Report Indicates Trojan Threats Increasing
A new report tracking the number of IT threats in the first quarter of this year shows the number of threats has increased 26 percent since March of 2010. PandaLabs published the report and concluded the majority of IT threats came from Trojans. The virus comprised 70 percent of the new malware created. The report [...]
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As the velocity and variety of social media are growing, it is vital to institute guidelines as soon as possible to establish how providers control personally identifiable information and focus on service functionality while minimizing the risk of exploitation of personal and organizational security, says an industry expert. It is important that consumers take charge [...]
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Aaron Barr: Adding More Resources, Cyber Warriors Not the Answer to Secure Cyberspace
October 25, 2010 3 CommentsMany industry and government insiders have stressed what they say is an urgent need to add more cyber warriors to protect the digital infrastructure. But some experts are now taking an opposite view, claiming additional resources funneled into cybersecurity won’t begin to solve some of the significant problems the United States has in securing cyberspace, [...]
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Aaron Barr: Computer Security is a ‘Hunt, an Investigation, It’s a Challenge’
June 2, 2010 4 CommentsWith more than a decade as an intelligence and special signals analyst in the U.S. Navy, Aaron Barr spent a significant amount of time learning how systems worked and discovering he had a knack for figuring things out. After he got out of the Navy in 2001, he entered the booming IT market. Knowing he [...]
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