A certification scheme that threatened to ban many software and hardware products from China has been curtailed. The scheme, which holds IT vendors to controversial national standards, will be limited to public procurement only, a government agency …
Source: China lowers national security IT ‘trade barrier’ – Channel Register
ATLANTA, GA — 05/14/09 — LIGATT Security International (PINKSHEETS: LGTT) announces the first annual LIGATT Challenge. Contestants register to partake in an online time sensitive exam composed of multiple choice computer security, laptop security …
Source: LIGATT Security International Presents the First Annual LIGATT … – Earthtimes
A frustrated security researcher has posted the attack code that exploits a long-standing security problem in the Mac OS X operating system, to draw attention to the fact that Apple has yet to ship the update, months after others fixed the flaw. The …
Source: Frustrated researcher posts Mac attack code – TechWorld
A computer containing information about a next-generation U.S. fighter jet is attacked, the Dalai Lama’s office is infected with a Trojan, opposition newspapers in a former Soviet republic are hit with a DOS attack – it’s the reality of today’s cyber …
Source: Governments "contracting out" cyber-attacks to criminal networks – ITBusiness.ca