discloses user data requests from US law enforcement agencies

Yahoo has received between 12,000 to 13,000 requests for user data from law enforcement agencies in the US between Dec. 1 and May 31 this year, the company said Monday. read more »

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Why we can't stop malicious insiders?

Security experts have been saying for years that insiders -- malicious, careless or simply unaware -- are a greater threat to organizations, both public and private, than hackers. read more »

Westminster View: Digital Government, rights and responsibilities

It is a terrible irony if, as the Government squabbled with itself over the breadth of its mishandled Communications Data Bill, some of its most contentious provisions were already in effect via the back door as Sharmi Chakrabati, director of human rights group Liberty puts it, through the no-longer secret US spy programme, PRISM. read more »

Seven essentials for defending against DDoS attacks

Go ahead and ask CSOs from the nation's largest banks about the myriad distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks they've experienced in recent months. They're not going to tell you anything. read more »

Adobe's first CSO: Hosted services security is top priority

Adobe Systems has appointed Brad Arkin, the company's senior director of security for products and services, to become its first CSO. With a mature product security program already in place, the top priorities for Adobe's new security chief are to strengthen the security of the company's hosted services and its internal infrastructure. read more »

Ten tips to win security programme funding

Ask any cyber security specialist what their biggest challenge is, and you will get a variety of answers -- ranging from strengthening network security, to managing internal threats, to protecting against cyber espionage. But upon further investigation, you may be surprised to learn that for manythe biggest challenge is simply getting the funding necessary to carry out a security programme. read more »